Smartphone Samsung Galaxy M40 - advantages and disadvantages

This world-famous South Korean company began its history back in 1938. We will talk about Samsung and its mobile innovations, in particular, the announced gadget Samsung Galaxy M 40.

A bit of history

At the beginning of its creation, the company was engaged in food and textile business, insurance and other activities. After a while, the company began to produce electrical goods, in the early 70s the first black-and-white TVs came out, and a little later they began to produce other household appliances. In the early 90s, the company began to actively work on the production of mobile devices, specializing in the production of liquid crystal screens and successfully becoming a leader in this industry.It's no secret that mobile devices, household appliances and other items from this manufacturer are in demand and have won a lot of positive feedback from users.

The secret of the company's success lies in the constant search for technological innovations to meet the needs of customers. So Samsung was able to foresee the consumer market by entering into an agreement with the developer of the Android platform, as a result of painstaking work, the innovative smartphones of the Galaxy S and Galaxy Note series were born.

About smartphones

In January 2019, the presentation of the budget series of Samsung Galaxy M smartphones took place. This series of smartphones has become a replacement for the Galaxy J series family. Smartphones of this series are announced by the company as phones with wide capabilities at an affordable price. Today, buyers can already evaluate three models of the Galaxy M series.

Learn more about the Samsung Galaxy M 40 smartphone

There is not too much information about the Samsung Galaxy M 40 model, but you can still find out something. It is already known that the device will have an Infinity - O screen display. The new model will not have an audio jack, and the sound will be transmitted due to the vibration of the smartphone screen.

Battery

It is important for people that the smartphone works for a long time and with high quality. Therefore, one of the main criteria when choosing a smartphone will be the battery capacity of the smartphone.

More and more often, when releasing new smartphone models, manufacturers take into account the interests of buyers, analyze the market and demand. And, of course, they periodically delight with mobile novelties with a powerful battery, and the announced new Samsung Galaxy M 40 can be safely attributed to such smartphones.

The announced gadget will receive a battery with a capacity of 3500 mAh.

The battery capacity of 3500 mAh will allow the device to work for several days without additional recharging. Non-removable Li-Po battery. The USB-C port is used to charge the smartphone.

Screen

This smartphone model will have a 6.3-inch screen with FullHD + resolution, with a built-in earpiece. The main feature of the mobile novelty will be the full-screen design "Infinity-O". The display is made using AMOLED technology. The pixel density is 409 PPI. At the top of the screen on the left there is a small hole where the front camera is located.

You can find a lot of comparisons and disputes on the net, which is better than IPS or AMOLED. But the world of technology does not stand still, manufacturers are constantly changing something, improving matrices, trying to get rid of the shortcomings that they were able to identify, analyze, and over time, the disadvantages become less noticeable and significant.

Let's figure it out in more detail

Speaking of OLED (AMOLED) technology, we can say that it is based on miniature LEDs, which are located on the matrix. Diodes are independent and therefore have a number of advantages over IPS displays, but are not without some disadvantages.

Advantages of AMOLED matrices:

• novelty of technology;
• luminescence of pixels is separate. Displaying black color, the screen does not glow. When mixing different shades of colors, it gives increased brightness;
• deep and contrasting blacks on screens with AMOLED technology;
• almost instantaneous reaction;
• The dimensions of the smartphone can be reduced, since the AMOLED matrices are thin. It is also possible to create curved and flexible matrices, which is impossible for screens with IPS technology;
• small energy consumption.

Minuses

• the presence of blue or PWM;
• blue burn-in, over time, the smartphone screen display may acquire a yellow tint and color reproduction will deteriorate, the screen tones will become less cold.

CPU

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 single-chip system was released in October 2018. The platform has been tested by AnTuTu and the results are interesting.

The main characteristics of the chipset:

• processors are suitable for phones of the average (budget) level of 2019;
• this chipset is much better than its competitors and similar processors;
• smartphones that are equipped with this chipset have earned attention, primarily for the presence of 48-megapixel cameras;
• the central processor Snapdragon 675 consists of eight 64-bit cores;
• The processor's memory controller is capable of supporting up to 8 Gb of dual-channel LPDDR4x RAM, clocked at 1866 MHz. Drives are divided into fast - UFS 2.1 and classic - eMMC 5.1. The processor is capable of working with SD memory cards up to 512 Gb;
• with regards to graphics, we can say that according to the test results, the high performance of the processor has been proven and it is enough for games and applications in a smartphone;
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 chipset works with FullHD + screens up to 2520 × 1080;
• The Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 processor has a built-in X12 modem that supports 4G LTE Category 12 DL/Category 13 UL network. If we talk about the maximum download speed, then it is 600 Mbps, and the transfer speed is 150 Mbps. Also, in combination with a modem, the X50 will connect to 5G networks;
• the navigation capabilities of the GPS + A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo processors are also impressive.
• Other technologies thanks to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 chipset include the Quick Charge 4.0+ fast charging function, new energy-saving technologies, various options that can increase the level of security, and more.

About performance

Experts have already tested mobile devices based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 processor, they are Hisense U30 and Vivo V15 Pro smartphones. These two models showed a high performance level and were better than similar mobile devices running on older Qualcomm processors. Smartphones based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 platform were released a long time ago, and you can meet it on smartphones from different manufacturers (Chinese, Korean). The following devices can be distinguished as representatives: Samsung Galaxy A60, Redmi Note 7 Pro, Meizu Note 9 and Vivo V15 Pro.

Camera

The camera is located on the back of the smartphone, it is the main, triple, its size is 32 MP, f / 1.7, 0.8 microns, PDAF, 8 MP, f / 2.2, 12 mm (ultrawide), 5 MP, f /2,2, there is a depth sensor. The selfie camera size of the smartphone is 16 MP, f/2.0, you can take 30 frames per second at 1080p.

Sound

The smartphone has a loudspeaker and is equipped with an active noise reduction function using a special microphone - Dolby Atmos sound.

Memory cards

The Samsung Galaxy M 40 has a dedicated 1TB micro SD slot.The internal (built-in) capacity of the flash memory card is 128 GB, the amount of RAM is 6 GB of RAM or the 64 GB and 4 GB version.

The presence of a micro SD slot will allow you to further expand the storage if necessary.

Additional information

The smartphone is equipped with a fingerprint scanner, which is located on the back of the device, which creates additional security.

The operating system of this smartphone will be Android 9 Pie. The smartphone has one interface.

It is planned to release this smartphone model in blue and black colors.

Insiders say that this will be the first smartphone in the M-series, which will have a cutout in the display for the front camera. The frames around the display of the smartphone are minimal, only the bottom is a little thicker. The date of receipt of the smartphone on sale is June 11, 2019.

Announced price

There is no information about the official cost of the smartphone yet, according to rumors, the cost will be about 290-300 euros. In India, the mobile device will be priced at INR 17,990.

And in conclusion

Summing up and reviewing known information, you can generate data on the technical characteristics of the Samsung Galaxy M 40 smartphone:

• Network standards: 4G/LTE (B1/3/5/8/40/41); 3G/WCDMA (B1/5/8); GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz; two slots for SIM cards;
• OS: Android 9 Pie;
• Processor: 2 GHz, octa-core, Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 (SM6150);
• Display: 6.3-inch, 2340 x 1080 pixels;
• Main camera: triple main camera: 32 MP + 5 MP + 8 MP, autofocus is active, there is a LED backlight;
• Front camera: 16 MP;
• Memory: 6 GB RAM (LPDDR4), 128 GB built-in (eMMC), slot for microSD memory cards;
• Wireless networks/navigation: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth v5.0, USB 2.0 ype-C, NFC, GPS/GLONASS/Beidou/Galileo;
• Battery: 3500 mAh;
• Sound: loudspeaker;
• 3.5 mm jack - no;
• Sensors: the smartphone has a fingerprint scanner, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a proximity and light sensor, an electronic compass and a Hall sensor;
• The presence of LED notifications - no;
• The presence of a cooling system is absent;
• Colors: black, blue.

• Triple photo lens of the main camera;
• Processor and new OS;
• Dedicated memory card slot;
• Two modifications with different sizes of RAM/ROM.

• No 3.5mm jack.

So, when choosing a phone, you need to decide what functions it will perform besides calls. When choosing a smartphone, study the types of processor and screen. The operation of the mobile device depends on these technical characteristics. The world of technology and mobile devices does not stand still, every day manufacturers create new products, models are constantly being improved. When buying a smartphone, consult the seller, read the information on the Internet resources, we hope that the information presented in this article will also become useful, and the choice will be simple and easy.