SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy A7 (2018) review: Samsung's first triple-camera phone.

Item: Galaxy A7 (2018)
Rating: 64
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2018·$349

Overall

64/100

Class rank

#1 of 1

Tier

Mid-range

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Samsung's first triple cam.

A7 (2018) was the first Samsung phone with three rear cameras — main, ultrawide and depth — and an early adopter of the side-mounted fingerprint sensor that later flagships embraced.

01Display

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2018.

TypeSuper AMOLED

Size6.0 inches

Resolution1080 x 2220 px

02Camera

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2018.

Main24 MP, f/1.7

Ultrawide8 MP, 120 deg

Depth5 MP

Selfie24 MP, f/2.0

03Performance

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2018.

ChipsetExynos 7885 (14nm)

GPUMali-G71 MP2

04Battery

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2018.

Capacity3300 mAh

Charging15W

05Build

68/100

68/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2018.

What works

First Samsung triple camera
Side fingerprint ahead of its time
Vivid Super AMOLED

What doesn't

3300 mAh average
Exynos 7885 mid-tier
Android 8.0 dated at launch

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 1-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .