Here's a first look at the Samsung Galaxy A06!

Samsung is gearing up to launch its offering for 2025. It usually kicks things off with its affordable lineup, and that's what the company is working on. We've got some tea on the Samsung Galaxy A06 as well as the Galaxy A16! Here, we will be discussing all that we know about the former.

Samsung Galaxy A06 Rumours Round-up

First Look

A leaker by the name of the renders of the Samsung Galaxy A06 on X. The post has been limited by the tipster, but the phone seems to have gotten a design update. Firstly, Samsung seems to have switched up the phone colours a bit, introducing a new golden yellow-ish option. The phone has a linear pattern on the back, but it is likely just a print. Its predecessor also took a similar approach with a printed pattern and not having an actual texture. The “Key Island” is here — a protrusion housing all the buttons. It was introduced in Galaxy A15 and A25 has been a staple on all A-series phones from that point onwards. Since the Samsung Galaxy A05 launched before those models, it missed out on this design update.

Certifications

The upcoming Samsung phone has already bagged FCC certifications that reveal some of its key specs. Moreover, the Samsung Galaxy A06 carries the model number “SM-A065F/DS”. The FCC listing also reveals some of the key specs of the phone. As per the listing, the Samsung Galaxy A06 will be 167.30 mm in length and 77.31 mm wide. The thickness of the phone is still unknown though. Moreover, it will be a 4G phone and we can see the distribution and patterns of antenna as well. Likewise, Samsung's upcoming entry-level phone will have a 5,000 mAh battery, with a rated capacity of 4,855 mAh.

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Performance reveal

The Samsung Galaxy A06 has appeared multiple times on Geekbench testing. Initially, it appeared on Geekbench 4.2, a much older version of the benchmarking platform. It scored 1,644 and 5,326 points for single-core and multi-core performance respectively. This phone is working with a 6GB RAM alongside the processor. The phone was later rerun on Geekbench 6.3.0 where its score unsurprisingly dropped — by nearly four times! It now has a single-core score of 419, and a multi-core score of 1,391 points. However, this time around the memory on this thing was just 4GB. This might have influenced the score to some extent. Apart from that, other info on the phone remains unchanged. It has the same motherboard, the same OS i.e. Android 14, and the same processor. Talking of the processor, it appears that the Samsung Galaxy A06 will be rocking the same one as its predecessor — MediaTek Helio G85.

Samsung Galaxy A06 Launch and Availability

Looking at the launch trend of the base Galaxy A-series, we can expect the upcoming member to debut near the end of 2024. However, sources are expecting it as early as next month! Regarding price, it will likely be in the same bracket as the A05, maybe a slight hike at most.

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