How Is The Samsung Galaxy A42 5G Like After 7 Days? 🤔 By Adam Lobo TV

Hey guys, Adam Lobo here from Adam Lobo TV. And in this video, I'll be reviewing the Samsung Galaxy A42 5G after using it about a week. And I'll give you the definite answer on who the phone is for as it costs RM1,599 for this particular variant so keep watching. Now, since the review unit did not come with a box, let's dive into the specs. The Samsung Galaxy A42 5G comes with the Snapdragon 750 chipset. So yes, good news for all you Snapdragon lovers out there.

Then it has the Adreno 619 GPU, and in Malaysia, there is only the option of 8 gigs of RAM with 128 gigs of storage. It comes shipped with Android 10, with Samsung One UI version 2.5. So the phone comes in two colours for you guys to choose from the one which I have is called the Prism Dot Grey and then there's also the option of Prism Dot White. #whitelove Looking at the phone's design and built, like the other A-series from Samsung, it had a slim built, which was quite surprising especially since it comes with a huge sized battery, which I will go into later. At the back, it is made of plastic and I have to say that I love the unique-looking prism design that Samsung went with, making it to really stand out compared to the rest of the A-Series, especially paired with the unique squared camera bump, which if you were to place the phone on a surface and type on it, it won't wobble at all.

Then in front, it has a flat-screen display, with the Infinity U front camera notch and then there's also the in-display fingerprint sensor, which unlocks fast as expected where the placement is slightly towards the bottom of the phone compared to the other Samsung Flagships. Looking at the phone's ports and buttons, looking down below, there is the headphones jack. Thank God almighty. The USB-C port and of course the mono firing speaker. On the right, there is the volume rocker and the power button.

Then looking on the left there is a SIM card and the microSD card slot, which can be expandable up to 1 Terabyte! Yeah As for the screen, the phone has a 6.6-inch Super AMOLED HD+ display with a resolution of 1600 x 720 pixels, Now here is where some may find this as a deal-breaker, but for a person like me, who loves high-resolution screen, shooting all my videos in 6K resolution I did not mind it at all when I used the phone daily Now I have to be honest to say that I didn't even really notice that it wasn't a full 1080p screen because I have to say that the Super AMOLED's screen quality made it look great, compared to a typical 720p on an IPS LCD Display. So as expected, watching video content on the phone was perfect. Colour accuracy was nice, while some mid-range smartphones tend to have an oversaturated image even with the previous releases of the A-Series, which Samsung has very much improved on this A42 variant. Looking at the camera's specs, the main lens is a 48-megapixel f 1.8 aperture an 8-megapixel f 2.2 ultra-wide angle lens, a 5-megapixel f 2.4 Macro camera lens and a 5-megapixel f 2.4 depth camera. First, looking at the regular shots, colours were natural, and high in detail, the dynamic range on the phone was also great, where the image processing would make you think that the photos were taken on a flagship phone, which was nice.

As for Portrait Mode on the phone it was drastically improved on the amazing image quality and of course the subject to background blur. Then the ultrawide lens is still yet my number 1 favourite compared to other smartphones with a perfect focal length with no barrel distortion on the edges. Then the outdoor night shots were also nice which had a great balance of highlights and shadows, where most mid-range phones tend to overcompensate on the shadows But that was not the case here but keep in mind that the night mode is only available for the main lens and not the ultrawide angle lens. Then the macro camera was also a great option to take some really nice close-up shots, where the white balance could be a hit or miss especially if you have different light sources. Then looking at the front camera, it has a 20-megapixel f 2.2 wide lens. Looking at the regular selfie mode, the image details were great with nice balance of colour temperature and the Portrait Selfie was also great and had similar results to the rear camera as well.

As for the video recording, it records up to 4k 30 frames per second for the rear camera. The video quality and the dynamic range for the video was great, especially when I pointed the camera towards the exposed sky area but it does help with the overall image to expose the skies properly as you guys can see after awhile. Now, it was nice to know that it had great image quality but of course, when it comes to the image stabilization it was just decent at best. So I'd switch it to 1080p mode if you want a better stabilization. especially when you're on the Super Steady mode.

Then as for the front camera, it records up to 1080p up to 30 frames per second where the quality was also great and also had great image stabilization. As for the phone's sound quality, for a mid-range smartphone, I have to say that it sounded pretty decent, where it shines more on the mid to high-level frequency especially on the vocals with a lower output volume at 85.7 dB and here is a quick sound test. Anyway, hope you are enjoying this video so far if you are new and like this kind of videos, do give this video a nice big thumbs up and subscribe to Adam Lobo TV if you haven't done so. That, would be very much appreciated. In terms of software, it comes shipped with Android 10, with Samsung One UI version 2.5, which I have gotten to love and appreciate, yet again. Having tested many different UIs as of late, including the iOS devices it still has to be one of my top 2 favourites other than the Oxygen OS and I never come to a point that I felt that I need to typically slap on a launcher where navigating and the daily usage was still one of my personal favourites.

Now on to the phone's battery, as mentioned earlier, I do not know how Samsung has managed to come with a small form factor, or a slim form factor for the phone as it comes with 5,000 milliamps of battery with 15 watts fast charging. And based on my usage, from 100% to about 60% felt like it was taking FOREVER to drain which was truly amazing as this could be due to its slightly lower resolution screen which again, I did not mind that because I really appreciated the battery life that I got from the phone where it got me an average close to 7 hours daily with still about 30 to 40 per cent battery which was indeed, one of the huge plus of the Samsung Galaxy A42 5G. In terms of gaming, I did not find any problems running games like Asphalt 9 and COD Mobile, there was this cool Game Booster mode that maximizes performance and keeps the temperature of the phone at bay, which was indeed not just a gimmick by having just a typical gaming mode as I got little to no overheating issues during a very long gameplay. So, my conclusion and thought about the A42 is this When Samsung released the FE version of the S20, I felt like, THAT phone filled in the gap of being placed between the high mid-range to a flagship phone from Samsung and for THIS A42 variant, it is more of being in between the mid-level mid-range and the high-level mid-range, if you get what I mean to really close the gap on what exact smartphone that you would like to choose from the Samsung A-Series. So with this, who is the Samsung Galaxy A42 for? Well, if you want a phone which has a great camera, a nice UI as usual, with the One UI version 2.5 an amazing battery without having any overheating issues, then this phone should be for you as I find it amazing how Samsung continues to give users a myriad of options that fit into the needs of many and I think that this A42 series fits in perfectly within the A-series as well to give you just another option for you guys to consider, especially with this price factor.

Source : Adam Lobo TV