Samsung Galaxy A40

Samsung Galaxy A40

Back of the Samsung Galaxy A40
Codename	a40
Brand	Samsung Galaxy
Manufacturer	Samsung Electronics
Series	Samsung Galaxy A series
Model	SM-A405FN/DS
Compatible networks	2G 3G 4G LTE
First released	10 April 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-10)
Availability by region	10 April 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-10) (Netherlands)
Predecessor	Samsung Galaxy J6
Successor	Samsung Galaxy A41
Related	Samsung Galaxy A30 Samsung Galaxy A30s Samsung Galaxy A50
Type	Smartphone
Form factor	Slate
Dimensions	144.4 mm (5.69 in) H 69.2 mm (2.72 in) W 7.9 mm (0.31 in) D
Mass	140 g (4.9 oz)
Operating system	Original: Android 9.0 "Pie", One UI Previous: Android 10, One UI 2.0 Last: Android 11 with One UI 3.1
System-on-chip	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904
CPU	Octa-core (2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU	Mali-G71 MP2
Memory	4 GB RAM
Storage	64 GB
Battery	3100 mAh
Display	5.9 in (150 mm) 1080 x 2340 px (437 ppi) Super AMOLED Gorilla Glass 3 19.5:9 aspect ratio
Sound	Loudspeaker, 3.5mm headphone jack
Rear camera	16 MP, f/1.7 aperture, PDAF (Wide-angle) 5 MP, f/2.2 aperture, 12mm (Ultra-wide angle)
Front camera	25 MP, f/2.0 aperture
Connectivity	Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth: 5.0 USB: 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Data inputs	Sensors: Accelerometer Proximity sensor Fingerprint scanner (Rear-mounted) Gyroscope Compass Hall sensor
SAR	Head: 0.49 W/kg Body: 1.34 W/kg
References	[1][2][3]

The Samsung Galaxy A40 is a mid-range Android smartphone developed and manufactured by Samsung Electronics. Running on the Samsung's Android 11-based One UI 3 software, the device was announced on March 19, 2019.^[4] It was released a month later in Europe on April 10, 2019.^[1]

The Samsung Galaxy A40 is a more compact variant of the Samsung Galaxy A30, being sold mostly in markets where the Galaxy A30 is not available. ^{[citation needed]}

Specifications

Hardware

The Samsung Galaxy A40 has a 5.9-inch Super AMOLED 'Infinity-U' display with an 85.5% screen-to-body ratio. It has dimensions of 144.4 mm by 69.2 mm by 7.9 mm^[1] and comes equipped with an Exynos 7904 chipset, 3100 mAh battery^[1] and a microSIM and dual nano SIM slot which supports VoLTE. The device is only available with 64GB of storage and 4GB of RAM and is expandable to up to 512GB of external storage via the microSD card slot.^[5]

Camera

The A40 is equipped with a dual rear camera arrangement with a 16 megapixel, f/1.7 aperture sensor as the main camera and an 'ultra-wide' 5 megapixels camera lens with an f/2.2 aperture as the second camera. Ultra-wide camera is accessible only by built in camera app. Open Camera app or any video streaming app does not recognize ultra-wide camera. ^[2] The front camera is 25 megapixels.

The A40 has a rear-mounted LED flash as well as video recording. Maximum video recording resolution is 2336x1080 pixels (Full mode).^[2] Audio recording with internal microphones is stereo. Audio recording with external USB microphones is supported but is mixed to mono.

Software

The device runs on the Android 11 operating system, with Samsung's One UI skin.^[2]

Samsung has released One UI 2.0 with Android 10 for Galaxy A40 in April 2020.^[6]

Samsung has released One UI 3.1, based on Android 11, in late March 2021.^[7]

Variants

All variants of the Samsung Galaxy A40 are dual-SIM.

• SM-A405FD - Unknown
• SM-A405FM - Russia
• SM-A405FN - Europe, Ukraine, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
• SM-A405S - South Korea (SK Telecom)

SM-A405FN is manufactured in Vietnam.

See also

• Samsung Galaxy
• Samsung Galaxy A series

References

External links

• Official website