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GSMArena team, 23 January 2015

A-ddictive


Samsung Galaxy A3 and A3 Duos review: A-ddictive

  • Comments (93)
  • Galaxy A3
  • Galaxy A3 Duos

9. Browser, other apps
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, design and build quality
  3. 3. Display, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Telephony and messaging
  7. 7. Gallery, media players, audio quality
  8. 8. Still and video camera
  9. 9. Browser, other apps
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. Samsung Galaxy A3 specification
  13. Samsung Galaxy A3 Duos specification
  14. Review comments (93)

Samsung Android Dual SIM

Internet and Chrome

The Samsung Galaxy A3 comes with both the stock Android browser (customized by Samsung) and Google's Chrome. Both support multiple tabs (including incognito ones) and an option to go straight to the desktop version of a page.

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The Samsung-customized Internet browser

With a Samsung account the Internet browser can sync your browsing history and bookmarks between devices, similar to Google Chrome.

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Chrome with data-saving options

Chrome has another trick up its sleeve - it can reduce traffic by compressing web pages on Google's servers before they are sent to the device, similar to how Opera's Turbo mode (and Opera Mini) work.

Other apps

S Planner is the default calendar. It features five different views: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly and agenda. Multiple online calendars are supported (complete with color coding). Despite bearing the same name, coming from the Galaxy Note 4 version of S Planner there's definitely the sense that this is a stripped down version.

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S Planner

The Memo app is fairly powerful, you can add images and voice notes in each memo and sort those in multiple categories. Notes are synced with a server, which is handy if you have several Samsung devices.

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Memo app

The clock app has an alarm clock, World clock, stopwatch and timer modes. Smart alarm can wake you gently by starting a quiet sound that builds over a few minutes before the raw ringer kicks in.

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Alarms • world clock • stopwatch • timer

My Files is the built-in file browser. Its initial screen is quite simple, sorting files by their type (video, document, etc.), but you can browse the built-in and microSD storage folder by folder, too. Files and folders can be moved, copied, deleted, renamed and ZIP-ed together.

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My Files with ZIP support

Finally, aside from the Google Play store you get Samsung Galaxy apps - the store for exclusive content for Galaxy smartphones. Much like Amazon, Samsung is pushing its own app store with free promos.

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Google Play Store • Samsung Galaxy Apps

Next Page » 10. Conclusion
9. Browser, other apps
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, design and build quality
  3. 3. Display, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Telephony and messaging
  7. 7. Gallery, media players, audio quality
  8. 8. Still and video camera
  9. 9. Browser, other apps
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. Samsung Galaxy A3 specification
  13. Samsung Galaxy A3 Duos specification
  14. Review comments (93)

Reviews Samsung Galaxy A3 and A3 Duos reviewPage 9
  • Comments (93)
  • Galaxy A3
  • Galaxy A3 Duos

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