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GROUP TEST  BUDGET PHONES
                                          BEST FOR
                                           DESIGN
                                                                                   £259

















                  THE FULL SKINNY
                 Just 66mm wide and
                  7.9mm thick, the A3
                  is 90% as wide and
                 only 83% as thick as
                 the Moto G5. Phones
                 don’t get much more
                   pocket-friendly.



                 SMOOTH SAILING
                  See ‘curved glass’ in
                 a budget phone and it
                  normally means it’s
                 just smoothed off   at
                  the edges.   is back
                 is actually curved like
                   a fl agship mobile.














                     Samsung Galaxy A3  Price £259 / stuff.tv/GalaxyA3                          NOW
                                                                                                APP
                    What’s the story?       Is it any good?          a wider-aperture lens than   THIS
                      e Galaxy A3 is a bit more     e screen is only 720p, so not   most, and that classic Samsung
                    pricey than the other phones   a pixel-packed masterpiece…   combo of fast shooting and   Zombies, Run!
                    here, even though it’s a tiny little   but it’s a reminder that you   good HDR chops makes it a fun   £free (IAPs)
                    thing. It has a dinky 4.7in screen,   don’t need fi ve million pixels   snapper to use.   Small phones make
                    making this a dream for those   with a screen this size. It’s   Samsung rarely off ers   great run buddies; the
                    fi gure-hugging trousers that’ll   fairly sharp and uses one of   standard-setting value, and   issue is getting yourself
                    scream at the sight of a giant   Samsung’s top-quality OLED   that’s the case again here. But   to actually hit the
                    Sony Xperia L1.         panels rather than an LCD.   at   if you’re after a small phone, this   pavement.   is app
                        e classy design is not that   money doesn’t just go into the   is hard to beat.   turns your jogs into
                    far off  Samsung’s top phones:   Samsung name, y’know.                       missions to pick up
                    the front and back are curved   Lower screen resolution also                supplies for a township
                    glass, the sides aluminium.   e   means the octa-core processor   TECH SPECS  in a zombie-infested
                    days of plasticky Samsungs   coasts through games that   ● 4.7in 1280x720 Super   apocalypse. Part
                    are long gone. It’s even able to   might cause it trouble if it did   AMOLED ● Android 6.0.1   audiobook, part tracker
                    handle a full-on dunk in water,   have a 1080p display.   ● Octa-core Exynos 7870 Octa   app, it uses GPS to see
                    and there’s a fi nger scanner.   Like so many budget phones   ● 2GB RAM ● 13MP rear, 8MP   how far, and how fast,
                      ink ‘tiny Galaxy S7’ and you’re   the Samsung Galaxy A3 has a   front ● 2350mAh ● 16GB,   you run.
                    there, pretty much.     13MP camera. But this one has   microSD ● 135x66x7.9mm, 138g
                     STUFF SAYS The Galaxy S8 look in a phone that’s half the price – nu  said


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