Samsung's newly found love for "premium build" is spilling down the ranks and if the new A-series get half the love and attention the S-line has been getting, it will be a job well done. The South Koreans are right to try and stir things up in the midrange to turn declining profits around.

Both Single SIM and Dual SIM models come LTE-equipped on many markets (Cat; 4 LTE 150/50Mbps, 5" Super AMOLED of 1280 x 720px resolution, ~294ppi, All-metal body with premium matte finish and low 123g weight, Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 64-bit chipset, quad-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A53 processor, 2GB of RAM,...

Snapdragon 410 is more befitting cheaper; lower midrange devices; It's comparatively pricey for the hardware features offered; On the Dual-SIM version you can't have both a secondary SIM and microSD card inside; Battery is non-removable

There's no denying that Samsung goes all out with their smartphones, packing them to near bursting point with tons of special features and generally cutting edge specs. Special features and hardware aside, one point of contention has always been the use of plastic, making even premium devices feel...

You've seen my exclusive hands-on first look of the Samsung GALAXY A5 (well, at least I hope you did) so here's a more in depth look at Samsung's new metal-clad premium midrange smartphone. The 5-inch Android-powered number is certainly a good looker and feels the part too. Read on.

Beautiful design; Ultrathin; Good material build quality; Good camera; MicroSD expansion

Mid-range specs; Battery could be bigger; Slightly pricey for its specs

When Samsung first announced that they were discontinuing the GALAXY Alpha , we weren't quite sure what to feel. Though flawed, the Alpha proved that if they wanted to, Samsung can make a premium high-end phone with a metallic frame, which was something many of their fans were yearning for after...

The Samsung Galaxy A5 is a slick and stylish phone that copes with your typical day-to-day life and looks good doing it too. The only caveat is its price: ￡349 is a lot of money, especially as there are cheaper options available that sport better specs.

Samsung Galaxy A5 Smartphone is not exactly cheap but buyers get a round total package. The stylish, slim and rigid casing sets standards in the mid-range, the camera configuration is generous and the input devices are pleasingly accurate.

The Samsung Galaxy A5 has an ultraslim, aluminium design and an excellent selfie camera. But although it costs less than the flagship S5, its mid-range spec means that it's still over-priced for what you get.

Last year, Samsung announced the Galaxy Alpha , the first high-end smartphone in their range with a part-metal body. The handset was a good, yet flawed step forward for the company, failing to live up to its premium price tag from a hardware and battery life standpoint.

Excellent build quality; Great display and camera; Snapdragon 410 is a modest, powerful enough upgrade

This mid-range handset is at least $100 too expensive; No Android 5.0 upgrade just yet

The Galaxy A5 is a new smartphone from Samsung. It has a five-inch, 1280 x 720 HD screen, a quad-core CPU, 13 Mpixel main camera, a 5 MP frontal camera, and runs Android 4.4. Let's take a good look at it!

Big screen (but not too big); with crisp and vivid images; Great design; Slim; compact; and light; Excellent performance; Good main camera; Great frontal camera for "selfies; Memory card slot; Supports two Nano-SIM cards (in the model we analyzed; Supports 4G LTE networks

Could cost less; You can not use a second SIM card and a memory card at the same time

Samsung's full metal unibody smartphone – the Galaxy A5, is finally coming to Malaysia. The Galaxy A5 packs mid-range specs under a 5" HD Super AMOLED display, encased in a sleek and slim metal body.