Samsung Galaxy A40 64GB Smartphone Black - Other EU Version

I give this product 5 stars however, I would like to give two comments which just shave the five stars. The set up should have been straightforward. There is a computerised voice to tutor one in the installation. However, when I tried to enter text (e.g. the Wi-Fi password) the keyboard popped up but I could not enter any text. After much frustration I realised that to enter text I has to press a key three times (one long and two short). Near the end of the setup one screen seemed to freeze as I could not get it to move. Again after must frustration I realised that to move the screen needed a two finger action (in a manner of speaking). My other gripe is the ringtones or rather lack of them. Within Settings the ringtone can be changed. However, the only ringtone available was the one already installed. Do these phones leave the factory with a random ringtone or are they all the same?Having got these points out of the way, this is an excellent phone. The battery lasts me about two days. Charging from empty takes about one and a half hours. This is the default setting of fast charge and according to Google does not reduce the battery’s life. All actions on the phone are fast e.g. searching the internet and opening videos. The storage capacity of 64GB appears to be adequate Bear in mind that about a quarter of this is occupied by the operating system. However, I would suggest that use of an SD card is essential. I live in a poor phone reception area and my last phone was near unusable to make calls. This one gives excellent reception.Before buying this phone I researched professional sites for reviews. The considered opinion was that the phone was adequate. I beg to differ. I have never used an expensive phone but fail to see what one could do better than the A40. I believe that the price is astonishingly good. Why pay more?Yes, as people have said the phone was originally for the European market. However, this is stated on the box and the only “foreign” bit was the basic set up instructions which were in Slovak (I think). Do not let this put you off.

Bought this phone for a trip to South Africa. Any UK networks are horrendously expensive for anything so plan was to use primary sim for receiving those one time passcodes and other notifications then get a local pay as you go sim for data and calls. In my case a vodacom. You need a South African friend to use their address but once that's done all is good.Swapping from an edge s7 was very easy including moving WhatsApp data via the backup. Something you cannot do with iPhone moving to non iPhone kit. Another nail in apple's coffin.Primary use was data and my partner tethered her phone to this. We had WhatsApp messaging and calls. Emails. Maps. Waze for live traffic navigation. Facebook and messenger too. Of course we also had WiFi in a large number of places so this phone allowed us to stay connected with our UK identities.Screenshot attached shows the two sim identities in use. Very easy to monitor data usage too by one or other sim.We switched off voicemail and diverted all calls to stop incoming call charges too.Very easy to swap between sim for data, calls or texts with both sim receive regardless.The wide angle camera was quite useful especially sharing vistas with those back home and posting on Facebook.It's not a water resistant phone one of the few disadvantages. It is USB c charging so got a dedicated in car charger.Overall very impressed. With my travel i can't see myself going back to a single sim phone.

Decent phone. Best processor and speed and storage for this budget. Perfect size at 5.9" in my opinion. Any bigger and they just get awkward to use. Fast, never lags or freezes. Camera isn't great though, bit basic. Battery life is ok, you'll get a day out of it. But if you're a heavy video or music user, you won't get the day. No stereo speakers though. USB C quick charge is a great feature. Overall, good phone if you're on a budget.

Bought this about a month ago so waited to do this review after getting used to it. Bought from a seller [only branded] new for a great price, decided to give up the iphone that was getting old and annoying.Came in the original samsung box with all accessories including UK charger. An Italian import with italian literature. No problem setting the phone up with English language. Phone updated to Android 9 and Samsung One UI upon set up. Had to delete or deactivate various bits of customisation put in by Samsung for the Italian market as well as some of the samsung bloatware we have no need for.Runs fast and smooth, lightweight, not too big, loads of memory, great screen visible nearly up to the edge, surprisingly good sound from the speaker too.Very happy with it. Why pay more?

Nice phone know problem setting it up very pleased with this on time

Why even buy a flagship nowadays when we have these extraordinary midrange phones? Thank you, Samsung. And let us shhh, we don't want planned obsolescence finding out about these great offerings.

Ottimo

un equipo super bien logrado con un tamaño super comodo, los materiales de construccion de muy buena calidad y en general un super dispositivo, quieres saber mas de este equipo ve a mi canal de reviews mx en youtube

Has NFC which I was worried about

The phone arrived in good conditions, everything with it is working nice, using it in Peru now without any trouble on 4G gsm net.