Samsung unveils Galaxy M42 5G: AMOLED display, Snapdragon 750G chip, 48MP quad camera and 5000mAh battery for $295

Samsung, as promised, announced today in India a new M-series smartphone.

About the model

The device is named Galaxy M42 5G and it became a copy of the previously released Galaxy A42 5G. The device also has a 6.6-inch Infinity-U Super AMOLED display with FHD + resolution, an under-the-screen fingerprint scanner, a 5000 mAh battery, 6/8 GB of RAM, a quad camera with a 48 megapixel main module and a 20 megapixel front camera.

The Galaxy M42 5G is powered by an eight-core Snapdragon 750G processor. It is built on an 8-nanometer process technology and has two high-performance Cortex-A77 cores with a frequency of 2.2 GHz, as well as six energy-efficient Cortex-A55 cores with a frequency of 1.8 GHz. The SoC comes with a built-in 5G modem. Out of the box, the device has a fresh Android 11 operating system with original One UI 3.1 shell.

Price and when to expect

Galaxy M42 5G will go on sale in India on May 1st. The basic modification of a smartphone with 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of ROM will cost $295, and the top one for 8/128 GB will cost $322.

Source: Amazon