Samsung Galaxy C5 is now official

After several leaks and rumors, Samsung has finally introduced its new C series smartphone in China, and the first member is the Galaxy C5. The phone has a HTC-like design and sports a metal body that measures 145.9 x 72 x 6.7mm and weighs 143g.

The Samsung Galaxy C5 comes with 5.2-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) Super AMOLED display and is powered by octa-core Snapdragon 617 processor backed by Adreno 405 GPU and 4GB RAM. It comes in two storage variants, 32GB or 64GB. The storage be increased via microSD card and the phone runs Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

For photography, it gets 16-megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash, f/1.9 aperture and 8-megapixel front facing camera. Connectivity duties are handled by 4G LTE, 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, NFC and GPS. It supports Samsung Pay and comes with fingerprint scanner, Hybrid dual-SIM slot, and is backed by 2600mAh battery.

The Samsung Galaxy C5 is price at CNY 2199 ($335 | Rs. 22,500) for the 32GB variant and CNY 2399 ($365 | Rs. 24,500) for the 64GB model. It comes in Gold, Pink Gold, Silver and Grey colors, and is now available for pre-order via several online stores in China and will go on sale starting June 6. It's unclear if Samsung will launch the Galaxy C5 in other markets. 

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TENAA outs Samsung Galaxy C5 specifications and photos

Samsung will announce the Galaxy C series smartphone on May 26 in China. The Galaxy C series is expected to have two members, the Galaxy C5 and Galaxy C7. Both have them have be spotted in images and on benchmarking website. Now the Galaxy C5 has been certified by TENAA in China.

According to TENAA, Galaxy C5 will come with 5.2-inch 1080p AMOLED display, Snapdragon 617 SoC w/ Adreno 405 GPU, 4GB RAM, 32GB/64GB internal storage (two variants), microSD card slot for storage expansion, 16MP rear camera (w/ dual-tone LED flash), 8MP front camera, 4G LTE, 2600mAh battery and Fingerprint scanner. It will ship with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. Note that most of the sepcs are in-line with the specs outed by benchmarking websites.

The Galaxy C5 will have a 6.7mm slim metal body and the design resembles that of HTC 10, especially the camera placement and antenna lines.

The Galaxy C7 is also expected to have the same design and specs, but will come with a bigger 5.5-inch display and Snapdragon 625 SoC.

The Samsung Galaxy C5 and Galaxy C7 are expected to be priced at CNY 1599 ($245 | Rs. 16,390) and CNY 1799 ($275 | Rs. 18,440) respectively and will hit China market first. It is not known whether the handsets will release globally. 

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