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Samsung Galaxy M42 5G
Samsung Galaxy M42 5G is a smartphone released in May 2021. Key specs: screen size 6.6″, refresh rate 60 Hz, chipset Qualcomm SM7225 Snapdragon 750G 5G, RAM 8 GB.
6.6Score
Display5.5
Camera6.7
Battery4.0
Features7.1
price range$215–265Reference price converted from EUR
- Released
- May 2021
- Type
- Smartphone
- Brand
Samsung- Popularity
- #1,058 of 4,418
- Model numbers
- SM-M426BSM-M426B/DS
6.6″Screen size
60 HzRefresh rate
Snapdragon 750GChipset
8 GBRAM
48 MPMain camera
5,000 mAhBattery capacity
15 WWired charging
190 gWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among smartphones of 2021
Screen size · 6.6″Top 33%
Refresh rate · 60 HzBottom 28%
RAM · 8 GBTop 35%
Main camera · 48 MPBottom 49%
Battery capacity · 5,000 mAhTop 35%
Wired charging · 15 WBottom 22%
Weight · 190 gTop 44%
Compared with smartphones released in 2021. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other smartphones
Why is Galaxy M42 5G a good choice?
Selfie camera: 20 MPbetter than 74% of smartphones
Weak points
Pixel density: 266 ppiworse than 83% of smartphones
Wired charging: 15 Wworse than 86% of smartphones
Refresh rate: 60 Hzworse than 100% of smartphones
Storage (max): 128 GBworse than 81% of smartphones
Specifications
Full specifications
Design
- Weight
- 190 g
- Thickness
- 8.6 mm
- Height
- 164.4 mm
- Width
- 75.9 mm
- Colours
- Prism Dot Black, Prism Dot Gray
Display
- Screen size
- 6.6″
- Panel
- Super AMOLED
- OLED panel
- Yes
- Resolution (width)
- 720 px
- Resolution (height)
- 1,600 px
- Pixel density
- 266 ppi
- Refresh rate
- 60 Hz
- Screen-to-body ratio
- 84.3%
Performance
- Process
- 8 nm
- CPU cores
- 8
- CPU frequency
- 2.2 GHz
Camera
- Main camera
- 48 MP
- Main camera aperture
- f/1.8
- Rear cameras
- 2
- Optical stabilisation
- No
- Ultra-wide camera
- Yes
- Telephoto camera
- No
- Max video
- 4K
- 4K video frame rate
- 30 fps
- Selfie camera
- 20 MP
- 4K selfie video
- No
Battery
- Battery capacity
- 5,000 mAh
- Battery type
- Li-Po
- Wired charging
- 15 W
- Wireless charging
- No
Connectivity
- 5G
- Yes
- eSIM
- No
- Dual SIM
- Yes
- Wi-Fi standard
- Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth
- 5
- NFC
- Yes
- USB
- USB Type-C 2.0
- USB version
- 2
- Satellite navigation
- GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Features
- Stereo speakers
- No
- 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Yes
- Fingerprint sensor
- Under display
- Sensors
- Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, compass
- SAR (head)
- 0.69 W/kg
Specs are collected from manufacturers and open databases and normalised to one format; check details with the seller before you buy.
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