Samsung Galaxy A11 vs. A12 Comparison: What's New & Should You Upgrade? By TechDaily

What's going on guys, my name is wade with tech daily and in this video we're going to be comparing the new Samsung Galaxy a12 to last year's a11. I'm gonna talk about what's new and what's changed with this new a12 I'll also offer my opinion on whether it's worth the upgrade, and hopefully, by the end. This will help you decide if you are considering maybe either one of these devices as your next smartphone there's a lot to go over here. So I won't waste any more time. Let's just go ahead and get right into it and see what these phones are all about. So first things.

First, let's actually talk about pricing and availability, this new a12 right now, retails for between 200 and 250 dollars, depending on where in the world you're located and with this device, maybe coming to some prepaid carriers in the future, it could be even cheaper than that soon. Last year's a11 launched at a similar price right around 200, but now, a year later, you can snag one of these phones for 170 or less, which is pretty nice either way you look at it. These are similarly priced devices and while they aren't the cheapest level of a series phones in the lineup, they certainly fall in that budget-friendly space and, if you guys, are interested in doing some comparison, shopping of your own I'll leave some links down below in the video description to where you can get both of these phones at their cheapest current prices so check down there for all the deals and discounts physically. I think it's pretty obvious that not a lot has changed from the a11 to the new a12. They both look very much like budget Samsung devices still, but there are some interesting changes worth mentioning.

First off size wise. The new a12 is now a little bigger. It's a 6.5 inch device, while the a11 is a 6.4 inch phone, the size difference isn't drastic, though the new phone is just a tiny bit taller, but actually a little slimmer on the sides. Interestingly enough, and while the screen size changed just a little, the thing that changed a lot is actually how chunky the new a12 is. This phone is quite a bit thicker and noticeably heavier than the a11, mainly due to the much bigger battery crammed inside which I'll talk about in a second.

Besides all of that up front, you can see that, for whatever reason, Samsung decided to go back to the teardrop notch for the front camera on the new a12 instead of the hole punch cut out like on the a11- and I have to be honest- I don't really like this change. It sort of feels like a step backwards since the corner, camera cutout looks to me to be like a more premium and maybe more modern, of a design across the bottom. Both phones also have a little of a chin, but really you get a pretty solid screen to body ratio all around, certainly better than some other devices in this price range around back. I think it's pretty easy to tell that. Both of these phones are made from plastic, but Samsung really changed up the design and finish on this new a12, rather than a shiny, smooth glossy plastic, like we've seen on so many a series phones over the years.

This new a12 has this lined textured finish across the top 75 of the rear housing and then a smooth bottom portion by the logo. There's no shine, no color shifting it's super simple, but I think it still looks nice and the fit and finish here is really just going to be a matter of personal preference. The new way 12 is a little gripper, but it's all the same plastic anyway, and neither phone has any of those extra physical features like wireless charging or water resistance rating. So nothing has changed there either. Taking a look around and everything else on the left side, both phones have the sim and SD card tray up top is where the a11 headphone jack was, while on the a12.

It's now moved to the bottom. You'll also find the USB charging port and single speaker setup down there on both phones as well. On the right side, there's the same volume switch but differing power buttons. The a12s now doubles as a fingerprint sensor, while the a11's fingerprint sensor is, of course, on the back. You can see.

We also have quite the change in camera setups as well, which I'll go more in depth with shortly, but jumping back to the fingerprint sensor here. The new placement and setup on the a12, I think, is a great move. The power button sensor combination is the perfect setup. It's responsive, it's easy, and I'm honestly, just glad to have it in general. Unlocking seems to be about the same speed on both phones with this method, at least, but with face unlock.

I think the new a12 has a little of an edge here, more often than not, it gets to the home screen a split second faster. So that looks like an improvement to me. Like I mentioned a second ago, the a12 is a much thicker and heavier device, and that's because this new phone now packs a 5 000 William battery inside the 4 000 William battery on the a11 in my own experience was always really solid. I could get more than a day's use out of the phone no problem, but now with 20 more juice. I think this a12 borders on being a true powerhouse device a day and a half or more of use without ever touching the charger.

Now. Yes, there are some devices out there with still bigger batteries than this, but I do think the bump up in capacity on this new a12 is actually one of the more significant upgrades to this new phone. Of course, the battery isn't the only thing that changed inside the new a12 is now powered by the MediaTek hello p35 processor, and it starts at three gigabytes of ram. You can also get an a12 with four or even six gigs of ram now too, and up to 128 gigs of built-in storage. The a11, on the other hand, has the snapdragon 450 processors, but just either two or three gigs of ram and a max 64 gigs of internal storage.

Now, to me, these spec upgrades are really significant, especially the ram boost. The geek bench scores alone here reveal a lot of information already the multi-core score on the new a12 is twice as high in comparison and in a real world test. You can also see that four gigs of ram on my a12 really produces a difference versus the measly two gigs on the a11. In my time using the a11 last year, I always thought the phone was good enough for casual use, even with its less powerful specs, but now with all that potential in the a12. I think this new device is a really solid bang for your buck sort of smartphone speed wise.

You can see that more often than not, there is a noticeable and sometimes even significant, speed, difference in launch and load times with even stock android apps. Now part of that reason could be the fact that this new a12 does ship with one UI 2.5 installed. My a11 has yet to get that update right now, which is a bummer, and it may be a contributing factor in performance, but the real big change is with app management. Two gigs of ram on the a11 just really isn't much nowadays and maxing out at three gigs, didn't offer that much more four gigs, as the base configuration on the a12 now is already way better. Apps stay loaded, longer and launch faster, but being able to configure this phone up to six gigs means that the a12 has the potential to be a great budget-friendly gaming phone.

Even all in all, I think the internal spec upgrades on the a12 are really fantastic. It's a huge boost for this phone for sure and while maybe not a lot of other stuff has changed on this device. If performance is your thing, I think it's worth jumping up to the a12 now, for that reason alone in regard to the display, while the a12 did get a little larger. Like I mentioned, it's still the same technology as before, so both phones offer a pl sips display at 720 resolution, the a11 comes in at 1560 by 720 268 pixels per inch, while the larger a12 has a 1600 by 720 resolution at 264, pixels per inch side by side. While I know the screens are technically different, since the selfie camera setup has changed, I can't really see an actual difference in the viewing experience.

The a12 is maybe a little more colorful in some instances, maybe more saturated, but that I think, is about the only thing I could pick out black levels to me. Look the same. They both peak at about the same brightness, and they are kind of a lower resolution than I think some people would like at this screen size, but you're still getting a huge display for consuming contents, which is obviously great, and at this price point I'm not really sure if you can expect too much more. All in all, if you're coming from the a11 expect about the same viewing experience jumping to the a12 there's just no real significant changes here. Unfortunately.

Finally, let's talk cameras, and this is where actually a lot has changed. First off in regard to the specs, last year's a11 had a triple lens setup, a 13 megapixel main lens, a 5 megapixel ultrawide and 2 megapixel depth sensor. This new a12 gets a huge upgrade to the main lens. First off now, a 48 megapixel shooter, a slightly wider 5 megapixel ultra-wide lens, seemingly the same 2 megapixel depth sensor, but Samsung also threw on their macro lens here as well to complete the quad lens setup with the shooting modes and capabilities. Obviously, the a12 now allows for super close-up pictures with a macro lens and a 48 megapixel high, detailed shooting mode with a new main lens, but most everything else is actually going to be the same.

There's no 4k, no slo-mo, no night modes, not a lot there as far as add-ons or features with either device really and in practice. The pictures that these phones produce are surprisingly different as well. The new a12 offers a shot with the rear lens, that's significantly more detailed, which is great, and you should expect that with the new lens, but it's also much more saturated while the a11 produces a duller but perhaps more realistic. Looking image on the flip side with the selfie cameras, which are slightly different lenses here, too, the results sort of flip the a12 again is much more detailed, but is now a darker more saturated shot in comparison. I think both these phones produce a great result in their own right, especially considering the price point.

It may just be what sort of look you prefer with your images, but it's sort of interesting how each phone ends up with a completely different result. I think the a12 is the more capable device overall with these upgrades, but I know the differences and results here are going to produce some differing opinions. All in all, this new a12 is the slightly larger, much beefier device with big battery big boost in specs, decent camera upgrade all for under 250 bucks, and this list of improvements and upgrades, I think, makes this phone absolutely worth the upgrade over last year's a11. If you have last year's phone jumping to the a12, is gonna, get you just a much better device in a number of different ways, and I think it's actually one of the few new devices. That's really and truly better than its predecessor in a number of measurable and objective ways.

A lot of phones nowadays have minimal upgrades if at all, sometimes features and specs even get taken away. But that's just not the case here. The a12 is absolutely worth considering and I applaud Samsung for all the changes they brought to this new phone. So there you go. That's everything you need to know about the new a12 compared to last year's a11.

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