Samsung Galaxy A42 5G

Brand and model

Brand	Samsung
Model	Galaxy A42 5G

Design

Width	75.8 mm 7.58 cm 0.249 ft 2.984 in
Height	164.3 mm 16.43 cm 0.539 ft 6.469 in
Thickness	8.6 mm 0.86 cm 0.028 ft 0.339 in
Weight	193 g 0.43 lbs 6.81 oz
Volume	107.1 cm³ 6.5 in³
Colors	Prism Dot Black Prism Dot White Prism Dot Gray
Body materials	Plastic

SIM card

SIM card type	Nano-SIM (4FF — fourth form factor, since 2012, 12.30 x 8.80 x 0.67 mm) Nano-SIM / microSD
Number of SIM cards	2
Features	Dual SIM stand-by (Both cards are active. When one is busy, the other is not active)

Networks

GSM	GSM 850 MHz (B5) GSM 900 MHz (B8) GSM 1800 MHz (B3) GSM 1900 MHz (B2)
UMTS	UMTS 850 MHz (B5) UMTS 900 MHz (B8) UMTS 1700 MHz (B4) UMTS 1900 MHz (B2) UMTS 2100 MHz (B1)
LTE	LTE-FDD 800 MHz (B20) LTE-FDD 850 MHz (B5) LTE-FDD 900 MHz (B8) LTE-FDD 1700 MHz (B4) LTE-FDD 2100 MHz (B1) LTE-FDD 2600 MHz (B7) LTE-TDD 2300 MHz (B40) LTE-TDD 2500 MHz (B41) LTE-TDD 2600 MHz (B38)
5G NR	5G-FDD 1800 MHz (n3) 5G-FDD 2100 MHz (n1) 5G-TDD 2500 MHz (n41) 5G-TDD 3500 MHz (n78) 5G-TDD 3700 MHz (n77)

Mobile network technologies and bandwidth

Mobile network technologies

UMTS (384 kbit/s ) EDGE HSPA+ LTE 5G NSA 5G SA

Operating system

Operating system (OS)	Android 10
User interface (UI)	One UI 2.5

System on Chip (SoC)

SoC	Samsung Exynos 980
Process technology	8 nm
CPU	2x 2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A77, 6x 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
CPU bits	64 bit
Instruction set	ARMv8-A
CPU cores	8
CPU frequency	2200 MHz
GPU	ARM Mali-G76 MP5
GPU cores	5
RAM capacity	4 GB 6 GB
RAM type	LPDDR4X
RAM channels	Double channel
RAM frequency	1866 MHz

Storage

Storage

128 GB

Memory cards

Types

microSD microSDHC microSDXC

Display

Type/technology	Super AMOLED
Diagonal size	6.6 in 167.64 mm 16.76 cm
Width	2.71 in 68.79 mm 6.88 cm
Height	6.02 in 152.87 mm 15.29 cm
Aspect ratio	2.222:1
Resolution	720 x 1600 pixels
Pixel density	266 ppi 104 ppcm
Color depth	24 bit 16777216 colors
Display area	84.72 %
Other features	Capacitive Multi-touch
	Infinity-U Display Always-On Display HDR10

Sensors

Sensors	Proximity Light Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope Fingerprint Hall
	In-display fingerprint sensor

Rear camera

Sensor type	CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor)
Sensor format	1/2″
Pixel size	0.8 µm (micrometers) 0.000800 mm
Aperture	f/1.8
Flash type	LED
Image resolution	8000 x 6000 pixels 48 MP
Video resolution	1920 x 1080 pixels 2.07 MP
Video FPS	30 fps
Features	Autofocus Continuous shooting Digital zoom Geotagging Panorama HDR Touch focus Face detection White balance settings ISO settings Exposure compensation Self-timer Scene mode Macro mode Phase detection autofocus (PDAF)
	Secondary rear camera — 5 MP (depth-sensing) Aperture size — f/2.4 (#2) Third rear camera — 8 MP (ultra-wide-angle) Aperture size — f/2.2 (#3) Fourth rear camera — 5 MP (macro) Aperture size — f/2.4 (#4)

Front camera

Aperture	f/2.2
Focal length and 35 mm equivalent	3.75 mm
Image resolution	5184 x 3880 pixels 20.11 MP
Video resolution	1920 x 1080 pixels 2.07 MP
Video FPS	30 fps
Features	Face unlock

Audio

Speaker

Loudspeaker Earpiece

Radio

Radio

Yes

Tracking / Positioning

Tracking / Positioning

GPS A-GPS GLONASS Beidou Galileo

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi

802.11a (IEEE 802.11a-1999) 802.11b (IEEE 802.11b-1999) 802.11g (IEEE 802.11g-2003) 802.11n (IEEE 802.11n-2009) 802.11n 5GHz 802.11ac (IEEE 802.11ac) Dual band Wi-Fi Hotspot Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi Display

Bluetooth

Version	5.0
Features	A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) AVRCP (Audio/Visual Remote Control Profile) DIP (Device ID Profile) HFP (Hands-Free Profile) HID (Human Interface Profile) HSP (Headset Profile) MAP (Message Access Profile) OPP (Object Push Profile) PAN (Personal Area Networking Profile) PBAP/PAB (Phone Book Access Profile) HOGP

USB

Connector type	USB Type-C
Version	2.0
Features	Charging Mass storage On-The-Go

Headphone jack

Headphone jack

Yes

Connectivity

Connectivity

Computer sync OTA sync Tethering NFC VoLTE ANT+

Browser

Browser

HTML HTML5 CSS 3

Audio file formats/codecs

Audio file formats/codecs

AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) AMR / AMR-NB / GSM-AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate, .amr, .3ga) AMR-WB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband, .awb) eAAC+ / aacPlus v2 / HE-AAC v2 FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec, .flac) M4A (MPEG-4 Audio, .m4a) MIDI MP3 (MPEG-2 Audio Layer II, .mp3) OGG (.ogg, .ogv, .oga, .ogx, .spx, .opus) WMA (Windows Media Audio, .wma) WAV (Waveform Audio File Format, .wav, .wave)

Video file formats/codecs

Video file formats/codecs

3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project, .3gp) 3GPP2 (3rd Generation Partnership Project 2, .3g2) AVI (Audio Video Interleaved, .avi) Flash Video (.flv, .f4v, .f4p, .f4a, .f4b) H.263 H.264 / MPEG-4 Part 10 / AVC video H.265 / MPEG-H Part 2 / HEVC MKV (Matroska Multimedia Container, .mkv .mk3d .mka .mks) MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v) VC-1 VP8 VP9 WebM WMV (Windows Media Video, .wmv) WMV7 (Windows Media Video 7, .wmv) WMV8 (Windows Media Video 8, .wmv) Xvid

Battery

Capacity	5000 mAh
Type	Li-Polymer
Charger output power	5 V / 3 A
Features	Fast charging Non-removable