Samsung just launched the Galaxy M40, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in India, as it had promised. It has similar specifications as the Galaxy A60 that was introduced back in April that includes a 6.3-inch Full HD+ Infinity-O LCD screen with 91.8% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Octa-Core Snapdragon 675 with 6GB of RAM, runs Android Pie with Samsung One UI, features a 32-megapixel rear camera with f/1.7 aperture, secondary 5-megapixel camera for portrait shots and an 8-megapixel 123° ultra wide-angle lens. It also has a 16-megapixel front camera. It uses screen sound technology that uses the phone’s screen as an earpiece.
The phone has a gradient back, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, dual SIM slot and a 3500mAh battery with 15W fast charging, but this lacks the 3.5mm audio jack, however the company is offering USB Type-C earphones in the box.
Samsung Galaxy M40 specifications
- 6.3-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ Infinity-O LCD with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
- 2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 675 Mobile Platform with Adreno 612 GPU
- 6GB RAM, 128GB Storage, expandable up to 512GB via micro SD card
- Android 9.0 (Pie) with Samsung One UI
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
- 32MP rear camera with LED flash with f/1.7 aperture, 5MP depth sensor with f/2.2 aperture, 8MP 123° ultra-wide angle camera with f/2.2 aperture
- 16MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture
- Fingerprint sensor
- USB Type-C audio, Dolby Atmos
- Dimensions: 155.2 x 73.9 x 7.9mm ; Weight: 169g
- Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C
- 3500mAh battery with fast charging
The Samsung Galaxy M40 comes in Midnight Blue and Seawater Blue colors, is priced at Rs. 19,990 and it will be available from Amazon.in and Samsung online shop starting June 19th.
Launch offers
- 100% extra on recharge for 10 months with Rs. 249 (4GB data per day) and Rs. 349 plans (6GB data per day) for Airtel users
- Rs. 3750 worth cashback (in the form of 50 vouchers) + Additional 250GB data (500MB per day up to 18 months) for Vodafone Idea users
- Double data offer for 10 months at 4GB per day on Rs. 198 recharge for Jio users