Samsung launched the entry-level Galaxy A05 last September, and released it in October. Now the company is hard at work on its successor, the aptly named Galaxy A06. A prototype A06 has been spotted in the Geekbench database recently, and that listing has revealed some bad news for those who were hoping for it to be a massive upgrade compared to its predecessor.
It turns out that the Galaxy A06 will be powered by the same MediaTek Helio G85 SoC as its predecessor. The prototype that ran Geekbench managed a single-core score of 1,644 and a multi-core score of 5,326. If those number seem abnormally high, please do note that this is Geekbench 4.2.0 we’re talking about, not the much newer 6.x we’re used to seeing.
Samsung Galaxy A05
The A06 unit that ran the benchmark had 6GB of RAM (which one version of the A05 also came with), and it booted Android 14 as the finalized device should from day one of course.
The Galaxy A06 has also been certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance, a process which revealed it supports dual-band Wi-Fi 5 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac). No other details about the A06 are known right now.
As a reminder, the A05 came with a 6.7-inch 720×1600 LCD touchscreen, 4/6GB of RAM, 64/128GB of expandable storage, a 50 MP main camera with a 2 MP depth sensor next to it, an 8 MP selfie snapper, and a 5,000 mAh battery with support for 25W wired charging. Hopefully there will be some upgrades packed into the A06 even if the SoC stays the same.
