Samsung Mobile South Africa recently delivered the Samsung Galaxy A5 SM-A500F for testing and evaluation.

I will be putting this little beauty through its paces for the next 2 weeks or so; I’m just waiting for a nano-sim as the one I usually use got feet somehow.

The box comes with the usual items; nothing spectacular or strange. Charger, headset with microphone, USB charger and the obligotory booklets.

I must say that I love the feel of the phone. It feels solid and well-build. I like that.

However, turning Talkback on was a bit of an ordeal. (Note that this may be specific to the South African model.)

I had to get sighted asistance to turn talkback on in settings. Everything in the settings menu is vertically arranged so, the person must just scroll down in settings, find accessibility and go in; then find vision and tap on it. Talkback is the first item in vision.

After this, you can enable the triple click option and allocate it to Talkback or whatever you prefer.

The screen is responsive to touch and thus far, I was able to setup my Google account, even though I haven’t inserted my sim yet.

It is running Android V4.4.4 KitKat and I’m not sure if we will see an upgrade to v5 or not.

Excuse me while I get ready for some fun times.