It's been a while since Samsung updated its Galaxy A series. The A3 and A5 are now approaching the ripe age of 12 months while the A7 is almost 10 months old. There have been several reports suggesting that follow-ups to these models are close at hand. Now, live photos of the alleged sequels of the Galaxy A5 and A7 have surfaced online.

Basing from the leaked images obtained by SamMobile, the two smartphones have been brought up to par with current Samsung designs. Click here and here to view the backside of the devices.

Both rear-ends feature a flat glass panel with a single LED flash beside the slightly protruding back camera. Rumor has it that Samsung has relocated the loudspeaker to the bottom edge of the devices.

On the device's front sides, which you can see here and here, there seem to be fewer changes on the A5. The images reveal a 2.5D front glass on the face of the A7 but not on the A5.

Aside from the rearrangement of the earpiece sensors, the most noticeable difference between both handsets and their predecessors is the presence of a taller home key. This hints the possibility of a fingerprint sensor like the ones featured on the A8.

The Galaxy A series is the home of Samsung's mid-level offerings, so it's unlikely that the next-generation A5 and A7 will be featuring heart rate trackers.

Just last month, the suspected sequel of the A7 was spotted on the GFXBench database. The listing, which was first uncovered by Napidroid, did not mention the device's name, but its SM-A710 build number was enough to convince tech pundits.

The rumored second-generation A7 was revealed sporting a 5.5-inch 1080 x 1920 resolution display, Qualcomm's eight-core Snapdragon 615 chipset, the Adreno 405 GPU, 3GB of RAM and 16GB of native storage.

A week prior to that, PhoneArena reported of devices with build numbers SM-A310F and SM-A510F registered on India's import and export tracking website Zauba. The rumored A3 sequel was quoted to have a 4.7-inch screen while the possible second-generation A5 had a 5.2-inch screen. To top that all off, the website indicated that both devices originated from South Korea, Samsung's home country.

There's still no word as to when Samsung plans to update its Galaxy A series. However, if the fresh leaks are any indication, the devices could be poised for an early 2016 launch.