Samsung Galaxy A51 Black 6.5" 128GB 4G Dual SIM Unlocked & SIM Free

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Side buttons are plastic too. The result? The Samsung Galaxy A51's build is closer to that of a Motorola Moto G8 or Oppo A5 2020 than a high-end Samsung. The Samsung Galaxy A51 is for those after a relatively affordable phone who would rather own a Samsung than an Android from Motorola, Oppo or Xiaomi.

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The Samsung Galaxy A51 has a good screen and worse power

That means you’re getting a 6.5in handset that looks just as swish as the Galaxy S20, with a few cuts here and there. Rather than being powered by Samsung’s top-end Exynos 990 processor, the A51 instead uses the new Exynos 9611, which is roughly equivalent to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 712, a mid-tier chipset employed by Chinese brands such as Realme and Vivo. As for video, the Galaxy A51 can record fully stabilised footage at up to 4K resolution, which is a nice addition for a phone at this price. Whatever resolution you choose, however, the A51 is limited to 30fps recording – the far cheaper Redmi Note 8T can shoot Full HD footage at 60fps. Samsung Galaxy A51 review: Verdict While those crashes likely won’t be an issue for long, the general sluggishness may be. Camera performance issues are intermittent rather than constant, but we did notice them regularly while out shooting.

It's not hard to spot the filler: those two 5MP cameras. But this case is much less egregious than, for example, what Oppo has tried recently. The Oppo A9 2020 has a couple of intensely useless 2MP cameras.

The Samsung Galaxy A51 does get the other usual benefits of an OLED display. Its optional Vivid screen mode looks very saturated, and contrast in a dark room is clearly far better than LCD phones at the price. The Galaxy A51's ultra-wide photos are also far more saturated than the standard wide shots, which makes grass look unrealistic, almost neon. This aside, ultra-wide images are solid. They offer lower dynamic range and less shadow detail than the main camera, but this is to be expected at the price. Wide shots are still well worth taking.

Battery : Actual battery life varies by network environment, features and apps used, frequency of calls and messages, number of times charged, and many other factors. You might have noticed that the A51’s Geekbench 4 benchmark results are roughly 15% weaker than those of last year’s model, the Galaxy A50, and the single-core test is 32% slower as well. Just to make sure this wasn’t a rogue anomaly, I ran the tests multiple times and got the same result each time. Network: The bandwidths supported by the device may vary depending on the region or service provider.Data - Internet connection required. Data and subscription charges may apply. Content subject to availability in country.

Those companies tend to offer a little more for your money, but the draw of the Samsung Galaxy series is strong. Should you buy it? This phone is not one of our favorites at the price, largely because of its flawed general performance. It feels a little too slow day-to-day at the price, even if it can run most popular 3D games perfectly well. User Available Memory: User memory is less than the total memory due to storage of the operating system and software used to operate the device features. Actual user memory will vary depending on the operator and may change after software upgrades are performedbr>**Requires access to Samsung Account and acceptance to customized service prior to using the usage pattern analysis based service.