Samsung Galaxy A51 in for review

30 January 2020
The sequel to Samsung's most popular phone of 2019 is here. Is it any good?

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  • brumby
  • u44
  • 12 Feb 2020

Looks pretty compelling coming from a Moto G7 Plus. 27 Watt Fast charging is pretty impressive and has really changed my charging habits. 80% in 15 - 20 minutes.

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    • Anonymous
    • sci
    • 03 Feb 2020

    Is the phone available in the US?

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      • Billiken_27
      • LCx
      • 03 Feb 2020

      I would prefer the old 25MP f/1.7 than the new 48MP f/2.0. More MP does not mean better quality. And f/1.7 is much better for low light that f/2.0

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        • Su Kay
        • fnh
        • 01 Feb 2020

        Charging my new Samsung A51. Ready for use in 47 mins. Cant wait

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          • Devendra kumar Sharm
          • fCE
          • 01 Feb 2020

          Good and nice phone

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            • AnonD-913344
            • gya
            • 31 Jan 2020

            ErceylanS, 31 Jan 2020In another A51 specs thread some Samsung Marketing Guy shar... moreSamsung marketing guy? really? it was me who shared the pics. And proved to be way better... really? if you don't own both phones then stop making false assumptions. The A51 takes much better photos and colors are much more accurate.

              In another A51 specs thread some Samsung Marketing Guy shared Pics. U can find them there... I compared the A51's shots with Xiaomi Note 8 Pro. Note 8 Pro proved to be way better.

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                • Pajson89
                • S9u
                • 31 Jan 2020

                MI9 T PRO is better buy

                  Sean, 30 Jan 2020Another plastic Samsung with rubbish cameras Have you already tested it? Could you share some photo samples. It would really help.

                    Anonymous, 30 Jan 2020You comparing a phone to a chip ? Mi9tpro is a chipset?

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                      • Madhan
                      • xfy
                      • 31 Jan 2020

                      Too many rear cameras ... max of 2 is aesthetical

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                        • AdyT
                        • aj}
                        • 31 Jan 2020

                        AdyT, 31 Jan 2020I will receive it on monday. Vodafone unlimited plan (minut... more0 euro, or usd I mean

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                          • AdyT
                          • aj}
                          • 31 Jan 2020

                          I will receive it on monday. Vodafone unlimited plan (minutes, messages and data) on retention. Cost me 0 €, so I hardly wait to get it. On my daily activities it will be great ! So..... :)

                            Teeelo, 30 Jan 2020Already available in my cohntry for around 325$. Is a fine ... moreI agree with your sentiment. As an example: 9611 is using cortex-A73 and cortex-a53 combo, the "big-cores" for instance were released last 2016, which is technically exact same arm cores from 9610 but just on a slightly smaller fab process. The competing chips last 2019 has already moved forward. MTK, Kirin, and Snapdragons were already using the cortex-A76 + cortex a55 combo for mid range, other smartphone manufacturers has been selling superior SoCs on at even lower price-points. It's only Samsung that were able to keep this ageing cortex processors at this price point, anyone buying this phone and complain that their phone lags after 6 months to a year of updates, yeah, you should've seen that coming.

                            IMO, it's either Samsung can't secure as much cortex licences either due to a financial or technical problems (their custom core development team has been defunct already) or because it's just Samsung were just confident to get away with it based on how they think their consumers are. Using the same cortex core and GPU Mali core, just shrinking it again and again, just add small improvements in ISPs, modem etc while keep the price higher? For me, that's more of an insult than an improvement.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • J{D
                              • 31 Jan 2020

                              Palexandru, 30 Jan 2020Is the slowest and lagish phone from the planet. Test it a... moreI believe its the processor. A71 with Snapdragon should be somewhat better in this aspect. I have a S10 with Exynos and it lags and do it small short freezes sometimes... yeah a S10 flagship... but i say about the processor because before i had a S9+ with Snapdragon and boy it was smooth and fast, but S10 with Exynos... traasshhh. It gets very hot sometimes. The software is not that amazing also, its android after all... before S10 and S9+ I had an iphone 8 plus... worst thing i did was selling it to get the S9+

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                                • Anonymous
                                • J{D
                                • 30 Jan 2020

                                Anonymous, 30 Jan 2020It's already old. The A51s will be released in a week with ... morewhat ??!?!!?

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                                  • Palexandru
                                  • 3cj
                                  • 30 Jan 2020

                                  Is the slowest and lagish phone from the planet. Test
                                  it and sell it. The processor or the software are laging coninuously

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • PwI
                                    • 30 Jan 2020

                                    It's already old. The A51s will be released in a week with an improved 720p TFT screen.

                                      Phone has some issue, 30 Jan 2020I have had it for about a week and it has locked up on me o... moreI've seen videos with hands-on and it's definitely visible. Who knows if OneUI 2.0 is that demanding because the A50 wasn't that bad in 1.1 with basically the same chipset configuration (RAM included).

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • mEk
                                        • 30 Jan 2020

                                        Josephnero, 30 Jan 2020Mi9tpro is better in every possible aspects. Bonus :it do... moreYou comparing a phone to a chip ?