Samsung Galaxy A16 5G promo materials reveal shocking update promise

18 September 2024
It's unprecedented at this price.

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6 years of updates with such useless specs.
Your phone will die at least twice when it reaches last update.
But good joke samsung really.

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    Anonymous, 12 hours agoExynos 1580 wouldn't have A720 cores. I doubt it. Even... moreOr 1*a78+3*a78+4*a55, d8100 already reached these kinds of scores

      Anonymous, 18 Sep 2024That6just screen retention. It's not permanent, goes a... moreI have an amoled and never had an issue with retention and burn in.

        1989 nothinghappened, 15 hours agoHow low end are we talking about? Obviously really bad valu... moreany phone with ufs storage will be fine for social media, streaming video and web browsing. unless you play games. but man gotta at least get 4gb ram, 1080p display for a headache free experience, lower, app reloads or low quality display will not make the phone enjoyable. if the phone has fast storage, i.e "ufs", it won't slow down.

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          Anonymous, 19 Sep 2024A2x not avail . Think a25 is the last in a2x series. A36 wi... moreExynos 1580 wouldn't have A720 cores. I doubt it. Even with A78 core they could reach 700K+ in AnTuTu. So it would probably be that they would go with a single A710 performance core with 3x A78 performance support and the rest is either A55 or A57. Also the jump wouldn't be that big for the A36. Even the Exynos 1480 in the A55 couldn't go past 3GHz.

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            r.why.me, 18 Sep 2024Well, yeah. That is a good point. Galaxy A56 is definite... moreIP54 is already in the A15. You can see people already sinking this phone underwater for 2-5 minutes and It's still working perfectly. Samsung ain't joking with the build quality they've been giving since this year.

              Claudesp33d, 18 Sep 2024i have 11 years old galaxy note 3 and xperia z2, both are s... moreHow low end are we talking about? Obviously really bad value quad core/octa core a53 device? Or something with atleast two a75 cores that you can get for a bit more?

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                Damn, thats very impressive if they deliver, maybe it is because it sells a lot of units? Also these budget phones are becoming less and less shovelware and more actually usable devices now.

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                  • 19 Sep 2024

                  r.why.me, 18 Sep 2024Well, yeah. That is a good point. Galaxy A56 is definite... moreA2x not avail . Think a25 is the last in a2x series. A36 will equipped dimensity1300 1x 3.0 a78, 3x 2.6 a78 & 4x 2.0 a55 with antutu score of 780k+ same as pattern of a56 with 1x 2.91 a720, 3x 2.6 a720 & 4x 1.95 a520 with antutu score of 880k+ android 14. But f36 & m36 will equipped e1480. F56 & m56 will equipped with e1580 too

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                    • 18 Sep 2024

                    I highly doubt it will have an LCD screen as the A15 is Super AMOLED.

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                      • 18 Sep 2024

                      in 2024
                      Samsung galaxy A16.
                      it should be 8/128 because it got 6x android os updates.
                      punch hole display.
                      and return the triple slot 2 sim cards + micro SD card.

                        Anonymous, 18 Sep 2024If this gets 6 years it probably means all the higher Galax... moreWell, yeah. That is a good point.

                        Galaxy A56 is definitely coming with the leaked Exynos 1580, which should be around the level of the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 at least (Exynos 1480 comes close already). And A36 might come with the 1480 for all we know, or the newly announced SD 7s Gen 3 (or at least I hope). Both of those would be sufficient in terms of processing power. Only problem is if the A36 comes with UFS 2.2 or 3.1 (A55 currently comes with UFS 3.1, and it would be logical for it to go a tier lower in the next gen).

                        I have very little hope for the A26. Every A2x device for the past few years has been soundly disappointing. Only improvement might be an official IP rating, since we know the A16 now has one. But if it comes with an Exynos 1380 or SD 6 Gen 3, an IP rating, a punch hole for the front camera, and a display with more than 180 Hz PWM, it might actually be worth considering.

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                          • 18 Sep 2024

                          Except notch, everything looks good.

                            Claudesp33d, 18 Sep 2024it stutters because it has a slow cpu and emmc storage. not... moreGalaxy A14 5G has UFS 2.1 storage... But, yes, I get your point.

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                              • 18 Sep 2024

                              If this gets 6 years it probably means all the higher Galaxy A models get it as well. Galaxy A26, A36, A56. May be even more important for those because they have the processing power to be good after so long, and the 5000mAh should still last enough after that time as well. Maybe that’s the start of an era where even lower cost phones can be commonly used for 5 years and more.

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                                • 18 Sep 2024

                                Anonymous, 18 Sep 2024Reminds me of a friend that tortured his poor LG with a OLE... more>He set his screen time out to 15 minutes, but technically his screen stayed on for hours when he fell asleep in bed.

                                I‘ve done this before with an LCD phone, and of course it was undamaged. LCD has its own advantages, it‘s not clear-cut to just say OLED is better. And for TV I‘d not even consider OLED anymore because those advantages (price, longevity) are much more exaggerated when an entire TV is €500 vs €1200 for the cheapest 65“ models and maybe 5-7 years for OLED vs easily more than 10 (if direct lit and not used at full brightness) for LCD.

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                                  • 18 Sep 2024

                                  Anonymous, 18 Sep 2024Seeing how many people complain about LCD, most didn't... moreYeah on the spec sheet picture in this very article it says „SA“ which probably means Super AMOLED.

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                                    Anonymous, 18 Sep 2024Damn those listed specs are way different than what I expec... moreSo it still uses AMOLED instead of LCD actually and the author did it wrong. Doesn’t change anything about my opinion on the matter though, the same phone but with LCD and a higher-class processor would be a nice option as well and maybe even nicer.

                                      DarlingYext, 18 Sep 2024"Best-in-class OS/Security updates competitors are NOT... morei have 11 years old galaxy note 3 and xperia z2, both are still very useable as of today. they are actually not very bad. especially the xperia z2. these phones both have snapdragon 800 and 801 respectively. with very optimised kernel and up to date custom roms, they are better than low end budget phones of today.

                                      optimisation is key. as long as you don't use hmd devices, you don't have to worry about optimisation. this company sends final rigged updates to slow down previously useable and snappy devices.

                                        r.why.me, 18 Sep 2024Especially for a device with such an SOC offering. The Exyn... moreit stutters because it has a slow cpu and emmc storage. nothing to do with ram. the 4gb galaxy a15 is very smooth, it has helio g99 and ufs 2.2 storage.

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