Samsung Galaxy A16 5G announced with record-breaking software support
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- Darth Caesium
- BiP
- 08 Oct 2024
What the A16 should've been:
•Price — $200 / €200
•Measurements — 147.6 × 70.3 × 8.3mm
•Display — 6.10", 86.6% screen-to-body-ratio, 120Hz, OLED, 2400×1080 (~431 PPI), 20:9 aspect ratio, 240Hz touch sampling rate, 800nits (peak)
•Build quality — Glass front (glossy; Gorilla Glass 3), plastic frame (matte), plastic back (matte), IP64 dust/water resistance
•Chipset — MediaTek Dimensity 6300
•Memory — 256GB UFS 2.2 + 8GB LPDDR5 RAM
•Rear cameras:
✓Samsung ISOCELL JN1 — 50MP, f/1.9, 26mm (wide), 1/2.74"-type, 0.64µm, PDAF, OIS
✓Samsung ISOCELL 3L6 — 13MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/3.0"-type, 1.12µm
•Selfie cameras:
✓Samsung ISOCELL 3L6 — 13MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.0"-type, 1.12µm
•Sound — 3.5mm jack; loudspeakers
•Battery and charging — 5,000mAh Li-Po; 25W wired (USB-PD 3.0)
•Sensors — Fingerprint (under-display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
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- Anonymous
- sEF
- 08 Oct 2024
If that 6 years update worth for 4GB RAM, then my phone from 2018 with Android 9 is still worth for Android 20 update haha
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- Anonymous
- nyc
- 08 Oct 2024
Kyrie, 08 Oct 2024I guess you got A22 4G instead of A22 5G? Despite what the ... moreIt's the 5g version. Slow and laggy at every step, browsing the net just feels off compared to S20+ crappynos variant.
And yes, it probably could sustain YT music in background if it was all it did. Sadly, coupling it with Google Maps completely obliterates the Music.
Can't believe all the people calling me liar or the "maybe it's a bug" crowd.
Thankfully there are some here that are familiar with Axx performance (or lack thereof)
- YUKI93
- K1L
- 08 Oct 2024
Sarkirssian, 07 Oct 2024I love to see so many OS specialists here. They know all a... moreSomeone really doesn't use lower-end Galaxy A phones.
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- Ezennaya
- XBA
- 08 Oct 2024
The ram is poor , it suppose to be like 6 or 6 GB ram with 256gb
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- Kza
- P$b
- 08 Oct 2024
Why buy this when you can get the S23 or A55 that is twice as better without paying twice the price?
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- Bennis
- yi{
- 08 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 08 Oct 2024On top of the measly 4GB RAM, the fact that a €249 phone re... moreIt's supposed to look bad so people go for the more expensive models without the chin and notch ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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- TruthSerum
- P$b
- 08 Oct 2024
Exciting to see Samsung lead towards reducing E-Waste
I hope they also maintain spare parts for at least 4 years, most importantly BATTERIES for at least 5 years.
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- Beto
- Pax
- 08 Oct 2024
I don't see a problem with a few years of system updates, mainly because of the problems mentioned in the previous comments. However, security updates should be long-term.
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- Anonymous
- 1Gs
- 08 Oct 2024
On top of the measly 4GB RAM, the fact that a €249 phone released in late 2024 still uses a U-shape notch and with a massive chin to top off is just laughable.
I'm not one to care about looks too much, but this thing looks like it's straight out of 2019. Samsung, you guys must be joking.
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- XPK
- 08 Oct 2024
It will be awesome and standard budzet phone if it comes with snapdragon 480+ or 6 gen 3.
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- Anonymous
- U{J
- 08 Oct 2024
Specialist in making fools to poors battery will likely to be dead within 3/4 years and display too dead within 2/3 years it seems
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- Anonymous
- tZ4
- 08 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 08 Oct 2024Why do you think the phone will not survive 6 years? I am s... moreYour phone is running on Android 8.0 or 9.0, right? Android 14 is much heavier than older versions. Subsequent Android versions after thsr will make this A16 struggle to only 4GB Ram.
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- Hamad1993
- Hxd
- 08 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 08 Oct 2024Why do you think the phone will not survive 6 years? I am s... moreBuy a good phone with decent price, that’s not hard nowadays.
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- Anonymous
- xjH
- 08 Oct 2024
still better than redmi A crap
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- raQ
- 08 Oct 2024
This will be like installing windows 11 on Pentium 4 with 1GB RAM and 30GB HDD. Nice to have updates, but device won't be usable.
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- veryangrynerd
- CMN
- 08 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 07 Oct 2024Samsung is absolutely the worst at milking brand name and g... moreIf you are doing other things on a A2x series phone after keeping YT music in the background ofc it will shut offf
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- Anonymous
- 0jS
- 08 Oct 2024
Techfun, 07 Oct 2024Meanwhile giving hardware that wont even last couple of yearsWon't even be acceptable for the year it's released. The update promise is an empty gesture.
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- Anonymous
- SjI
- 08 Oct 2024
4GB not enough
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- Nick
- 0p}
- 08 Oct 2024
Have in mind that people getting these low end phones are not really in for the performance of the phone. Most of the people with these phones are using it for basic things and I am sure that after 6 years you will be able to scroll FB with the phone even if it's not the smoothest expirience.