Samsung Galaxy A15
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- Anonymous
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- 24 Jul 2024
Ermcat, 23 Jul 2024I've used this phone for more than a month now (and wi... moreWell said! I'd add the subpar camera performance, too.
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- Ermcat
- 8mM
- 23 Jul 2024
beky, 23 Jul 2024Its not bad phone is amazing,haters hate this phoneI've used this phone for more than a month now (and will leave a mini-review later in this comment), and while it might be "amazing" for a casual/low-demand consumer, even for that category it has serious issues compared to likes of POCO X5 5G that retail for about the same price or less but offers a lot better experience and slightly better hardware.
Let's start with most relevant issues:
- does not have LTE-Advanced support (4G+), no carrier/band aggregation, so the LTE speeds u can get from this device will be most of the time pathetic. less or around 10 Mbps with rare cases of 40 to 60 Mbps if the modem decides to connect to a good base station. the reception is also generally worse than in competing models, as noticed by me and also pointed out in nbcheck's review.
you can find some sources stating this phone/SoC has an Lte Cat. 13 modem, but this is 100% not the case with this specific board from Samsung used in A15 4G.
- virtual proximity sensor and not a good one in my experience, not crucial but i'd avoid devices without a real proximity sensor.
- screen stays at 90Hz even when playing 24fps video, which is just embarrassing for a 2023-24 phone and affects the battery life.
- the loudspeaker quality is below average, the mic quality is below average, no noise cancellation during calls
- heavy for no reason
- as per my experience and another person's report on reddit, A15 4G have a hardware issue with the 3.5-jack which causes very noticeable stutters in audio when output thru the jack. for that reason alone, i would avoid this model unless there is evidence that they have resolved this hardware issue, which is unlikely for this price segment and given the low popularity/relevance of this model. the issue doesn't appear across all frequencies, but very noticeable with most pop songs that ive tried. it is also not consistent.
- updates come per region, very strong region lock as with all samsung phones (i recall theres a way to swap to different region OS). some settings menus are bugged regardless of which system version I run (particularly the wifi list menu), luckily doesn't prevent me from accessing any setting i need. generally the settings app is not that good or easy to navigate, the features are fine but not fast to access.
- in my region, there was no charger in the box. but i also have to say, samsung's own charger is extremely compact. i wish i had bought a better A-series model than A15, i really love Samsung's charger portability for the charging speed its capable of.
- Samsung "community" apps / adware, Samsung Account reliance. I've never used a Samsung phone before and this genuinely surprised me - it's not a lot of junk, but I can't even create the samsung account with my phone number for whatever reason (the phone number is mandatory information to sign up for samsung account). On my 2020 Xiaomi phone, there was much less need, annoyance and relevance for the Xiaomi account feature. And they never asked for my phone number.
- the Samsung dialer app doesn't allow me to copy numbers so i can quickly look em up in scam caller databases or just do literally anything like share/etc.
I've enjoyed using this device for a bit, granted it actually does a decent job with 3D games (At least the gachas that I've tried lol, hsr/gi and nikke run perfectly fine at good fps and mid settings, can go high for nikke). I will be selling it though and looking to replace with a phone better suited to be my 2nd work/productivity phone. There are some good Samsung-developed apps and features, so I will consider buying one again - never the lowest tier though, as I've learnt my lesson. Thanks for reading.
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- beky
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- 23 Jul 2024
Redmi 10a freezes , 23 Jul 2024Why is the Samsung a15 bad am planning to buy it my redmi 1... moreIts not bad phone is amazing,haters hate this phone
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- 23 Jul 2024
Munewer, 16 Jul 2024Bad phone ever Why is the Samsung a15 bad am planning to buy it my redmi 10A 32+2gb ram keeps on lagging and it can even open WhatsApp it takes five minutes YouTube just uninstalled it it's terrible
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- Anonymous
- gCY
- 21 Jul 2024
Munewer, 16 Jul 2024Bad phone ever Not really. Screen is worth the price, alone. You get the rest of the phone for free.
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- New2d2
- fuf
- 20 Jul 2024
SaeedEsi, 19 Jul 2024It's 8. 5.3 GB is freeNo it says "5.3gb/8gb used" and never goes above 5.3gb
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- 19 Jul 2024
New2d2, 17 Jul 2024I recently bought the 8gb ram version but saw that it doesn... moreIt's 8. 5.3 GB is free
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- New2d2
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- 17 Jul 2024
I recently bought the 8gb ram version but saw that it doesn't go above 5.3gb, like it says 8gb ram when u go in device care but I opened as many apps but saw it relaxing almost 5.3/8gb and then started clearing the apps that were opened fast. Idk is it my unit or do all 8gb ram phones have this
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- Munewer
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- 16 Jul 2024
Brent, 15 Jul 2024I have better phone n galaxy a15 is the worst phone I ever ... moreBad phone ever
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- 16 Jul 2024
Anonymous, 15 Jul 20244gb ram ?Real question is NO 4+4 Ram?
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- Anonymous
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- 15 Jul 2024
rsjumptakoda, 08 Jul 2024This Phone Is Awesome, For the price, this is probably the ... more4gb ram ?
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- Brent
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- 15 Jul 2024
I have better phone n galaxy a15 is the worst phone I ever have even tho I shouldn't took someone else's words that it's the best phone??? No way coss it's a basic end phone n all the samsung phones I have r way better phone then this garbage phone, period!!
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- Anonymous
- 3SI
- 12 Jul 2024
Hamburgur., 11 Jul 2024Real, they really should quit off the A2x series. Or instea... moreAnd the A35 is a worse version of A55. Realistically, the appended s is too confusing and what Samsung does is better to understand than what they did around 2020. Only one left with the appended s is A05s. If Samsung combined the A0x and A0xs, as well as A1x and A1x 5G, it would be very clean and easy. Something like this:
A06
A16
A26
A36
A56
Actually, I think no A0x at all would make it even easier because pronouncing „A zero six“ is weird whereas „A sixteen“ is more natural. But moving everything from A0x to A3x up by one, so that there is A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, would make it confusing between the generations. So it can be made better but what you suggest would make it worse instead
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Jul 2024
User. Hi., 09 Jul 2024It seems this phone uses emmc.It's UFS 2.2 and it's faster than what's found on A25 / A35. But... those Cortex-A76 cores have seen better days. Also, 4 GB for base version is just not enough and 6 / 8 GB are hard to find and are considerably more expensive.
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- Hamburgur.
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- 11 Jul 2024
Anonymous, 01 Jul 2024Samsung should discontinue the A2x series already. It is st... moreReal, they really should quit off the A2x series. Or instead rename it the A1xS series, being a better version of the A1x
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- 10 Jul 2024
Manu, 09 Jul 2024Does this phone have USB OTG facility? Please answer me. Th... moreYes it have and working very well
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- Manu
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- 09 Jul 2024
Does this phone have USB OTG facility? Please answer me. This is urgent. I am going to buy this phone
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- User. Hi.
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- 09 Jul 2024
It seems this phone uses emmc.
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- Anonymous
- CGH
- 09 Jul 2024
Slow in charging
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- rsjumptakoda
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- 08 Jul 2024
This Phone Is Awesome, For the price, this is probably the best brand new budget phone you can get.
HOWEVER, When you buy this phone, buy a CASE RIGHT AWAY. After a small corner drop on grass, and it rolled a little onto the concrete, there is a line crack on the screen and edge. This phone is slick, and uses AMOLED instead of LCD like on most budget phones, so if there is any damage, repair cost will be very expensive.