Samsung Galaxy A24 4G review

Display

The Samsung Galaxy A24 4G packs a 6.5-inch Super AMOLED screen with a droplet-shaped notch for the selfie camera. The panel has a 2,340 x 1,080 pixels resolution (396ppi), supports a 90Hz refresh rate, and up to 1,000 nits of peak brightness.

There is no support for HDR.

We have completed our display test, and the brightness numbers are solid. We've captured 464 nits of maximum brightness when adjusting the brightness manually, and 1,012 nits when relying on the Auto Brightness mode (which includes a sunlight boost).

Color accuracy

The Galaxy A24 supports the same color modes as many other Galaxy smartphones - you get Vivid (default) and Natural color presets, which correspond to DCI-P3 and sRGB color spaces, respectively. You can also fine-tune the white balance when using the Vivid option.

We found both modes accurate to the corresponding color gamut. There was no bluish tinge to whites and grays when using either mode.

High refresh rate

The Galaxy A24 4G has two refresh rate options (called Motion Smoothness) - High (90Hz) and Standard (60Hz). Neither of these is dynamic - content is always shown at the chosen refresh rate.

When using the 90Hz refresh rate, static content and video playback always use 90Hz, as we mentioned, and the only exceptions are a few HRR-incompatible apps like the camera viewfinder.

HDR and streaming

The Galaxy A24 4G has no support for HDR content. The phone does come with Widevine L1 DRM, though, and it can stream 1080p content across all popular apps.

Battery life

The Galaxy A24 4G is powered by a 5,000mAh battery - the usual capacity on many other budget Galaxies.

The Galaxy A24 4G scored an excellent endurance rating of 141 hours. It did marvelously on the onscreen tests, as well as on the call test. The standby consumption was quite frugal, too.

Our battery tests were automated thanks to SmartViser, using its viSerDevice app. The endurance rating denotes how long the battery charge will last you if you use the device for an hour of telephony, web browsing, and video playback daily. More details can be found here.

Here you can compare the battery numbers with a few competitors.

Video test carried out in 60Hz refresh rate mode. Web browsing test done at the display's highest refresh rate whenever possible. Refer to the respective reviews for specifics. To adjust the endurance rating formula to match your own usage patterns check out our all-time battery test results chart where you can also find all phones we've tested.

Charging speed

The Samsung Galaxy A24 4G supports up to 25W fast charging, but the phone ships without a charger. Samsung's 25W PD+PPS charger has become quite affordable already, so if you don't own one already, we recommend getting such an adapter.

We used that charger for our charging test, and it did quite well. The A24 4G got from 0% to 26% in 15 minutes, and up to 46% in half an hour.

A full charge took 89 minutes.

The Galaxy A24 has the option to disable the fast charging and another one to limit the fast charging to 85%. Both of these can extend the battery's lifespan.

Speaker

The Samsung Galaxy A24 4G has a single, bottom-firing speaker. It scored an Average mark on our loudness test, and it is indeed not that loud in real life.

As far as sound quality is concerned, it's average as well - the bass is minimal, vocals are good, while the high frequencies are not that well presented.

Use the Playback controls to listen to the phone sample recordings (best use headphones). We measure the average loudness of the speakers in LUFS. A lower absolute value means a louder sound. A look at the frequency response chart will tell you how far off the ideal "0db" flat line is the reproduction of the bass, treble, and mid frequencies. You can add more phones to compare how they differ. The scores and ratings are not comparable with our older loudspeaker test. Learn more about how we test here.