Now that the middle range devices more saturated than ever before, we thought it's a good idea to review a device that will likely sell in large numbers across the world, Samsung’s Galaxy A51. With a conservative yet nice design, Samsung's A51 has quadruple rear cameras, an AMOLED screen and a centrally located selfie camera, and a glass-tastick rear panel.
Galaxy A51 has been in the market in Europe from February and the device went on sale in the US through April and retails for $400/£330.
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Design
Due to the glass-ticky back panel, the Galaxy A51 does not really feel or look like a mid-range handset, the plastic construction does feel forgiving when in your grip because there are no sharp edges like you sometimes get on smartphones that are made with rear panels built out of glass. This design element on the rear panel is nice and this gives some class to the phone.
Often the branding on enbtry level phones can be a touch overdone, the Samsung logo is discretely located.
You will see a front camera setup that, for some reason, is becomes even noteworthy due to what appears to be a metallic ring around it that attracts your attention.
Serious audio fans will be happy in the fact that there is an audio jack located on the handset's bottom, with the Type C port as well as a speaker.
At the top of the smartphone there is a microphone and on the right hand side has the power switch as well as a sound adjuster and a SIM card tray on the left edge.
It is tidy and inoffensive looking device that will slip nicely into a normal-sized trouser pocket with no problem.
Performance And Speed
The Super AMOLED display is as good as you expect from this company}, the colours being bright and vibrant with the handset's viewing angles are superb. There's very little to whine about and yet some folks always find something, other than it’s a little dim (but very readable) in direct sunlight and circumstances are not suited for viewing, even when the brightness fully on.
And here is where roadtesting flagship handsets such as OPPO’s Find X2 Pro and the OnePlus 8 can be not helpful in having a sense of a middle range device such as the Galaxy A51.
This Galaxy A51's Exynos processor won't compare to Snapdragon's 865 chip in any way, and going from the Exynos 9611 to Snapdragon's 865 is a wakeup call then you realise that the A51 is a mid-range unit and that accommodations must be made.
You notice that, Samsung's Galaxy A51 is laggy at times and I was left to see here wonder whether the A51 had registered the touch or not when trying to open an app or use the phone.
And, it is a level of lag that we have not experienced in quite some time, even on cheaper phones like Honor's 10 Lite that costs just £145.
And as for the in-display fingerprint scanner, I'll just say that Samsung should have rather put it on the rear as I experienced a success about 50% when trying to unlock the handset then ending up entering the pin code.