The Galaxy A51 From Samsung Tested



Now that the mid-range segment more saturated than ever before, we believed now is time to review a phone that is selling in large numbers across the globe, Samsung's A51. With a restrained yet stylish design, the A51 features quad rear camera setup, an AMOLED screen and a centrally located punch-hole selfie camera, as well as a glass-tastick rear back panel.
The Samsung A51 has been in the market in Europe from February while the A51 went on sale in the US during April and retails for £330/$400.

Design


With the plasticky rear panel, the Galaxy A51 does not really feel or look like a mid-range phone, the plastic construction feels forgiving when in your hand because there are no sharp edges you can sometimes see on handsets that have back panels built from glass.
The design element with the rear panel is delightful and provides a touch of personality to the phone. Sometimes the branding on enbtry level devices has been a bit over the top sometimes, Samsung's logo has been discretely used.

You see a selfie camera which, for whatever reason, is made even noteworthy due to what looks like a metallic ring that draws gaze.
Serious audiophiles will rejoice in the fact that there's an sound connector on the bottom of the device, with the USB-C charging port and a speaker's chamber.
At the top of the device houses a single microphone and on the right edge there's a power button and sound adjuster with the SIM card tray on the reverse side of the device.
This is neat and inoffensive looking handset that will slide into a normal-sized jeans pocket with no issue.

Speed And Performance


The Super AMOLED display is as good as we expect from Samsung}, the colors are vibrant and bright with the handset's viewing angles are a delight. There is not a lot to complain about apart from it is a little dim (but it is still legible) when it is in direct sunlight and not conducive to viewing, even when you have the contrast fully on.
This is where roadtesting flagship devices such as the Oppo Find X2 Pro the OnePlus 8 can be not helpful in getting a sense of a mid-range smartphone like the Galaxy A51.
This A51's Exynos 9611 CPU is just not going to compare to the Snapdragon 865 chipset and going from the former to Snapdragon's 865 is a shock to the system then you understand that the A51 is a middle of the range handset and these circumstances should be made.
There can be no mistaking that, the A51 is laggy upon occasion and I was left to wonder whether the phone had indeed registered my touch or not when trying to open an app or to share something.
This is just a level of lag that we haven’t experienced for a lot of years, even with cheaper handsets such as the Honor 10 Lite that can be bought for a measly £145.
And as for the device's fingerprint sensor, suffice to say that Samsung should have placed it on the rear because I only got a success ratio of about half when trying to unlock the handset before having to end up entering the pin code in.


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