Samsung Galaxy A16 5G full review

Samsung is not shaking things up but is instead following a familiar formula with the Galaxy A16 5G. They've got the basics right and they've added 6 years of OS updates to spice things up. Check out our video review to learn ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW about the phone's top features, build and screen quality, battery life, performance, and camera image quality.

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00:00 - Intro
00:21 - Design and build quality
01:03 - Display quality test
01:38 - Speaker quality test
02:02 - Side-mounted fingerprint scanner & Storage options
02:15 - Android 14, up to 6 major Android upgrades, One UI 6.1
02:50 - Exynos 1330 MediaTek Dimensity 630
03:29 - Battery life and charging speed test
04:01 - Main cameras
04:10 - Main camera: photo quality
04:52 - Ultrawide camera: photo quality
05:11 - Macro camera: photo quality
05:20 - Selfie camera image quality
05:28 - Video quality
05:56 - Conclusion

[dukejukem]

Removing the headphone jack while not giving stereo speakers is stupid.

[smokinje]

Just get the A15, you're not missing out on anything.

[Martin_]

I had the a15 5g. But the performance was trash. It was too slow. So I got the a35 5g instead and it's way much better.

[simplygame]

Thank u for doing ultra budget reviews..keep em coming

[cev]

I'm good, thankful, and happy with my Galaxy A15 5G with 256GB storage and 63GB SD card storage with 4 years of One UI upgrades.
My parents bought this to me and I'm happy about it.

[anotherguyinaroom]

Bro this isn't better than a15. Could be argued a downgrade with the lack of an head phone jack 😂

[vask]

The performance will get better with updates. As it happened to my A52. Now it's faster and has a better battery (despite battery degradation).

[predator_x]

Budget phone with 6 years of OS updates?!?! Damn Samsung going all out on their budget phones

[MukundaneWillis]

I was thinking of upgrading from the galaxy a15, but the removal of headphone jack is a big no for me. the ip rating and EIS are not enough to convince me when that is attached to 100-dollar earphones every year yet 100 dollars is the price of a new a15

[Useradbgc]

I have a question is the motorola g85 good smartphone for watching youtube videos and playing mobile games ?

[aprilwearsgucci]

I was looking forward to buying the A16 5g until I found out they got rend of the headphone jack. Dumb move.

[Djoki]

Im gonna be real honest, Id rather have equal bezels on both top and bottom rather than a fat chin and a cutout at the top, at least at this price point.
Though, i know thats not actually ever gonna happen.

Removal of the headphone jack at this price is a dealbreaker. The 6 years of updates almost dont matter considering the already mid performance.
Would have loved to see those resources allocated to extending old flagship software support, like the S23 and the S22 series getting an extra year or two.

[MarzoukSaid-zw]

The M35 is the best option as a midrange phone with a price in the middle.
But if you want to save money get A15 or F15 (6000mlA battery with the same other specs) .

[kumarjaswant]

Nice video sir, Love from Haryana, India ❤❤❤❤

[tomislav]

A 25 is much better this one is good for children and old people, but no Samsung phone below a 30 line or at least a 20 line is good enough

[adinnugroho]

End of this year or next year, I'm about to purchase new phone, as secondary device. I just considered Oppo A3 Pro as is already available in store, and the RAM/Storage starter config is just make sense 8/256 😅

Also, still has audio jack, updated front looking and faster charging 😅

[AStheth]

Cant use samsung phones anymore. Their budget phones are ass now. I have the 12. Their biggest mistake was making their phones 19.5 by 9 ratio. It works for smaller phones but big ones. Not everyone has big hands. All of them are above 76mm in width. They gave up after 2019. Phones are meant to be phones not tablets.

[Archontasil]

Now they're removing audio jackk from budget phone as well???

[GiuseppeDANGELO]

Grazie, per la recensione! Ottimo entry level!

[AnandAnand-hm]

Why does Samsung provide a teardrop notch in 2024 this is just too much they should have given a hole punch LCD display with a 90 Hz refresh rate