Samsung Galaxy A51 5G full review

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW about the Galaxy A51 5G's top features, build and screen quality, battery life, performance, and camera image quality in a short and sweet video.

Timestamps/Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:22 Hands-on Design and build
0:47 6.5" SuperAMOLED display
1:22 Optical fingerprint sensor
1:34 Speaker test
1:56 3.5mm jack & FM radio; Storage & card slot
2:15 Software: Android 10 and One UI
2:45 Exynos 980 performance
3:12 Battery life with 4500mAh battery & charging speed
3:41 Camera performance and samples
5:50 Selfies
6:17 Video recording
7:08 Conclusion

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[AlfianMohamed]

You did it Samsung, 5G phones while keeping the headphone jack 👏

[TheWidowsSon]

I started out as an iPhone nazi from the very first model until the iPhoneX then I decided to take a leap of faith and finally try Android out with the Galaxy A20 about 9 months ago. I really liked the versatility and freedom of the open source software vs the prison style OS on the iPhone but the camera and build quality over all left something to be desired. When the A51 5G came out I was extremely impressed with the demo model I played around with so I bought the phone outright from my provider. I've been wondering if I made a mistake choosing this over the iPhone 12 but this video reassured me "a little" lol! Obviously the iPhone 12 would have been a much better choice but I wanted to stick with the freedom of the Android OS and so far I'm loving the phone! Crisp clean display, amazing camera, decent build quality, jam packed with cool features, and fast asf! Overall the A20 left a bad taste in my mouth for the aforementioned reasons but the A51 has restored my faith that sticking with Android was a good decision!

[a-aron]

Got this phone last month for €290 and couldn't be happier 🙂 the speakers aren't bad by any means, sure when you compare to an s20 note it's not great but when comparing it to the phone you're upgrading from it's gonna be a little better.

[McWhCl]

Wow the camera though🥺❤️ the performance too😬

[ericbeltrami]

Just got mine today, upgraded from an LG stylo 4 that I had for the past 3 and a 1/2 years. Love it!

[Keither]

I'm thinking about upgrading from my Galaxy S8 to the A51. Thanks for the info!

[gurkiratsingh]

These guys know how to make outros interesting over time, again and again 🧐

[SparklngCyanide]

Will has always been one of my most favourite technology reviewers, i am here for him

[SMGJohn]

GS Marena, never gets old this one LOL

[selendanghitam]

I want this phone. It's not because of the 5G connectivity. (5G is just an add on for me). It's because of the performance. I heard that SoC used is on par with SD765G.

[KinnArchimedes]

Skipping forward in 1minute increments, what I'm hearing: The A51, the A51, the A51, the A51, the A51...

[Game_Knight]

i just got this phone yesterday as my Christmas present it is the best phone so good

[Mustafa_]

Sammy is killing with midrange game this year. They hiked the prices for nerds like us but they are giving the average consumer some excellent hardware ranging from the a51 to s10 lite
Just give us a break sammy and lower them prices a bit no need to cross the 1000$ mark at all

[petrisalonen]

Great upgrade over A51! Much better CPU, great cameras, good looks. AMOLED screen. Only minus for me was the terrible muffled speaker sound.

[allenbuesing]

So does this mean that this phone performs better than Samsung A71 5G? Because in terms of benchmarks, overall, Exynos 980 5g is better than Snapdragon 765 g of A71

[aidendrakepw]

So it really does have
Awesome screen
Awesome camera
Long
Lasting
Battery life

[AbdullahBasit]

In my opinion, A51 5G is not much of a valuable phone. One would say that its got 5G but in most of the countries, that won't matter as of now. Chinese companies still offer much more in price range of A51 5G. Take Oppo X2 Lite (Snapdragon 765G), for example, or Realme X3 Superzoom (Snaodragon 855+) or even better - a Xiaomi Pocophone F2 Pro (Snapdragon 865).
PS: You guys (GSM Arena) make remarkable reviews for upcoming smartphones. Thank you!

[debbiebayles]

I have had the A515G for about a month to 6 weeks and the only real problem I have with it is it's talk to text capability is pretty bad. I use talk to text while texting while creating messages through signal and email and each category The microphone capability leaves much to be desired. Granted I had to choose this phone because of the monthly payment was better than the Galaxy S that I wanted to have. The microphone capability fails to pick up words correctly and sometimes it doesn't pick up the words at all. It doesn't work other times it picks them up fine but that is rare. If you are in that financial boat that I am in but use a lot of the microphone talking capabilities that is what you get. If your just cheap and trying to save money that you could afford to spend and you use the microphone a lot don't buy the A 51 5G

[nainaseven]

I'll go just wth regular one, 5G still not stable, i'm fine wth 4G. That white color look clean and simple 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[theeverythingg]

Who else just bought the A51 and then the 5G version just got announced am I the only one