Samsung Galaxy A06 full review

The new Galaxy A06 may be the cheapest phone from the Galaxy A-series but there is a lot at stake for Samsung as these phones usually move in much higher volumes than the more expensive one.
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
00:22 - Design and build quality
00:54 - Display quality test
01:42 - Speaker quality test
02:09 - Side-mounted fingerprint scanner & Storage options
02:29 - Android 14
02:53 - MediaTek Helio G85
03:29 - Battery life and charging speed test
04:08 - Main cameras
04:55 - Main camera: photo quality
05:06 - Video quality
05:14 - Conclusion

[rijoenpial]

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[vaultboy]

It has a 60Hz refresh rate and USB 2.0, just like an $800 iPhone 16. What's not to like?

[SushiSmith-ss]

For someone who just needs basic phone for basic needs like call and text, this is a steal.

[ddddaaddaaaa]

if I'm looking for a phone review, GSM Arena always comes first

[dead_on_departure]

When the Galaxy A05 was released in my country last year, it was priced at the equivalent of about $100 for the 4/64GB variant. A few days ago the lowest price it sold for was $64. My advice is to wait for a price reduction especially during an online sale or when a new model is about to be released and the current one is still available for anyone to buy.

[maaanyyuu]

Just a few years back these were flagship specs 😅

[lxblwdg]

I'm thinking of buying this. I am currently using a 7 year old Samsung Galaxy Pro. Will I see an improvement with the A06? If so it's good enough for me as I'm still happy with the Pro.

[alienbsg]

Crazy they're already releasing next year's series smartphones

[privacyhelp]

Apple copied the A06 rear design for the IP16 😅

[GFourGadget]

For entry level devices I would recommend Motorola if you're in the States or other Chinese brands like Redmi or realme if you're outside of the States. They just provide much better specs for the same price!

[yowie]

I love that it has a headphone jack, microSD and side mounted fingerprint scanner

[yournamehere]

I wish you guys mentioned the fact that this is almost identical to last year's Galaxy A05.

[romanherrmann]

Snapdragon 680, UFS 2.2, 6GB ram. Absolutely minimum for 2024.

[BozQ]

I like that you point out that the storage is eMMC, and not UFS. I hope you will point out the UFS version, along with the RAM type in future reviews.

Keep up the good work!

[aalennn]

The A series doesn't support Knox security which many failed to notice.
The A series is a good for a backup phone, used it for navigation (google maps) and to listen to music and watch youtube, screen time -7+hrs solid even without battery saver, even saw 3hrs movie .
SOlid for basic activities..

[alumlovescake]

You can a much MUCH better phone for not much more then this.

It doesn't have to be some phone over 500 or something crazy, I understand not having money its not I do either but most people should probably pay a little bit more and then feel much more comfortable keeping that phone for a very long time what in the end would probably save you more.

[matthewgonano]

Seems like a good phone. You can disable alot of slowing down animation effects in develooer options. That would speed up the phone a fair bit.

[FrancisArthur-msvz]

Please help me with infinix hot 50i and samsung galaxy a06
Which one should I choose

[princekaushik]

Got to get this one. What features and impressive performance with helio G85 SoC.

[deltainfinite]

Thank You for the review. I am not good at looking at phone specs and is considering to buy a budget phone to use of watching youtube, music, and google, thank you again for the advice also.