Samsung Galaxy A13 review

The phone's price tag is fitting some pretty tight budgets, but it seems to struggle in a few key areas that make recommend it hard.

Check out our video review to learn ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW about the Samsung Galaxy A13's top features, build and screen quality, battery life, performance, and camera image quality.

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00:00 - Intro
00:23 - Design and build
00:53 - Screen specs
01:49 - Exynos 850 performance
02:28 - Android 12 and UI
03:17 - Storage options
03:25 - Battery endurance and charging test
03:49 - Camera specs
03:59 - Daylight photo quality
04:43 - Low-light photo quality
05:06 - Selfies
05:13 - Video quality
05:39 - Conclusion

[sirplank]

It’s a good phone for a budget, it takes photos, it calls, it texts, has an alarm, YouTube, it’s a fine phone. Don’t let this video out you off I would have killed for this phone as a kid.

Edit: it was good 2 years ago technology and changed massively.

[rezablordenutefe]

My dad uses this phone, you are right about a couple of things. The auto brightness is sluggish and it's not that cheap. But I tried it out, it is NOT too slow. I was patient using it, and TBH, lag was minimal, even when I played some games at low graphics settings. Maybe it is because you had a variant with a small RAM. It's an alright phone IMO.

[jackedjacket]

I bought the galaxy A13 about a month ago and on the first day I experienced lag on the device.After two software updates the device was perfectly smooth with no issues.

[JamesGreen]

Overall an honest review from a tech standpoint, but seems like you've taken a negative stance, instead of taking it for what it is- a decent budget phone.

[Valerie]

I bought this phone and i started using it from yesterday, it's actually a great phone with no glitching

[osamabinmanzoor]

Purchasing a mobile phone has become a great challenge in this era. In this range, no matter which ever phone I watch Review, Reviewer says this phone's not good, check alternatives. When You check alternatives they are also not good then check their alternatives.... and so on
So GMSArena What alternatives do you recommend?

[flicka]

The people I know who have similar phones can't or won't get a better phone. Not everyone can buy a flagship or has the means to do so...if you can make calls and send texts it's fine for some people. There are better phones but then there's the Samsung brand which goes a long way. Still this does not detract from your honest review....thanks

[ofzfhow]

The back looks really clean, no weird crap going on with the camera

[toondezutter]

I received my a13 a couple days ago, games do run rather smooth instead of laggy. I think its a really decent phone for its budget.

[Saiub]

Had mine out the box for a few hours now, definitely a step up from the A12 I was using... The camera is good that's essentially the only reason I bought it.

[kentallen]

I have had mine 3yrs now it's fast as ever takes good photos and battery life is outstanding

[lakshana]

Personally, I have this phone and I love it! ❤️ It has everything I need. 😁

[rehamronoc]

Great review. It's a great phone for the price €150 here in Ireland. Calls, messages, social, watching movies, cameras are pretty good. Can't go wrong for the money.

[DonutLord]

I just bought one of these phones today a d so far its pretty good. All I need it for really is my many alarms, texting, calling, the odd YouTube video and fb. The expendable memory on top of the odd 100 or so gb is pretty mint. Also as long as the camera is good than I'm.happy.

[marce]

I have the a13 4g for about 2 weeks now and its performing pretty good after installing some software updates. Games like cod mobile run fair looking at the chipset

[petermclelland]

Great being old ! Haven't a f**king clue what the lads on about ! It's slow like me. Love it !

[enhyopia]

rn i'm using the samsung a13 and i got it for 130€ and its so good for its price the battery is good, you can play games and everything works perfect 😊

[mr.Arsene]

I've been using this phone for 1 year, it's servicial and hasn't given me any problems besides the mid performance. Although I know it's not really good, it's been my favorite phone yet, I've always had low end phones so this one gave me my first decent experience.

[pfarelorasilingwana]

I just bought it yesterday I don't believe everything you say about these phone, most of sluggish are from app updates .for me it works perfect

[kirasussane]

I just bought it and I really like it. Its a basic phone which is just what I need but my old LG phone seems to have a better color resolution.