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With the mid-range segment more saturated than ever before, we decided it is time to review a device that is selling in huge numbers around the globe, Samsung's A51. With a conservative yet nice design, the Galaxy A51 is loaded with quad rear camera setup, an amoled screen and a centrally located selfie camera, as well as a glass-tastick rear back.
The Samsung Galaxy A51 has been in the market in Europe from February and the device went on sale in the US in April and sells for £330/$400.
Styling
With its glass-ticky rear panel, the Galaxy A51 doesn't really look or feel like it's a mid-range phone, the plastic does seem forgiving in your grasp in that there are no sharp edges you sometimes see on phones that have rear panels built out of glass.
This design characteristic on the rear panel is a nice touch as well as it provides some character to the phone. And the branding on budget handsets has been a touch overdone at times, Samsung's brand has been discretely placed.
You'll notice a selfie camera setup that, for some reason, is becomes more noticeable by what looks like a metal circle that attracts attention.
Serious audiophiles will rejoice that there's an sound jack on the lower edge of the device, sitting alongside the USB-C port as well as a speaker.
At the top of the phone houses a microphone and on the right edge there's a power switch and loudness rocker 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 pocket with ease.
Samsung Galaxy A51 Speed And Performance
This Super AMOLED display is as good as we expect from the Galaxy range}, the colors are vibrant and bright with the viewing angles are superb. There is not a lot to complain about although some folks will find something, other than the device is a bit dim (but still readable) when it is in sunlight and not good for viewing, even when the brightness fully on.
And this is where reviewing flagship handsets such as OPPO’s Find X2 Pro as well as the OnePlus 8 is a hindrance in having a sense of a mid-range handset like Galaxy A51.
The handset's Exynos processor won't match up to Snapdragon's 865 chip in any way, and moving from the Exynos to the latter becomes a slap to the face until you eventually understand that Samsung's A51 is just a mid-range unit and that accommodations need to be allowed for.
No mistaking that, Samsung's Galaxy A51 is laggy at times and we were left wondering if the handset had registered the touch when attempting to open an app or to use the device.
And, it is an amount of lag that I haven’t seen in quite some time, even on entry level devices such as Honor's 10 Lite that costs only £145.
As for the fingerprint sensor, I'll just say that Samsung should have rather put it on the rear because we got a success ratio of about 50% when trying to unlock the device before having to end up typing the pin code in.
