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Now that the middle range market getting even more crowded than ever before, we decided it's a good idea to test a phone that will likely sell in big numbers across the world, Samsung's A51. It has a conservative yet still attractive design, the A51 features quadruple rear cameras, an AMOLED display with a centrally located selfie camera, as well as a glass-tastick rear back.
Samsung's A51 has been selling in Europe from February and it launched in the US during April and is priced at £330/$400.
Galaxy A51 Design And Styling
Due to the galssticky back panel, the Galaxy A51 does not feel or look like it's a mid-range phone, the plastic appears forgiving when it's in your grip because there aren't any sharp edges you can sometimes see with devices with rear panels built from glass.
This design characteristic on the rear panel is nice and this gives a touch of class to the Galaxy A51. We see that the branding on budget handsets has been a touch over the top, the Samsung logo is discretely placed.
You note the centerally located punch-hole camera setup that, is becomes even prominent due to what appears to be a metallic ring around it that attracts your attention.
Audio enthusiasts will rejoice that there's an sound connector placed on the lower edge, sitting alongside the Type C charging port as well as a speaker's chamber.
On the top of the handset there's a single microphone while the right-hand edge has the power switch as well as a sound adjuster and the SIM tray place on the other side.
It is a neat yet, inoffensive device that will slip in a normal jeans pocket easily.
The Galaxy A51 Performance
The Samsung A51's Super AMOLED screen is great as we would expect from Galaxy phones}, the colors are vibrant and the viewing angles being a pleasure. There's very little to quibble about and yet some people always find something, other than the device is a bit dull (yet it is very legible) even when in direct sunlight and not conducive to viewing, even if you have the brightness turned up to 100%.
And here is where testing top of the line devices such as the Oppo Find X2 Pro as well as the OnePlus 8 is hurtful in developing a balanced view of a middle range phone such as this unit.
The Exynos processor is not about to match the Snapdragon 865 CPU and going from the former to Snapdragon's 865 becomes a slap to the face until you eventually understand that Samsung's A51 is just a mid-range device and that allowances should be made.
No mistaking that, the Samsung Galaxy A51 can be laggy at times and we were left wondering if the phone had indeed registered my touch or not when trying to open an app or make use of the phone.
And, it is a level of lag that we haven’t experienced in some time, even with entry level devices such as Honor's 10 see here Lite that costs just £145.
And as for the in-display fingerprint scanner, I will just say that Samsung should have rather put it in the rear because we got a success ratio of roughly half when trying to unlock the phone then ending up typing the pin code.