Samsung's new Galaxy A51 costs $399 and makes a big 6.5-inch screen affordable. It has a 48-megapixel camera, 4,000mAh battery, and is part of a big push to make Samsung's most popular phone line worldwide more common in the US. Samsung's mantra is that it has an "awesome screen, awesome camera, long-lasting battery life," but not all of those claims are true, as you'll see in this review.
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What's your #1 priority in a low-cost phone?
@Aldwin Paguirigan o
gaming
Hardware. I skipped on the A51 because it was too weak for the price.
RAM.
@6y where did u get it, isn't it the used one
Samsung launches entirely too many devices per year. I guess for other parts of the world people buy these lesser devices. I don't know a single person who owns one of these in the US.
Wait so you say you think one of those cheap phones is good, but didn't say which one?
The a51 camera is terrible. I bought this for my wife and camera always blurry, it's really difficult to install google camera on this too. Awesome screen, poor camera to be exact
Hey the a51 amoled display lol
A51 IS WAY BETTER
Maybe the Samsung idiots should tell people that their A51 POS needs a GD heat-gun and a special thin, rigid plastic card to remove the back in order to change/check the battery or do anything with the SIM card.
You folks thinking he did it from the wrong perspective. For me, the advertising IS the perspective that uninformed buyers will go from and seeing a critical review on those overpromises is what we need to keep companies honest. Some of the other fluff asinine, like the carrier, because most of us buying a 200.00 phone (right now) will be using pay as you go carriers.
Anyone know if a unlocked will work for BOOST MOBILE
It's my opinion that no cell phone should ever cost more than $400.00...ever.
The camera is fine unless you are trying to use your phone as a professional camera.
But does it make phooone calls?
not a good comment
Samsung and Apple make exact opposite $400 phones. Everything you hate about the SE is there and better in A51, better screen, better battery Also, Everything you hate about the camera is there in the SE, better camera, way better processor Its wierd
Ok honest opinion.This is my first phone is it good?
That's great you just sound negative About this cell phone I believe its a great phone for the price its a very smrt buy
Samsung s10 or Samsung a15
an I use a pattern lock instead of fingerprinton Samsung galaxy51
can I use a pattern lock instead of a fingerprint
Best review!
I don't still get why this dude is trying to make Samsung look bad. What do you want a cheap phone to be? Like iPhone 12 Pro? If you do any video on any other phone such as iPhone or Google Pixel, you would be like: "AMAZING, IT'S EVERYTHING." You literally compared this awesome phone with an iPhone SE that lasts for 3-5 hours. Are you kidding me? And most of all, having fingerprinters on the screen is still a new thing so don't expect mobile companies to make it great. Having it failed once is pretty okay for me. I still don't get why this channel has no reviewer who said, "I like this Samsung". I've never heard a single reviewer say that. Here's my advice. Never expect a 400 dollar Samsung to be like iPhone 12 or Samsung s20. This is the most disappointing review ever reviewed on this phone. :/
Can you do an unbiased review for once in your life?
Phone costs about $260 on Amazon now sooo
Plastic body, plastic frame - no thanks!
Am I the only one watching this on my Samsung A51?
I might get this phone just to avoid the other 5g phones
I’m not confident in the safety of 5g
Very good review. Many thanks!
Moto g stylus 6 has 48 pixel cam under 300 dollar . Come snap dragon cpu . Too much a51 over rated
So, you expect camera performance of a $4000 Nikon and 1ms reaction time to touching the screen? C'mon, man!
got this for my moms bday and it was for 219 € german store, cant get any better
i'm getting the phone bc of blackpink
Played around with the camera and was actually impressed. I'm getting my soon-to-be 12yr old son this phone .
i didnt see anything wrong with the pictures......this guy is so bad at making phones look bad
Hmmm
How much is apple paying this dude?
I'm getting a samsung galaxy a51 in a couple days and I'm just watching all the rating videos 💀
I'm just excited for a phone that works 🧍
November 2020... a51 is 270$... for this money you cannot ask more from this phone...
Less talking and more showing the actual phone
You can tell this guy is spoiled and only likes $1000 phones.
This the kind of guy that goes to store and complain about why the hotdog bread isn't in the same place as the hotdogs. Relax dude. It's a $350 phone
I was about to get this phone next week. But the fingerprint unlock speed put me off. I'm a heavy user, so that would irritate me, especially when I'm rushing with work.
The battery on this phone is terrible! Not sure why they even speak to battery in their advertisements. On a full charge, you probably only get about 5.5 to 6 hours of moderate usage. Quite disappointed to be honest.
Haha, the Verge really has to give up reviews, they are fkn horrible! How is this company still alive in 2020?
They actually fixed the software like the portrait mode and the low light camera processing so its much much better
I still have my s7 edge:( But I think I'll get this now
Got it for 290$
I have the galaxy A51 with Tmobile and works great is not slow at all maybe is ur verizon the problem. Picture quality and video is very good too. 🤷♂️
Awesome phone. Had the A50 and loved it, this is just a bump better. Awesome screen. Awesome battery, good camera. Its perfect for media consumption. I got mine at Walmart during a promo for $199!! Super pleased all around...
Is a good idea if I buy it from Amazon???
I hate to be a "that" blink but has he not herd the Blackpink version
This review would have been better without the cut Out for the stupid commercial about the phone, I’m here for a review not cut scenes
Would like to see you make something better
I think you should NOT review low-cost phones... we all know it is a cheap phone then why you need to mention it 1000 times and make other people feel that you are a super-rich guy who only uses flagship phones and forced to review a low-cost phone...
I have this phone lmao
damn he did this phone like its really bad.....,its a god phone tbh
First World iPhone user review of a phone for third World country.
Actually the back camera when taking pics in GOOD light is very good. But the front camera... well... hehe. When there are shadows, like you said, the pics wont come out so good.
Worst phone I ever bought, I have relied on the reviews read but never again. Camera lag, no audio on calls...
I was gonna buy this, but now no chance. The camera in the screen already bothers me and the software even more. More negatives than positives
I hate note 10 and 20 series. Note 9 was the best.
thanks for the info. but why are you pledging allegiance to the NWO?
I like the presentation.. I hate the commercial noise songs or devil noises.. I really need a great camera phone that is cheap like me.. Apparently the software sucls to support the camera..Thanks
Amoled screen plus all day battery is only good but LCD screen with 4 hour battery life on iphone se is great. Please stop reviewing phones
Just found out that the comments on the a51 are where they used to be
So is this better then my iPhone 8plus?
No
I can do the finger print in 1 try
Can you do a giveaway on the phone please
Wears mask while alone outside..
I literally never noticed the chrome ring on the selfish camera until he mentioned it lol
Good camera but the S8 is better want to sell the A51
I think if you're in that price range already it's older brother the A71 is better if your willing to shed a little more for a little more perks yet still not pay much
kiwiz
I really don't think it has 4gb RAM
Yay
have a review for the samsung a71, note 10 lite and the s10 lite the verge thankyousomuch keepsafe to the verge team
The fingerprint reader is utterly hopeless. You might as well disable it.
He's also wrong about the part that he can't trust samsung to update this phone for 2-3 years but when this phone launched samsung promised 3 years of updates so he is wrong on that depart
It's a good Samsung phone for a cheap price FYI you can increase the speed of the Galaxy A51 by turning on your developer options go to all three animation speeds & select .5x for each one & the phone will be super fast
This dude complains about it having only a 1080p amoled screen and lasting all day but at the same time he raves about how the iPhone SE lasts 3 hours and has a 720p IPS screen and calls it "great"
I take super amazing pictures with a Huaweii honor 7A , you are just comparing this phone to an iphone or something this phone for it's price is amazing!
you crushed my hope about getting it.
my next phone without a doubt
I have a Samsung Galaxy A51 and I like it very much! :)
I have the samsung galaxy a51 in blue and I absolutely love it. It's a great phone.
What is the refresh rate, I googled it before and one source said 90Hz and another said 60Hz. 60 is good enough but 90 would be better.
It's evident that you guys are paid by Apple. I have the 6GB A51 and it's amazing.
Look like your brain cells are smaller than that battery. Biased review.
Ok if i guide myself for this vídeo im ready to throw mi A51 to WC...🤮😓💩
THIS GUY JUST DOESNT LOVE SAMSUNGS SHUT UP FOR GODS SAKE no hate wellllll...maybe a little
Woow
How would this compare to iPhone XR?
i will never buy samsung again , need to say more?
What an obvious bias review! Meh, nothing to learn about the phone here. Next review.
Is glasstic is not good at all. Scratch a lot
Thats exactly what i felt
Did you just complain about the battery lasting MORE than a day???? I am so confused as to why that is a complaint and not a positive.
I feel like you did samsung bad. Some of these things arent as bad as you've mad it seem.
Why is it that all the reviews I saw for A51 is 4 gigs of ram (We only 6 gigs A51 in my country)
Nice review ... I can tell that either you or your editor loves Reggae / Dancehall music
Its not oled