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Galaxy A51 review: A worthy $400 Android phone

The A51 features a 6.5-inch display, four rear cameras and an octa-core processor — all for $400.

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  1. KARL ANTONY CORNELUS

    May 20, 2020 at 4:25 pm

    SUPERRRR, BRAVO .. ABONEVOUS A MON CANAL YOOTUBE.MERCI. PARIS VIDEO.

  2. Top Ten Gadgets for Pros

    May 20, 2020 at 4:26 pm

    Have you seen the one plus thing
    please make a video

  3. Jimmy Dace

    May 20, 2020 at 4:28 pm

    This is not a $400 phone, it’s a $300 phone and u can even get it for less

    • Fernando Zeno Miranda

      May 21, 2020 at 12:09 am

      That is true. You can get it for a cheaper price. I gotta say, when you get all those specs for half the price told on the video, you’ll love this phone. It does take some time to get use to gestures, but if you are not into that this is the phone for those who want to have a great device for an awesome price (again if you can buy it for half the price told on this video).

    • Fernando Zeno Miranda

      May 21, 2020 at 12:12 am

      If you were to buy it for 400$ I don’t it is worth the price. It would still be good, but there are better phones for the same price.

  4. Madalin Pana

    May 20, 2020 at 4:28 pm

    I bought the A50 in june 2019 with 350$ and it is almost the same phone except the cameras and design

    • Abdullah Chandiwala

      May 20, 2020 at 5:05 pm

      A50 is 64GB and A51 is 128GB, a make/break for some people

    • SupperUpper

      May 20, 2020 at 5:14 pm

      And except everything else.

    • Hideika

      May 21, 2020 at 12:14 am

      Should’ve bought the S10 lite instead for $100 more you’d get the SD855

  5. Carmella DiForte

    May 20, 2020 at 4:28 pm

    Does the new Samsung phone support G5?

    • sherri moquin

      May 20, 2020 at 4:57 pm

      You meant to say 5g right

    • 15Stratos

      May 20, 2020 at 7:48 pm

      If you’re referring to 5G then this phone definitely doesn’t.

  6. jigar patel

    May 20, 2020 at 4:39 pm

    Better than Chinese junk like one plus

    • Tech J 37

      May 20, 2020 at 9:22 pm

      grow up

  7. Michael Endres

    May 20, 2020 at 4:42 pm

    You can get this phone from carriers for around $230 to $300. There price is wrong, it might be that much unlocked though

    • SupperUpper

      May 20, 2020 at 5:17 pm

      Michael Endres go guess, genius

  8. kokab tasleem

    May 20, 2020 at 4:43 pm

    that’s why nokia is better.

    • SupperUpper

      May 20, 2020 at 5:18 pm

      My point exactly!

  9. KnightSlash17

    May 20, 2020 at 4:44 pm

    Is it better than the note10 plus?

    • ray valdez

      May 20, 2020 at 4:48 pm

      No

    • SupperUpper

      May 20, 2020 at 5:18 pm

      Yes

    • Unknown94

      May 20, 2020 at 7:13 pm

      It’s basically the same phone

  10. portalplayer

    May 20, 2020 at 4:56 pm

    I have the A50 and it’s a crap phone. It’s sluggish and constantly turns on in my pocket. I don’t know if this A51 is much better.

    • R G

      May 20, 2020 at 9:37 pm

      You need to turn on accidental touch protection 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • portalplayer

      May 20, 2020 at 9:40 pm

      @R G i have that turned on, but it barely works.

  11. Sarode Mahesh

    May 20, 2020 at 5:01 pm

    Doesn’t look like this review video of samsung mobile rather it is a video released to push the iPhone SE sales. I must say there are very good at selling Apple phones. Being a Apple channel it is expected.

    • Jerry Seinfeld

      May 20, 2020 at 6:14 pm

      Sarode Mahesh They literally said the phone is laggy and sluggish to use. It’s the year 2020, even budget phones shouldn’t have this problem. Maybe people are giving the iPhone SE better reviews because it’s actually a better phone than this one?

  12. SupperUpper

    May 20, 2020 at 5:13 pm

    That is the weakest bookshelf I’ve seen the last couple of weeks

  13. Roll Royce

    May 20, 2020 at 5:17 pm

    when did you guys starting to review the normal people’s phones? go to s20 ultra+ or iphone

    • Paul Cory

      May 21, 2020 at 12:11 am

      They already did those when they came out

  14. Baljeet Dhillon

    May 20, 2020 at 5:25 pm

    Fake…please you are a global YouTube channel..you should have done research better.
    @400$ A71 is available..
    And @450$ I can get S10.
    Its a different story that it might have bin launched ath that price..but everyone knows its never available at that high price..

  15. Paul Simjay

    May 20, 2020 at 5:30 pm

    A few weeks ago?!,…. Like, seriously!…. This phone has been out since December of 2019… And I only came here to drop this comment 😔

  16. U G Official

    May 20, 2020 at 6:17 pm

    A51 is around $260 in most countries

    • MAFz777

      May 21, 2020 at 3:04 am

      They meant MSRP.

  17. Danny Danny

    May 20, 2020 at 6:18 pm

    She is really pretty! <3

    • Tyrantes

      May 20, 2020 at 6:21 pm

      Simp

    • MAFz777

      May 21, 2020 at 3:36 am

      Double Simp

  18. Lupyana Mbembati

    May 20, 2020 at 6:35 pm

    what do you mean a few weeks ago? I have been using a 51 since January

  19. Hafid

    May 20, 2020 at 7:02 pm

    This Phone costs arround 300 dollar now in Europe.

    • MAFz777

      May 21, 2020 at 3:28 am

      The mentioned price is MSRP.

  20. Cristina Easley

    May 20, 2020 at 7:35 pm

    B

  21. reijavmanga

    May 20, 2020 at 8:51 pm

    I have it 4 months already. And it is not sluggish, once it got the last Samsung UI update it has become even better and has many features from the s20. Speaker is great, camaras work fantastic, and the screen is just beautiful. Battery life is pretty good. It’s a nice elegant phone that is worthy its price in my opinion. The only problem it had was the slow fingerprint reader, but already fixed that issue and now it is just fine.

    • TC Terrence

      May 21, 2020 at 5:11 am

      I have it for around a month now and I would argue that the speaker is average and the battery life is acceptable. The sluggishness and bugs are the things that bothers me the most. I am still happy with the phone though since, well, it’s my new phone after all.

  22. Syazzwan Hafizzi

    May 20, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    Realme 6 Pro better than this

    • MAFz777

      May 21, 2020 at 3:37 am

      A lot of phones better than this.

  23. Oli S

    May 20, 2020 at 10:37 pm

    You could get a new Note 9 for 500 bells. Surely that’s better?

  24. Chris G

    May 20, 2020 at 11:13 pm

    A51 🛸

  25. Ed Talks 1

    May 21, 2020 at 12:53 am

    you can get this phone for under $300 on Amazon, the A71 is which is bigger is less than $400…how out of touch CNET has become

    • MAFz777

      May 21, 2020 at 3:33 am

      I don’t think what you mentioned was the MSRP!

  26. Moninder Dhillon

    May 21, 2020 at 1:45 am

    Honest review, cheap processor by Samsung

  27. crossandshoot

    May 21, 2020 at 1:50 am

    sluggish right out of the blue x is suuuuccchh a no-no
    there’s zero point in buying an Android phone that’s laggy when new

    • Alternative Music

      May 22, 2020 at 4:27 pm

      Its not laggy at all. Just slow a bit. There is optimise option that you can have to make the performance better.

  28. mustnoor

    May 21, 2020 at 2:24 am

    Samsung problem is the software is bloated if they give you the option of standard google UI I would buy one otherwise i will stick with pixel or OnePlus

  29. MAFz777

    May 21, 2020 at 2:57 am

    I’d rather get Iqoo Z1 which is a flagship device with a CPU that supports AV decoding than this mid-range phone, also it’s even cheaper!

    Another better option than this Samsung is the Honor X10 but that needs GMS downloaded manually from the web.

    Samsung should do better than this to compete with the Chinese offerings.

  30. Zack

    May 21, 2020 at 3:10 am

    This phone is $300.

  31. Ryan blade vlogs & gaming

    May 21, 2020 at 3:11 am

    Brain tong

    • Ryan blade vlogs & gaming

      May 21, 2020 at 3:11 am

      Anyone

  32. mashudu mbulayeni

    May 21, 2020 at 6:46 am

    That phone is not $400

  33. Kareem Joseph

    May 21, 2020 at 10:15 am

    This “A51 review” turned into a mini “A51 vs iPhone se2” comparison

    • A A

      May 24, 2020 at 1:46 pm

      That’s what all these recent Western reviews are doing.

  34. Wesley Dechavez

    May 21, 2020 at 11:21 am

    CNET be like putting samsung’s phone in the title but promoting iphone SE

  35. Klap

    May 21, 2020 at 2:29 pm

    Sorry bud they released it a few *months ago*

  36. Frank Olivio

    May 21, 2020 at 3:48 pm

    6.5″ Super Amoled vs Teeny Tiny 10 year old LCD… Review over.

  37. Colin

    May 21, 2020 at 7:12 pm

    The processor here is capable. I own this phone and after disabling a load of OneUI bloat, I’ve noticed a substantial increase in performance. Alongside that, the OneUI 2.1 update has fixed some issues such as the sluggishly slow fingerprint reader. Samsung’s skin is bogging down its performance, which is very unfortunate because the rest of the user experience is great. On top of all that, the MSRP of this phone doesn’t translate to online stores. I picked up this phone on Amazon for $280 and it works flawlessly on AT&T here in the states. Much better value.

  38. Bálor Club

    May 21, 2020 at 11:55 pm

    It’s better than IPhone SE. It’s good, its display is Super Amoled, it’s made of light weight. One complaint to this A 51 is that it should have come with Snapdragon 730 processor.

  39. Pietro Longo

    May 22, 2020 at 12:40 am

    I have an A50 and I am not happy constant lags and slows around

  40. J Stan

    May 22, 2020 at 6:37 am

    The Samsung Galaxy A51 was released December 2019. What are you talking about?

  41. kuldeep jhala

    May 22, 2020 at 6:39 am

    Its a Superb phone given the price.
    moreover even s20’s are sluggish here in India as they come with exynos chip & not the sd one.

  42. Mahadev

    May 22, 2020 at 7:23 am

    Listen CNET we aren’t going to buy iPhone se… We’ll looking for galaxy A71 or OnePlus 8… As your junk se costs as much as OnePlus 8…

  43. Mufeed

    May 22, 2020 at 11:27 am

    I had a50s garbage performance and trash camera.. i will never buy Samsung mid range phone i have OnePlus 7t got it for 430 bucks and brooo this phone is a beast!!

    • Alternative Music

      May 22, 2020 at 4:23 pm

      One Plus camera is garbage

  44. Jeffrey Lim

    May 22, 2020 at 2:19 pm

    Great hair!

  45. whakabuti

    May 22, 2020 at 7:34 pm

    This is a champ of a device and the battery lasts for more than a day. One of my smartest purchases.

  46. Gabriel Nielsen

    May 23, 2020 at 12:04 am

    Nice Deutsche Grammophon vinyl

  47. A A

    May 23, 2020 at 4:44 pm

    Why are all these reviewers suddenly being dishonest about the price?
    They all seem to have something in common though. They push the SE very hard.

  48. A A

    May 23, 2020 at 4:44 pm

    Why are all these reviewers suddenly being dishonest about the price?
    They all seem to have something in common though. They push the SE very hard.
    The phone is $300 or less. So you’re saying the price raised? You’re straight up liars. You western reviewers are biased towards Apple. My problem is when you pretend to be neutral while putting out reviews like this.

  49. Gloria Martinez

    May 25, 2020 at 12:56 am

    I bought one for my husband 2 months ago through eBay for 190.00.

    • Jovan Ramjewan

      May 26, 2020 at 12:41 am

      Used? New? Can you linked the seller if it was new, please? Thanks in advance!

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