Samsung Galaxy A71 5G

Samsung Galaxy A71 5G Review

Design

The Samsung Galaxy A71 5G measures 162.5 mm in height, 75.5 mm in width, and 8.1 mm in depth, weighing 185 grams. It features a plastic build, typical for its class, and is available in Prism Cube Black, Prism Cube Sliver, and Prism Cube Blue. The phone has a sleek design with a hole-punch notch for the front-facing camera and a quad-camera setup on the rear. It uses a USB Type-C 2.0 port for charging and data transfer. The device lacks a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Display

The A71 5G boasts a 6.7-inch Super AMOLED Plus display with a resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels, resulting in a pixel density of 393 ppi. The display uses an AMOLED technology, providing vibrant colors and deep blacks. It has a 20:9 aspect ratio and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The screen is capacitive, multi-touch enabled, and frameless, featuring a hole-punch notch. Refresh rate, brightness, contrast ratio and HDR support details are not specified.

Performance

At the core, the device is powered by the Samsung Exynos 980 chipset built on an 8 nm process. The CPU is an octa-core configuration with two 2.2 GHz Cortex-A77 cores and six 1.8 GHz Cortex-A55 cores. Graphics are handled by a Mali-G76 MP5 GPU. The phone is available in multiple RAM configurations: 6 GB and 8 GB of LPDDR4X RAM, each paired with 128 GB of UFS 2.1 storage. Storage expansion is not supported. AnTuTu benchmark results for the device indicate a score of around 332,400 on version 8 of the benchmark. The device is equipped with a suite of sensors including a fingerprint sensor (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity sensor, and compass.

Camera

The rear camera setup consists of a 64 MP main lens (Samsung Bright S5KGW1 ISOCELL sensor, f/1.8 aperture, 0.80µm pixel size), a 12 MP ultrawide lens (f/2.2), a 5 MP depth sensor (f/2.2), and a 5 MP macro lens (f/2.4, 1.12 µm pixel size). The main camera supports 4-in-1 pixel binning. The camera system supports 4K video recording at 30fps with Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS), as well as 1080p recording at 30fps, 240fps and 960 fps with EIS. The front-facing selfie camera has a 32 MP sensor (f/2.2, 0.80µm pixel size). Features include an LED flash, digital zoom, autofocus, touch focus, continuous shooting, geotagging, HDR, face detection, and various scene modes. Optical image stabilization (OIS) is absent.

Battery Life

The device is powered by a 4500 mAh Li-Ion battery. It supports 25W fast charging and is not removable by the user. Wireless charging is not supported.

Software

The Samsung Galaxy A71 5G was launched with Android 10, upgradable up to Android 13.

Pricing

The 8GB/128GB model has been seen at price points ranging from $151.08 to $154.82, placing it in the medium price range for smartphones of its time.

Overall Verdict

The Samsung Galaxy A71 5G offers a balance of features, including a vibrant Super AMOLED Plus display, decent performance from its Exynos 980 chipset, and a versatile quad-camera system. While it lacks premium features like wireless charging or optical image stabilization, it does provide a smooth user experience and 5G connectivity. Its plastic build and lack of expandable storage might be drawbacks for some users, but overall it's a solid mid-range device with a good set of capabilities at its price point.