In that regard, we’re still lagging behind here in the good old US of A. However, Samsung has brought some solid, lower-cost, US options to market in its Galaxy A series of phones. Even more so when it recently bumped the specs of the lines to 5G. The phone creeps into Samsung’s higher-end phone territory with its size, comparable to the S and Note lines. The differences show up in battery size and features. The other thing the A line maybe should stand for is ‘Average’, meaning for the average user. I think this is plenty, but let’s look a little deeper. One thing I noticed on the A51 4G version, and now on this A71 5G, is that these front cameras do a wonderful job of dealing with areas of an image that are overexposed. Samsung’s software does a fantastic job of not blowing out the background in images and maintains a serviceable amount of detail in the background. Colors on the front shooter aren’t so over-saturated, but closer to real life. The bottom of the phone is where you’ll find a microphone, stereo speaker, USB-C charge port, and a 3.5-millimeter headphone jack. The top is where the SIM tray and expandable storage are located. Samsung has done a good job on down their lines with consistent, solid quality camera sensors, which produce pretty consistently across their lines. The night mode algorithm does, of course, get better at the top of the line, but here in the mid-range, you’re still going to get quality nighttime shots. One of the solid points of night mode is that even in relative darkness, with the feature activated, you still get a good amount of detail and color. Daytime shots are solid as well. In the areas I frequent the most on my weekends, I had a fast connection with his phone. If you aren’t in an area with a strong signal and the Samsung Galaxy A7 5G is constantly searching for a signal, you will take a hit to the battery. This Galaxy A7 5G has a big battery, weighing in at a massive 4,500 milliamp hours and includes 25-Watt fast charging. This got me to almost a 50% charge in 30 minutes. My only issue with Galaxy A7’s battery is its lack of wireless charging. At $600 I think it should absolutely have this feature. I’ll even take that a step further and tell you, it feels smoother and faster than some phones which cost much more, which is even more impressive considering the version I’m testing is the one with only six gigabytes of RAM. Samsung also offers a version with eight gigabytes of RAM. Clearly, Samsung has done some solid work optimizing their One UI interface on top of Android 10. Here in the US, you’re going to get full-featured Samsung Pay with MST, not just NFC, meaning you get a phone which emulates your credit cards and not just one which needs to wirelessly connect to a payment terminal for tap to pay like Google and Apple Pay. This really is a solid performing device. If your bank account does not align with the S20 Ultra pricing, but you want a 5G Samsung phone, I think this is it, for Samsung fans. This is the sauce.
