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Colors

• Prism Crush Black
• Prism Crush Blue
• Prism Crush White

Screen size*

Internal Storage

RAM

Expandable Storage**

Cellular & Wireless***

Display type

Fingerprint Sensor

Galaxy A71 5G Optical Fingerprint Sensor (On-screen)
Galaxy A51 5G Optical Fingerprint Sensor (On-screen)
Galaxy A51 Optical Fingerprint Sensor (On-screen)
Galaxy A21 Optical Fingerprint Sensor (On-screen)

Front Camera

Rear Camera

Galaxy A71 5G 64MP Main Camera 5MP Macro Camera 12MP Ultra Wide Camera 5Mp Depth Camera
Galaxy A51 5G 48MP Main Camera 5MP Macro Camera 12MP Ultra Wide Camera 5Mp Depth Camera
Galaxy A51 48MP Main Camera 5MP Macro Camera 12MP Ultra Wide Camera 5Mp Depth Camera
Galaxy A21 16MP Main Camera 2MP Macro Camera 8MP Ultra Wide Camera 2Mp Depth Camera

Battery Capacity****

• * For Galaxy A71 5G, measured diagonally, the screen size is 6.7” in the full rectangle and 6.6” with accounting for the rounded corners. Actual viewable area is less due to the rounded corners and camera lens. For Galaxy A51 5G and LTE and A21, measured diagonally, the screen size is 6.5” in the full rectangle and 6.4” with accounting for the rounded corners. Actual viewable area is less due to the rounded corners and camera lens.
• ** MicroSD card sold separately.
• *** Requires optimal 5G network connection, available in select markets. Check with your carrier for availability and details. Download and streaming speeds may vary based on content provider, server connection and other factors.
  5G speeds vary and require optimal network and connection (factors include frequency, bandwidth, congestion); see carrier for availability.
• **** Based on average battery life under typical usage conditions. Average expected performance based on typical use. Actual battery life depends on factors such as network, features selected, frequency of calls, and voice, data, and other application usage patterns. Results may vary.

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Power through
the day

With work, school and everything else, you’re too busy to worry about your phone’s battery life. You can depend on Galaxy A71 5G’s long-lasting battery power², and Fast-charging⁴ will get you back on the move quickly.

Make space for amazing moments

You shouldn’t have to erase special memories because you ran out of space. With 128GB of internal storage, expandable up to an incredible 1TB with a microSD card³, you’ll have plenty of room to keep what you want.

4 cameras to get the perfect shot

The quad lens camera captures everything from beautiful landscapes to dramatic portraits, making even the everyday look spectacular. The 64MP main lens brings out all those intricate details that you don’t want to miss.

4 cameras to get the perfect shot

The quad lens camera captures everything from beautiful landscapes to dramatic portraits, making even the everyday look spectacular. The 64MP main lens brings out all those intricate details that you don’t want to miss.

See life from a wider perspective

From shorelines to skylines, take landscape shots that never seem to end with the 12MP ultra-wide lens .*

See life from a wider perspective

From shorelines to skylines, take landscape shots that never seem to end with the 12MP ultra-wide lens .*

Get up close
and personal

The new 5MP macro lens (40mm) shoots with clarity and quality, helping you bring out the ultra-fine details of your close-up shots.

Catch all the action

For those epic, fast-paced moments, you need a camera that won’t slow you down. Take remarkably smooth video of high-speed action in crisp ultra HD quality with minimal blur, even if you’re on the move.⁶

Catch all the action

For those epic, fast-paced moments, you need a camera that won’t slow you down. Take remarkably smooth video of high-speed action in crisp ultra HD quality with minimal blur, even if you’re on the move.⁶

5G for nonstop adventure

Whether for work or play, Galaxy A71 5G was built for awesome performance and speed. Watch movies, play games or video chat on Google Duo with confidence knowing your phone can keep up.¹

5G for nonstop adventure

Whether for work or play, Galaxy A71 5G was built for awesome performance and speed. Watch movies, play games or video chat on Google Duo with confidence knowing your phone can keep up.¹

More awesome Galaxy features

More awesome Galaxy features

Main Display Size 169.5mm (6.7″ full rectangle) / 167.1mm (6.6″ rounded corners)

4G FDD LTE B1(2100),B2(1900),B3(1800),B4(AWS),
B5(850),B7(2600),B12(700),B13(700),
B14(700),B20(800),B25(1900),B26(850),
B28(700),B29(700),B30(2300),B66(AWS-3),B71(600)

Type Accelerometer,Fingerprint Sensor,Gyro Sensor,Geomagnetic Sensor,Hall Sensor,RGB Light Sensor,Proximity Sensor

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Audio Playing Format MP3,M4A,3GA,AAC,OGG,
OGA,WAV,WMA,AMR,AWB,
FLAC,MID,MIDI,XMF,MXMF,
IMY,RTTTL,RTX,OTA

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2 Based on average battery life under typical usage conditions. Average expected performance based on typical use. Actual battery life depends on factors such as network, features selected, frequency of calls, and voice, data, and other application usage patterns. Results may vary.Show Less

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5 Measured diagonally, the screen size is 6.7” in the full rectangle and 6.6” with accounting for the rounded corners. Show More

5 Measured diagonally, the screen size is 6.7” in the full rectangle and 6.6” with accounting for the rounded corners. Actual viewable area is less due to the rounded corners and camera lens.Show Less

6 Super Steady video is limited to 1080p resolution at 30fps.

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Samsung Galaxy A71 review: Samsung’s best mid-range phone to date

Bottom line: The Galaxy A71 builds on the success of last year’s A70 with upgraded internals and a new 64MP camera that takes great photos. The design has been refreshed, you get incredible battery life with 25W fast charging, and the 6.7-inch AMOLED panel is one of the best in this category. As an overall package, the Galaxy A71 is one of the best mid-range phones you’ll find today.

Pros

• + Gorgeous design
• + Vibrant AMOLED screen
• + Excellent battery life with 25W fast charging
• + Robust internal hardware
• + 64MP camera takes great photos
• + One UI 2.0 out of the box

Cons

• – Slow fingerprint sensor
• – Macro camera is trash

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• Review update, Mar 2021

From the very beginning, the Galaxy A series was meant to target the mid-range segment. But in 2019, Samsung diversified the series to include the budget segment as well, leading to devices like the Galaxy A10 and A20. Samsung streamlined its strategy, and the Galaxy A series now caters to both the budget and mid-range categories.

One of the best cheap Android phones to come out of the Galaxy A lineup was the Galaxy A70. It was the first Samsung phone to offer 25W wired charging and offered decent specs in the form of a Snapdragon 675. The Galaxy A71 builds on that formula with updates to the camera and chipset, and it also sports an exciting new design with a smaller cutout.

Samsung hasn’t changed too much here from last year, but the updates make the Galaxy A71 an enticing option in the mid-range category. I’m reviewing the 4G version of the phone, but Samsung also sells a 5G-enabled version of the Galaxy A71 that’s on sale in the U.S. and other global markets.

Samsung Galaxy A71 Price and availability

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The Galaxy A71 is available globally, and Samsung sells it in two editions: a 4G-only model made for select countries like India and other parts of Asia as well as the UK, and a 5G version that is available for North America. The 4G version is powered by a Snapdragon 730 available with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, and retails at ₹27,499 ($380).

Meanwhile, the 5G model is powered by the Snapdragon 765G or the Exynos 980 based on where you buy the phone, and in the U.S. the device currently retails for $445 for the variant with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Over in the UK, you’ll be able to get your hands on the 4G variant of the Galaxy A71 for £419 ($580).

Both the 4G and 5G models are available in Prism Crush Black, Prism Crush Blue, Prism Crush Silver, and Haze Crush Silver.

Samsung Galaxy A71 Design and display

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Samsung offered vibrant gradient designs last year across the Galaxy A series, and in 2020 it is making a few tweaks to the design. There’s now a criss-cross pattern underneath the back that shows up as light reflects off the surface of the phone, and it is broken into quadrants. Each quadrant has a slightly different hue, and the overall effect is rather striking.

The Galaxy A71 has a gorgeous design that’s backed up by robust internal hardware.

Of course, the phone is still sporting a polycarbonate back, but that isn’t immediately evident. The gradient design combined with the glossy coating makes the back look and feel like glass, but because it is made out of plastic, it doesn’t add too much weight to the device. Even though there’s a 4500mAh battery under the hood and a 6.7-inch screen, the Galaxy A71 comes in at a very decent 179g. There’s also the fact that a polycarbonate back makes the phone just that little bit more durable.

Another design change at the back is the rectangular camera housing. As we’ve seen on the rest of Samsung’s portfolio — including the Galaxy A51 and the Galaxy S10 Lite — Samsung is sticking to a unified design theme in this area, and that means using the same camera housing as the Galaxy S20 series.

The Galaxy A71 has razor-thin bezels at the front, and there’s now a hole-punch cutout for the front camera. The cutout itself is large, but it isn’t too distracting, and like most phones in the market today, you get an in-screen fingerprint reader.

While Samsung abandoned the 3.5mm jack on its flagships, the analog port is still intact on the Galaxy A71. The power and volume buttons are located on the right side of the phone, and the positioning isn’t too far up the side, allowing for easy access. There’s a single speaker at the bottom on the other side of the USB-C charging port.

Overall, there’s plenty to like when it comes to the design of the Galaxy A71. The polycarbonate doesn’t diminish the vibrant hues and great in-hand feel, and the fit and finish is on par with the best that Samsung has to offer.

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Dominating the front of the Galaxy A71 is a 6.7-inch FHD+ (2400 x 1080) Super AMOLED display. The panel itself is largely unchanged from the A70, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. You still get a screen with vibrant colors, excellent sunlight visibility, and great viewing angles. The panel is protected by a layer of Gorilla Glass 3, just like last year’s A70.

Even though the Galaxy A71 has a massive 6.7-inch screen, it is surprisingly easy to use one-handed.

The flowing curves at the back combined with the thin bezels make it easy to use the Galaxy A71 — you just don’t get the feeling that you’re using a phone with a 6.7-inch screen. For some context, this is the second-largest display that Samsung currently offers; only the Galaxy S20 Ultra with its 6.9-inch panel has a bigger screen.

The screen on the Galaxy A71 has excellent colors out of the box, and you can also adjust the color balance by switching to the Vivid mode in the phone’s settings. As is the case with every other Samsung phone, you get a lot of customizability around font and text scaling. There’s no notification LED here, but you do get a full-featured Always On Display, giving you an easy overview of pending notifications without having to wake the screen.

Like the design aesthetic, the display on the Galaxy A71 holds up well — this is one of the best screens you’ll find in the mid-range category. Sure, it may not have a high refresh rate, but the panel quality itself makes up for that omission.

Samsung Galaxy A71 Hardware and battery

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One of the reasons that made last year’s Galaxy A70 stand out was the Snapdragon 675 chipset. The Galaxy A71 features updated internals in the form of the Snapdragon 730. Qualcomm’s mid-range chipset is a stalwart in this category, and it is set to be the chipset of choice for Google’s upcoming Pixel 4a.

The Snapdragon 730 debuted nearly two years ago and features two Cortex A76 cores clocked at 2.20GHz and six energy-efficient Cortex A55 cores that go up to 1.8GHz. It also has the Adreno 618 GPU, the Hexagon 688 DSP and is built on the 8nm node. The node shrink to 8nm allows the Galaxy A71 to deliver better battery life than its predecessor, and you also get better performance, particularly when gaming.

I didn’t see any slowdowns whatsoever on the Galaxy A71, and the phone handled visually demanding games just fine. The Snapdragon 730 is a known quantity at this point — with phones like the Mi 9T, POCO X2, Mi Note 10, and several others featuring the chipset. It delivers reliable performance in day-to-day tasks and also doubles as a decent chipset for gaming.

The Galaxy A71 comes with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of UFS 2.1 storage as standard, and there’s also a variant with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. You get a MicroSD card that can slot in an SD card up to 1TB in size, and the global model comes with a dedicated dual SIM tray in addition to the MicroSD slot.

What’s particularly interesting is that the Galaxy A71 variant sold in the U.S. is powered by the beefier Snapdragon 765 chipset. That’s because of the fact that it has a built-in 5G modem, and with Samsung selling the device at carriers, it went with a 5G-enabled chipset. So if you are looking at buying the A71 in the U.S., know that you’re getting a phone with outstanding performance.

While the Galaxy A71 has robust internals, one area where it falls short is the in-display fingerprint sensor. Although the phone uses an optical solution, it isn’t quite as fast or reliable as other devices in this category. It usually takes around a second to unlock the phone, and I’ve had my fair share of errors when the sensor failed to recognize my fingerprint.

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A standout feature on the Galaxy A71 is the battery life. With a 4500mAh battery under the hood, the phone easily manages to deliver over a day’s worth of use consistently. I didn’t have to worry about the phone running out of battery over the course of a day, and I routinely averaged over six hours of screen-on-time spread over 15 hours.

With reliable performance and outstanding battery life, the Galaxy A71 nails the basics.

And when you do need to charge the phone, there’s 25W fast charging, with a 25W charger bundled in the box. You’ll get up to a 50% charge from flat in just 30 minutes, and a full charge takes just over 80 minutes.

In terms of connectivity, the Galaxy A71 has Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 5.0 LE, A-GPS, and NFC. The phone has a Category 15 LTE modem with 3x carrier aggregation, and the global variant has the following LTE bands: 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/20/28/38/40/41/66. I tested the phone in India, and it delivered rock-solid connectivity over Wi-Fi. I didn’t face any issues with calls either, and when it comes to the basics, the Galaxy A71 has zero problems.

There’s no wireless charging or water resistance here, but if you’re looking for a reliable phone for day-to-day use, the Galaxy A71 is a great choice.

Samsung Galaxy A71 Camera

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The Galaxy A71 has a 64MP primary lens that’s joined by a 12MP wide-angle shooter, 5MP macro lens, and a 5MP portrait lens. Other than the 64MP camera, the lens arrangement is identical to the Galaxy A51. The 64MP camera relies on pixel binning to produce 16MP shots by default, and there’s a 32MP camera at the front for selfies.

The camera interface itself is identical to what you get on the Galaxy S20 series, with the shooting modes laid out in a ribbon. You can add more modes to the ribbon for easy access, and on the other side, you get toggles for a timer, settings, AR Doodle, flash, and beautifying effects.