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Samsung Galaxy A51 5G
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Battery
Charging 15W wired 25W wired
Type Li-Po 4500 mAh 5000 mAh
Body
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 3), plastic back, aluminum frame Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
Dimensions 158.9 x 73.6 x 8.7 mm (6.26 x 2.90 x 0.34 in) 164.4 x 77.9 x 7.9 mm (6.47 x 3.07 x 0.31 in)
SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 187 g (6.60 oz) 200 g (7.05 oz)
  - IP54 dust protected and water resistant (water splashes)
Comms
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.3, A2DP, LE
NFC Yes Yes (market/region dependent)
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BDS, QZSS
Radio FM radio, RDS, recording FM radio (market/region dependent)
USB USB Type-C 2.0, OTG USB Type-C 2.0
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Display
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 -
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~405 ppi density) 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~385 ppi density)
Size 6.5 inches, 102.0 cm2 (~87.2% screen-to-body ratio) 6.7 inches, 110.2 cm2 (~86.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Type Super AMOLED Super AMOLED, 90Hz
Features
Sensors Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, compass
  ANT+ Virtual proximity sensing
Launch
Announced 2020, April 08 2024, October 15
Status Available. Released 2020, April 29 Available. Released 2024, November 20
Main Camera
Features LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, panorama, HDR
Quad 48 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF 12 MP, f/2.2, 123˚ (ultrawide) 5 MP, f/2.4, (macro) 5 MP, f/2.2, (depth) -
Triple - 50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/2.76", 0.64µm, AF5 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide), 1/5.0", 1.12µm2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/120fps; gyro-EIS 1080p@30fps
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
Internal 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 4GB RAM, 256GB 6GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM
  UFS 2.1 -
Misc
Colors Prism Cube Black, Prism Cube White, Prism Cube Pink Gray, water green, midnight blue
Models SM-A516F, SM-A516F/DSN, SM-A516N, SM-A516B/DS, SM-A516B, SM-A516U, SC-54A, SM-A516U1, SCG07, SM-A5160 SM-A165F, SM-A165F/DS, SM-A165M, SM-A165M/DS
SAR EU 0.50 W/kg (head)     1.55 W/kg (body)     0.31 W/kg (head)     1.08 W/kg (body)    
Network
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SM-A516B/DS HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G bands 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41 - SM-A516B/DS 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41
5G bands 41, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 - SM-A516B/DS -
Speed HSPA, LTE, 5G HSPA, LTE
Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G GSM / HSPA / LTE
  2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 25, 26, 41, 66, 71 - SM-A516U -
Our Tests
Battery (old) Endurance rating 90h -
Camera Photo / Video -
Display 642 nits max brightness (measured) -
Loudspeaker -29.5 LUFS (Average) -
Performance AnTuTu: 316007 (v8) GeekBench: 1867(v5.1) GFXBench: 17fps (ES 3.1 onscreen) -
Platform
Chipset Exynos 980 (8 nm) Mediatek Helio G99 (6 nm)
CPU Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A77 & 6x1.8 GHz Cortex A55) Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU Mali-G76 MP5 Mali-G57 MC2
OS Android 10, upgradable to Android 13, One UI 5 Android 14, up to 6 major Android upgrades, One UI 7
Selfie camera
Features HDR -
Single 32 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm 13 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/3.1", 1.12µm
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes No
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
Tests
Battery (new) - Active use score 14:43h
Display - 808 nits max brightness (measured)
Loudspeaker - -25.2 LUFS (Very good)
Performance - AnTuTu: 387422 (v10)GeekBench: 1920 (v6)3DMark: 345 (Wild Life Extreme)
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