Samsung Galaxy A51 vs A50 vs A50S: Should You Upgrade? By TechDaily

What's going on guys, my name is Wade with tech daily and in this video we'll be doing a full comparison between new Samsung Galaxy, a 51 and last year's a 50 and a 50 s now, I know for a lot of you guys. Your number one question is probably whether you should upgrade to the new, a 51, and I hope. I can help you with that decision with this comparison, but I also know that some folks might be looking at the 50 or a 50 s as their next phone, since both of these devices now have come down in price and are readily available just about everywhere, either way. I hope this video helps you in your purchase decision and if you want to do some comparison shopping yourself, I will have links to all these phones down below in the video description at their current cheapest prices from Amazon and B&H photo. So you can take a look for yourself and maybe pick one up to start things off. Let's actually talk about the pricing and availability, since that's probably the first major factor, most people consider the 51 right now is available for just under 300 bucks in various unlocked, dual SIM and international versions, I've seen it as low as 285, but so far, at least at the time of filming.

This video- we don't have any word on carrier deals. Yet that will likely change in the coming months, though so keep an eye on places like Metro for potentially a better deal. The 50 which is technically the oldest of the three devices by just a couple of months, also retails new for just under three hundred bucks. But since this phone has been out for a while, there are some carrier deals to take advantage of and an Amazon renewed listing for this device at 200 bucks, which I think is probably the best deal you'll, find keep in mind that, even though the 850 is being replaced by the 851, the phone is barely eight months old. So it was still pretty new and a 33 percent discount is an absolute steal.

The 50 s came out back in September, so also still a relatively recent phone, but it too is already selling at a discount from its retail price. I've, seen it as low as 250 bucks, which again is not a bad discount on a phone. That's barely been out for a few months in regard to the actual phones. There are, of course, some physical differences and some new features that might sway you one way or another, but to be totally honest, the differences here are pretty subtle. First off physically, all three of these phones are pretty close to one another: the 50 and a 50 s are essentially identical, they're the same size, the same setup.

You can't tell them, apart at all, really aside from some different color options and like a few millimeters of difference in the housing from the outside they're, practically the exact same phones. When we move up to the 51, though we definitely see some changes up front. The 51 received to Samsung's infinity, o display with a front camera cutout. Well, the 50 and a 50 s both retained that teardrop notch. This I think is more of a personal preference than anything else, but the cutout makes the phone I think look more modern and premium.

The bottom bezel or chin on the 51 has also been shaved down just a bit as well, and overall gives the phone a more even look all around again, not a game-changer here, but something I did want to note everything else, though at least with the housing and materials are all identical across the three devices. They all offer a plastic build with polished, accents and various shifting color options on the left. There's your SD and sim slot. The right has the power and volume buttons positioned and set up basically the same and underneath you'll find a headphone jack, USB, C charging port and a single down were firing speaker on each of the three phones, so no difference there. The main physical difference, of course, has to do with the camera modules around back.

The camera setups here are pretty different across all three of these phones and I will talk about all that in just a minute. I do want to talk about the displays, though, first because there are a couple of important things to note first off in regard to the screen size, because we slimmed down the bottom bezel on the a51. We now have a six point: five inch display all the 50 s have a six point. Four inch display. That means you're also getting a slightly different resolution, 2400 by 1080 on the 51 versus 23 40 by 1080 on the 850 s and by extension, the aspect ratio is altered slightly to 20 by 9 the 51 versus nineteen and a half by a for the 50s, but beyond the ever so slight difference in size.

The physical hardware of the displays appears to be identical: they're all Super AMOLED panels covered in Gorilla, Glass 3, and they all look great from every angle. I can't say for certain that anything changed from the 50 to the 50s to the 51, but I will say that in my experience out of the box, the 51 appears slightly less saturated than the 50s I can't attribute that to anything specific. Unfortunately, it's just my own observation so consider it, however you'd like, but all in all. As far as the screens are concerned, there's no major changes or upgrades between any of the three phones and there's also that in display a fingerprint reader in each of the three phones and as far as I'm aware, there seems to be no changes as far as the internal specs are concerned. This is where we start to see a bit more of a difference.

Now, right off the bat. All three phones are powered by a four thousand William capacity battery and support fast charging via the included 15 watt power, brick. So when it comes to power and charging, there seems to be no changes or upgrades there with the processors. There is a bit of a difference, though, probably not what you'd expect the 50 pack Samsung's Enos 9610. Well, the 50s and the new, a 51, both PAK and ex Enos 96 11.

Each of these phones also has an option of either 4 gigabytes of RAM or 6, but I think the most surprising thing here is that Samsung really didn't make any major upgrades internally with the 51 now honestly, I think all of these phones are fast and smooth and perform pretty well anyway, and the 96 11 is still a relatively new processor. But if you're thinking of upgrading on performance alone, I don't know if that's a strong argument, one thing worth considering in regard to the usability of these devices is the fact that, out of the box, the 50 ships with Android 9 and 1 UI, and currently there is no official Android 10 update available for this phone. The 50s, on the other hand, is getting Android, 10 and 1 UI 2 right now, which is great to see, and obviously the a51 ships with that new software at the box. So if software updates are important to you, the 50s or a 51 at least right now are both better options but in all honesty, I personally feel as though those updates are not critically important when it comes to features and performance and in real-world use, launching apps and flipping through the phone and doing sort of everyday tasks. The difference in performance and load times, even with different CPUs and software versions, is negligible, to say the least, we're talking, Geek bench and to benchmark scores that are within just a few percentages of each other.

So in my opinion, performance is not exactly the deciding factor to consider easily the most significant difference between these three phones is the camera setup and I. Think I need to do a comprehensive, dedicated video showcasing them in real-world usage, but I want to take some time to talk about what's going on here. First, so you guys have a clear picture of what you're getting first off the standard: 850 pax 3 lenses, a 25 megapixel main shooter and 8 megapixel ultra-wide and a 5 megapixel depth sensor, the 50 s gets a significant upgrade to the main lens 48 megapixels, in addition to the 8 megapixel ultra-wide and five megapixel depth sensor, the 51 with its new rectangular camera setup, packs four lenses now, which include a 48 megapixel main shooter, an upgraded 12 megapixel ultra-wide, the 5 megapixel depth sensor and a brand new 5 megapixel macro lens for close-up photography feature wise. There are a lot of similarities here between these phones. You have a live focus night mode, super slo-mo pro settings, but the difference in real-world capabilities when it comes to the 851 in particular I think is pretty significant, and it's a similar story, upfront to the 50 packs, a 25, megapixels selfie camera, the 50 s is a little better with a 32, megapixel shooter and while the hardware appears to be the same on the 51, it goes all out with 4k front-facing video recording.

Now here's the thing about many of these budget and mid-range phones. The cameras are usually not all that great and the 50 I think even coming from Samsung was lackluster the 50s improved a bit, but with the 51, the cameras seem to be the biggest focus, the biggest upgrade and the most significant difference between these three devices. If that's what's important to you, the 51 is the phone to go with. There's no question about that. However, if you're not huge on taking pictures, I think you have a bit tougher of a decision.

Well, the 51 is shiny and new grabbing an 50 which again is still just eight months old for 200 bucks I think that's a pretty good deal, and that might be what I recommend out of everything, at least until the 51 becomes more widely available. Once this device hits the shelves of some major carriers and prepaid retailers, I'm, pretty confident, it'll be a popular phone, especially here in the US, and it likely checks all the boxes that a lot of people are looking for in their new phone. So hopefully you guys enjoyed this comparison if I happen to miss anything importance- or maybe you guys want to chime in about your own experiences- feel free to do so and leave a comment down below I'd love to hear from you guys also be sure to follow tech daily on Twitter and subscribe the tech daily YouTube channel. If you haven't already, and I'll, see you guys later.

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