Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) SM-A510F 16GB 4G Black - smartphones (Single SIM, Android, NanoSIM, GSM, HSPA, UMTS, LTE)

This phone is a replacement for an old and trusted Motorola. As I didn't want to buy Chinese I chose a Samsung phone....made in Vietnam, not South Korea as I expected! The fingerprint reader works but is slow compared with my Motorola. I may try face recognition instead. Battery life for my type of usage is fine, well over a day. I don't play games though.The camera system takes getting used to....all those lenses! Macro is really good, but regular snaps are hardly spectacular. I've yet to try low-light and night shots. I must work at it.Transferring apps and data wirelessly worked fine.Screen size and clarity is good. I've tweaked the keyboard to help ease typing...I'm a senior!Basically I like it!It's now May 2021. I've got used to the phone but still find the fingerprint recognition poor, also face recognition. I often have to enter my password as a last resort. Most frustrating. There was a software update a few months ago which I hoped might sort the issue, but no.The camera does work well now I've had chance to experiment. Sound and video quality are fine for me. WhatsApp calls are great fun. My wife and I enjoy catching up with family events. We are able to cast picture and sound to our TV via a Roku stick.The phone screen is very easy to keep clean, is super-sensitive and, so far, resistant to scratches. I have no extra screen protection applied but have bought a rather ugly but very tough case which, so far, has kept the phone free from dings or nicks.All in all, I'm very pleased with the phone and recommend it as good value for money.

This was a notable and affordable upgrade for me from my Samsung J3 (which was constantly giving memory full warnings and not saving things to the SD card). The A51 is a very fast, responsive and great phone to use. Moving stuff from my old phone to the A51 was relatively straight forward with the Smart Switch app.I've found the significantly extra inbuilt storage of the A51 to be great, though once I'd transferred the 16gb of the J3 data across the A51 had already used nearly 40gb of storage; this must have been due to the in built stuff and functionality of the A51. Thankfully the mico SD card slot works well and I've been able to load the music from my computer to the SD card on the phone via a usb cable.The A51 is very quick in loading apps and data and whilst it is a new concept for me I really like the biometrics finger scan. This makes it a lot easier to unlock the phone and log in to password secure apps without having to constantly type in or remember passwords.From a personal preference point of view, the phone is a little bigger than what I'm used to or comfortable with. It has already fallen out of my pocket. This was a compromise I knew I was making since I saw the dimensions of the phone on Amazon before I bought. However when it comes to the extra storage space, memory power and price point this was by far the best value Samsung phone for my needs. I am currently a very happy owner of a Galaxy A51!

It was ordered for a friend she likes it easy for her to use

The reason I got this phone instead of the old A5 is because of the glass back, this phone just feels great to hold! I use to own an iPhone 4 and I loved the feeling of holding a phone with glass on both sides. This A5 2016 is looks like the love child of an iPhone 4 with an iPhone 6, Samsung have really stepped up their design. I imported mine from Europe for use in UK, came with a Euro plug and an adapter which the supplier included.Main Pros for me are:- Looks and feel great, especially without a case- Large screen with high res and great quality- Great battery life (Probably one of the best for all round use, and has fast charging)- Good value for quality of phone, and would expect price to drop significantly after release- Supports SD card for lots of memoryCons:- Quite slippery, so need to be careful if not using a case- Mid range processor, which can be considered a compromise for battery life.It's pretty much the perfect phone I've been looking for over the last 5 years, and is finally here for a decent price. Don't need the "optional gimmicks" the top range phones comes with, does the most important things a mobile phone should do really well.

2026 update: I've had this phone for 5yrs, daily use and it's still going strong. On battery saver it lasts 2-3 days. Biometrics are sound. Love it!Excellent phone. Looks slick and feels premium. Great battery life, fast charging (1.5hrs), clean display, lots of storage, top camera - even free headphones.I consciously avoided the flagship Samsung 'S' series - my work phone is an s8 and the curved screen is v frustrating (too many mis-touches), fingerprint reader is pants and the phone way too slippery to hold. The A51 is larger but ironically much more comfortable to hold. Also proper headphone jack - not all of us are interested in wireless buds. In all much better phone than the s10 and tonnes better value than the s20 for almost the same spec.Only niggle is the two stage phone start-up protocol which I guess is a security feature but feels a bit overboard.

Great product

Really pleased with this. It works well and has a good camera. It was certainly good value for money.

Great to look at but having a lot trouble keep losing all the connection to the Internet if it keeps up I will have to send it back I have been trying to get in touch with you and cannot understand your service to help me with my phone I keep losing all my connection to the internet have no bars or only one bar no this phone on my old phone a a41 it works great will some people help me or do I have to just get rid of it please get back ASAP

Gute Verarbeitung, alles funktioniert!

Sono molto soddisfatto di questo acquisto. Il telefonino ha un bel display con un touch molto sensibile. Il processore e la ram permettono di passare tra una applicazione e l'altra senza fatica, nonostante siano caricati Antivirus Norton e molti widget. Il browser carica molto velocemente le pagine. La carica della batteria è molto lunga, nonostante la rete accesa sempre, dura circa un giorno e mezzo.

Works great! Have had it for close to a month now and everything works great! If you want a product that's premium enough and has all the bells and whistles of the latest smart phones at an affordable price, definitely get this product. Would recommend it to anybody whose looking for an upgrade!

Hallo Zusammen,ich versuche mich nun auch mal an einer Bewertung, aobwohl ich technisch keine Ahnung habe. Vorab muss allerdings gesagt werden, dass ich nie Nutzer eines "High-End"-Produktes war und daher keinen Vergleich zu Solchen ziehen kann. Voriges Smartphone war ein Galaxy S4 Mini!Also: Wie gesagt, Preis-Leistung ist top.Akku: War für mich sehr wichtig, da ich viel mit dem Gerät arbeite und quasi mein gesamtes Leben damit manage. Sehr, sehr guter Akku, komme nicht unter 40% am Tag! Die Schnellladefunktion tut ihr Übriges!Verarbeitung: Optik genial! Liegt super in der Hand und muss sich vor keinem "High-End" Gerät verstecken!Display: Klare, schöne Farben. Auch keinerlei Probleme bei direkter Sonneneinstrahlung.Navi: GPS funktioniert einwandfrei (Und verbraucht erstaunlicherweise weniger Akku als von mir erwartet).Kamera: Front- und Rückkamera sind beide in Ordnung. Also zu meinem S4 Mini ist es natürlich ein Himmelweiter Unterschied!!Surfen: Der "Motor" läut super. Schnelles, problemloses Surfen ist mit diesem Gerät gar kein Problem (auch wenn mehrere Fenster offen sind oder Programme im Hintergrund laufen).Telefon: Gewohnt sauberer Klang beim telefonieren, wie ich es von einer Marke wie Samsung erwarte!Mehr fällt mir gar nicht ein. Alles in Allem ein richtiger Kracher von Samsung!!! Qualität zu nem super Preis, kann es nur empfehlen!!

Tutte le funzioni basiche con anche il lettore di impronte digitali al prezzo del più basico telefono cinese. Un Samsung ottimo e semplice da utilizzare per un prodotto non di ultimissima generazione.