Samsung Galaxy A71

A market leader

One of the top brands producing smartphones today, Samsung has many models being launched regularly. The Samsung Galaxy A71 is part of their range released in the beginning of 2020. A phone that has high-end features and is yet not priced at a high point. Aimed at a younger generation that is creating content for apps such as TikTok and Instagram.

The Galaxy A71 display

Using Samsung's Infinity-O screen that has been used before too, with a punch-hole camera. The display comes to 6.7-inches. They have used a Super AMOLED Plus panel, a bright and powerful display technology. It has a full HD+ resolution at 1080x2400p, providing a clear and crisp visual interface. The fingerprint scanner is embedded within the screen making it super sleek.

Cameras

One of the top features is the camera system on the Samsung Galaxy A71. The selfie camera is a 32MP one that shoots high-quality images. For the main camera, the main sensor has a 64MP lens that has an aperture of f/1.8. An ultra-wide lens helps take 123-degree wide images, this lens is at 12MP. The other 2 lenses are a 5MP lens for macro and another 5MP lens that functions as a depth sensor. All these lenses combined with the camera app that helps take great shots, with some of the modes that form a flagship cadre. The front camera has a 32MP lens at an aperture of f/2.0 and has a wide-angle approach to its capturing of images.

Internals and OS

The phone comes with 128GB of internal storage, with a variation for RAM between 6 or 8GB. Combined with the octa-core Qualcomm SDM730 Snapdragon, making this smartphone fast. To make things even more streamlined the OS is based on Google's Android platform, with version 10 being the specific model. Android 10 is machine learning able, so after a few weeks of interacting with the user it will optimise the phone even more; making it perform better. The Samsung Galaxy A71 runs their One UI 2.0, this skin layer enables people to have more customisation options. Storage space can be expanded via a microSD card, adding 512GB more.

Connectivity, sensors and battery

When it comes to connecting the phone into a digital environment there are multiple options, including WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, Radio, a USB Type-C port and also retains the 3.5mm audio jack. For sensors, they have packed in the accelerometer, a gyro, a proximity detector and a magnetometer. All these combined improve phones functionality a lot.

To keep all this powered the Samsung Galaxy A71 has been housed with a large 4500mAh cell, making for a good battery as it is based on the Li-Polymer technology. An improved battery in comparison to the Li-Ion ones. The battery also has Fast Charging abilities, making it more convenient.

All in all the Samsung Galaxy A71 is a fully packed phone that is available at quite a competitive rate. Making for a good buy.