Galaxy A20 Review
While you'll get great battery life for a low price with the Galaxy A20, you'll have to live with performance lag and an easily scratched plastic design.
OUR VERDICT
Skip the Galaxy A20 if you need a more dependable phone that doesn't suffer from performance lags. This device's best feature is a long-lasting battery, and the equally priced Moto G7 Power surpasses that.
FOR
- Outstanding battery life
- Low price
- Good cameras for a budget phone
- Impressive Live Focus camera mode
AGAINST
- Laggy performance
- Easily scratched
- Ho-hum display
Samsung's budget phones are worth your attention. While the company's previous low-cost handsets provided an example of "you get what you pay for," recent models, like the Galaxy A50 and the Galaxy A20, adopt some of the elements found in Samsung's pricier devices. But these features now appear in a more affordable package.
As the Galaxy A20 shows, you still make some trade-offs in performance, design and screen quality. But Samsung's latest budget phone also takes good photos and packs a long-lasting battery, making this device an intriguing option for budget-minded shoppers.
Galaxy A20 price and availability
We reviewed a version of the Galaxy A20 tied to Metro by T-Mobile, which sells the phone for $239. Under a current promotion, you can get two A20s when you sign up for two Unlimited lines from the carrier. The deals includes Amazon Prime, too.
T-Mobile also sells the Galaxy A20 for $250, or you can buy the phone in monthly installments of $10 paid out over 24 months. Boost Mobile sells Samsung's budget phone as well; normally $229, the phone is on sale for $199 as of this writing. Verizon ($249) and Sprint ($312) offer the phone, too.
The black-finish A20 comes in one configuration: 32GB of onboard storage and 3GB of RAM. You can boost storage to up to 512GB with a microSD.
Galaxy A20 specs
| Display (resolution) | 6.4-inch AMOLED (1560 x 720) | ||||
| Rear cameras | Dual: 13-MP (f/1.9); 5-MP wide angle (f/2.2) | ||||
| Front camera | 8-MP (f/2.0) | ||||
| CPU | Samsung Exynos 7904 | ||||
| RAM | 3GB | ||||
| Storage | 32GB | ||||
| Battery | 4,000 mAh | ||||
| microSD | Yes, up to 512 GB | ||||
| Size | 6.24 x 2.94 x .03 inches | ||||
| Weight | 5.86 ounces |  |
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