18 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 66
REVIEW
The display on the A50 is Full HD OLED
(2,340x1,080), but the difference between it and
the 1440p screen on the S10 is more than just
pixel density. The gap in display quality is far more
noticeable than the one between the Pixel 3 XL
and the Pixel 3a, and the pristine attention to detail
isn’t nearly as evident as it is on the S10. Case in
point: when you’re using an app that doesn’t fill the
whole display, the top few millimetres of the screen
bend slightly inward, a phenomenon you won’t find
on the S10 or Note9.
If you’re hoping for the deep blacks and
superlative clarity of the Galaxy S10 displays, you
won’t find it in the A50. But you will get bright,
crisp, and colourful images, even if they’re a bit
too saturated for my tastes on the default Adaptive
Display mode. After all, it’s not easy to compete with
Samsung’s flagship Galaxy phones, whose displays
are among the best in the business. But for its price,
the A50 still has a solid display.Performance
When it comes to performance, the A50 operates
under a simple premise: good enough is good
enough. It has 64GB of internal storage, but is
expandableupto512GBwitha microSDcard.It
doesn’thavewirelesschargingbutwillfast‑charge
out of the box. Samsung’s Exynos 9610 processor
is boosted by a nice helping of 4GB of RAM, which
gives the phone steady, if not speedy performance.
It’s hardly the screamer that the S10’s Snapdragon
855 is, but anyone considering the A50 obviously