20 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 66
REVIEW
quickly, and gesture navigation is smooth and speedy,
no small feat for a phone in this price range. The real
test will come with time, but when it comes to speed
of use and updates out of the box, the A50 is definitely
up to whatever tasks you throw at it.
Even more impressive than the A50’s speed,
however, is its battery. Samsung has fitted the A
with an impressive 4,000mAh battery, nearly as big as
theoneinsidetheS10+andNote10+.Inbenchmarks,
theA50topped 10 hours.Inreal‑world use it was even
better, thanks to One UI’s adaptive power saving. You’ll
havenotroublegettingthrougha fulldayofusewith
theA50,and 15 ‑watt fast charging support means
you’ll be able to fill it quickly – just not wirelessly, alas.Cameras
On paper, the A50’s best feature is its camera, with
an impressive array that rivals that of the best phones
in the business:Camera 1: 25Mp, f/1.
Camera2:5MpDepth,f/2.
Camera3:8MpUltra‑wide (123 degrees FOV), f/2.Compare that to a phone like the Pixel 3a, which
has a single 12Mp lens, or even the Galaxy S10+, and
theA50hasa crazycameraarrayfora budgetphone.
Theultra‑wide‑angle lens is certainly nice to have,
and you can definitely take solid pictures with it.
If better photography is your main motivator for
upgrading your phone, however, you might want to
look at the Pixel 3a instead. It’s not that the A50 takes