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Our GPS Test app result may look startling, but there appears to be a bug. Google Maps could locate us promptly and precisely during our tests, but at no point did GPS Test report that our review unit had achieved a satellite fix. Even the compass in Google Maps moved accurately, so we suspect that there is a problem with GPS Test on the A50 rather than anything more serious.
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At any rate, we took the A50 on a bike ride with our trusty Garmin Edge to compare their location data. The Garmin recorded us having cycled a 3. By contrast, the A50 claimed we cycled just 3.
Looking at the route in detail reveals that our review unit cannot keep up with us and regularly took shortcuts to do so. In short, the A50 is accurate enough for general navigation tasks but not if you want to precisely track your location, like on a bike ride. Samsung preinstalls its phone app as part of One UI , which is intuitively laid out. It also offers some features that many comparable apps lack, like a search function for finding nearby restaurants.
However, your carrier must provision the device for either functionality to work. Our review unit has good call quality on both its earpiece and speakerphone. Both got very loud during our tests, while the microphones consistently captured our voice clearly with little background noise. The A50 has three rear-facing cameras like the Galaxy A7 , and on paper not a lot has changed. The A50 has 1 MP larger front-facing and main rear-facing sensors than its predecessor, which Samsung equipped with 24 MP cameras. The high light sensitivity makes the A50 especially suited for low-light photography, which is a discipline where it excels.
The A50 uses its third rear-facing camera for collecting depth of field data that it can use to create bokeh-effect shots.
Photos look a bit pale when shot in automatic mode just like its predecessor, but the main camera reproduces colours accurately and captures objects sharply. Our review unit manages to take impressive-looking photos in low light though and captures more details than the OnePlus 6T , as demonstrated in scene 3. The A50 can record videos in up to Full HD with its main rear-facing camera.
This is a restriction of the default camera app though, as third-party camera apps can record in 4K too.
Videos shot with the main camera have good dynamic range, while the sensor adjusts exposure levels in changing lighting conditions quickly without being jarring. Disappointingly, the 25 MP front-facing camera does not support autofocus and has a fixed focus instead. This means that you must carefully position the camera to get objects or your face in focus.
Otherwise, pictures will come out blurry. Hence, the A50 is not a selfie specialist. Dynamic range, colours and details are decent, although it is not as good as the main sensor in low-light conditions. In short, the A50 has a good selection of cameras for a midrange smartphone. However, we cannot notice any difference in quality between the photos it produces and those captured by its predecessor unless we look closely.
Choose a scene and navigate within the first image. One click changes the position on touchscreens. One click on the zoomed-in image opens the original in a new window. The first image shows the scaled photograph of the test device. We also subjected our review unit to further camera tests under controlled lighting conditions. The A50 does a rather underwhelming job of reproducing the ColorChecker Passport reference colours, which it typically overexposes. Moreover, while our test chart looks sharp overall and the coloured elements stand out from the black and grey areas, the main camera struggles to reproduce fine details and structures like lines.
There are times though that I run into the occasional hiccup with the Galaxy A For instance, apps unexpectedly quit sometimes or just won't. The Samsung Galaxy A50 has a beefy battery, a big screen, a slick software Reviews · Headphone Reviews · Fitness Tracker Reviews · Phone Reviews (as does the Pixel 3a), so you can plug in if you don't have wireless earbuds. Google's phone is faster when opening apps and didn't show many.
These often are noticeably frayed and have jagged edges. The wallet covers also have contrasting inner colours. The A50 has a point multitouch touchscreen that worked precisely during our tests even into the edges of the display. Incidentally, the glass covering the touchscreen has a slippery finish on which it is easy to perform multi-finger gestures or swiping movements. Samsung preinstalls its own keyboard as the default, which worked just as well as it has on other devices running One UI that we have tested, like the Galaxy S10 series.
You can always install a different keyboard should you prefer. The A50 uses on-screen buttons for navigating around the device, but One UI also has gesture-based controls that you can enable in settings.
The buttons are rather narrow, but they both offer precise pressure points and are easy to find when holding the device. Samsung has equipped the A50 with an in-screen fingerprint sensor, as it has with its Galaxy S10 series. In-screens sensors take a little longer to detect fingers than conventional ones do, and it is not immediately obvious where to place your finger when the screen is off.
However, the sensor in our review unit worked well in daily use and is a more elegant solution than having a large circular shaped sensor mounted on the back glass of a device. The A50 uses its front-facing camera to identify our face, but we found the light emitted by the display meant that our review unit could recognise our face even if we were using it in a dark room.
We could also outsmart the facial unlock with a photo of our face, which underlines that it is not as secure as a fingerprint, password, pattern or PIN. The A50 is one such device, and our review unit vividly reproduces colours and gets brighter than many of its competitors. Incidentally, it is the darkest of our comparison devices too. If PWM was detected, an average of minimum: 5 - maximum: Hz was measured. Our review unit reproduces colours crisply and subjectively the display has excellent contrast. Samsung includes several colour modes as it does with its more expensive Galaxy S series, which allows you to tweak the display to your preferences.
Correspondingly, the latter mode has higher DeltaE deviations. The differences in colour accuracy are minimal though and are probably imperceptible with the naked eye.
The display also gives grey tones a minor blue tint. The A50 remains usable outdoors even under bright sunlight, as demonstrated by our photos below. We suggest using auto brightness where possible, but manual maximum brightness should be enough in most cases too. The screen will look slightly washed-out at any rate.
We noticed no brightness or colour distortions even at acute viewing angles, so you should have no problems with using the A50 from practically any angle. The SoC integrates eight cores that are split across two clusters of four Cortex-A73 cores and four Cortex-A53 cores, which clock up to 2. The A50 is the first device we have seen with the Exynos , and it performed remarkably well in synthetic CPU benchmarks.
Webpages load quickly on our A50 review unit with the Chrome browser and scrolling remained smooth throughout our tests. Likewise, elaborate HTML5 websites load without issue. Samsung equips the A50 with UFS 2. The Mi 9 also has UFS 2.
Colour us disappointed. Likewise, Samsung has equipped the A50 with a comparatively slow microSD card reader. Our review unit finishes bottom of our comparison table here and has much slower read speeds than the readers in the Moto G7 Plus and Nokia 7. We experienced no issues during our gaming tests, although frame rates do drop as low as 24 FPS in complex games like Asphalt 9: Legends when played at high graphics. We should also point out that any dropped frames usually occur when cycling through menus rather than in-game.
The touchscreen and associated sensors also worked perfectly in fast-paced games like Temple Run 2. In short, the A50 should only ever feel hot to the touch when it is being pushed hard. With this new generation of Galaxy A, Samsung seems to have done a nice job. The Galaxy A50 does everything you would expect from a good mid-range smartphone with the battery life expected in this range.
On the other hand, the fingerprint reader under the screen and facial recognition have no real added value. In short, this is a good mid-range smartphone. Since that day, this has been the final version of our review, but the comments written before the update have not been deleted. Definitely my choice! It's good to see Samsung getting serious in the mid-range market. We use cookies on our websites. Information about cookies and how you can object to the use of cookies at any time or end their use can be found in our privacy policy.
To the AndroidPIT homepage. Samsung Galaxy A50 release date and price The Galaxy A50 was launched at the same time as the A30, yet only one of the two entered the market.
A strange face with a larger lower edge, but the camera is elegant, despite everything. Nice effects on the back. A very good 6.