Today, we new of Samsung Galaxy A31 Will test which on paper, Galaxy A30s Should be upgraded. Comparing the previous model, the new model is with a fourth rear camera, a large battery, a high-government display, the full support of Samsung Pay and of course high price tag. The phone is available in only one configuration with 6 GB RAM and 128 GB storage. Its price is Rs 21,999. Will Galaxy A31 be able to make its place in the list of top smartphones coming under our Rs 25,000? let’s watch.
Samsung Galaxy A31 Design
Even though the design of the Galaxy A31 is not fresh at all compared to other models coming in the Samsung device, I liked that it is thin and light. The phone looks quite powerful in the all-polycarbonate body, but its back easily holds fingers. The phone has a thick chin at the bottom of the screen. The cutout of the display comes for the selfie camera.
On the left is a large SIM tray for two SIM cards and a microSD card. Headphone Jack, USB Type-C port and a speaker are at the bottom. The back has Samsung’s prism crush pattern, with a blue color variant for reviews. This phone is also available in black or white colors. At the back is a quad-camera setup, which is set in a rectangular module and it has not come out too much, which is a good thing.
Overall, the Galaxy A31 was comfortable to use on a daily basis during this review. It is slightly wide and cannot be said to be easy to reach the top of the display, but some gestures are available to make it easier in One UI. After viewing many phones with the same back pattern in this series, now we have the design a bit boring. Box content gets a silicone case, a charger, a USB cable and a headset.
Samsung Galaxy A31 Display
The Galaxy A31 has a sharp 6.4-inch full-HD+ (1080×2400 pixels) Super AMOLED display. I found it more than enough in terms of brightness, even in daylight. The display is flat, but there are no sharp edges, so there is no problem in using gesture. There is an in-display fingerprint sensor, which is not very fast, but it works well until you press it with pressure.
Samsung Galaxy A31 Performance
Its performance is a big issue. Samsung has used the MediaTek Helio P65 octa-core chipset and I have no problem with this processor if it was in a smartphone of Rs 10,000, but I cannot be happy with the involvement of this processor in a smartphone of Rs 21,999. Even Galaxy M21 The company has also used Exynos 9611 chipset, which is also very low.
Samsung’s One UI 2.1, based on Android 10, also seems slightly slightly sluggish. When I was switching between the apps, the lag was constantly coming to the animation. One UI comes with a lot of shortcuts, themes and gestures for customization. Dolby is also Atmos, but only for wired and wireless headphones.
Galaxy A31 supports Google’s Widevine L1 certification, which means that video streaming app can play content in the original resolution of the display. The single speaker becomes quite loud but the audio quality is average. The simple games run well, but heavy games such as Asphalt 9: Legends or PUBG Mobile run on light graphics. When I played the game for a long time, I found that the phone started getting hot.
Samsung Galaxy A31 Cameras
The smartphone includes a 48-megapixel primary sensor, 8-megapixel wide-angle lens, 5-megapixel depth camera and 5-megapixel macro camera. Not all cameras of the cameras are more impressive, even the main camera comes with F/2.0 aperture. The front camera comes with a 20-megapixel sensor.
In this, you get Samsung’s ‘Scene Optimizer’ AI engine and get the option to save photos and videos in HEIF and HEVC format. The main sensor in good light captures decent looking photos. Photos are captured by default as 12-megapixel shots, but you can shoot at full 48-megapixel resolution if necessary. In low light, the noise is reduced, but this reduces details. Close-up shots in good lights with good details and colors were also better, but due to the shutter lag, a light-hearted act also stains the photo.
The wide angle camera offers comparatively weak details and the HDR is not as effective as the main camera. Details are very bad in low light and there is no night mode to improve them.
Live focus works average. In this, the amount of background blur can be set by itself before taking photos. Macro camera also works fine with more close-up.
The selfie camera captures 12-megapixel photos by default. However, you can also shoot at full resolution. Selfie usually comes usually usable during shooting outside in daylight. Skin tone seems to be a little warm. The camera struggles in making good details in low light and often gives you soft taxes and weak details.
Overall, the cameras of the Galaxy A31 are very weak and there are many features that you will find in many phones at a lower price.
Samsung Galaxy A31 Battery
If we talk about the best feature in Galaxy A31, then it will be its battery life. The 5,000mAh battery lasted for 18 hours and 11 minutes in our HD video loop test, which is very good. Even with regular use, I was able to easily extract more than a day in full charge. It has 15W fast charging, so that you can charge up to 50 percent battery in an hour, but it takes more than two hours to fully charge.
Verdict: Who is the Samsung Galaxy A31 for?
I Galaxy A31 Was struggling to find a good reason to say the best, and I honestly say that I did not find any such reason in this. It looks like Samsung has given it Galaxy A50s And Galaxy A51 Has launched to fill the price difference between. Battery life can be called the only best feature of this phone, along with good build quality and display.
However, the chipset and weak cameras performing below the average are defects that you cannot ignore after paying more than Rs 20,000. Even if its price falls, the market has options equipped with a very powerful feature of Samsung’s own Galaxy A50s and Galaxy M31 or Realme and Xiaomi’s phones.