The Samsung Galaxy A51 is an Android

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manufactured by

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as part of its

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. It was announced and released in December 2019. The phone has a

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FHD+ 6.5 in display, a 48 MP wide, 12 MP ultrawide, 5 MP depth, and 5 MP macro camera, a 4000 mAh battery, and an optical in-screen fingerprint sensor.

Specifications

Hardware

The Galaxy A51 has a 6.5 in

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3. The phone itself measures × × and weighs . The phone is powered by an

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9611 (10 nm) octa-core (4 × 2.3 GHz

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& 4 × 1.7 GHz

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) chip and a

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-G72 MP3 GPU. At release, it came with either 4 GB or 6 GB RAM and either 64 GB or 128GB internal storage, which can be expanded with a

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card up to 512 GB. Newer variants of the phone can come with up to 8 GB RAM. It comes with a non-removable 4000 mAh lithium polymer battery. It also has an in-display optical fingerprint sensor.

Cameras

The Samsung Galaxy A51 has a four camera setup arranged in an "L" shape located in the corner with a rectangular protrusion similar to that of the

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and the

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. The array consists of a 48 MP wide angle camera, a 12 MP ultrawide camera, a 5 MP macro camera, and a 5 MP depth sensor. It also has a single 32 MP front facing camera, which sits in a small punch hole on the front of the screen. Both the front and rear facing cameras can record video up to 4K in 30 fps, as well as 1080p in 30 and 120 fps. The rear cameras also have Super Steady.

Software

The Galaxy A51 comes with

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and One UI 2 (Currently One UI 4.1 and One UI 5.x in the future via software update) (Currently Android 12 and Android 13 in the near future). The phone has

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for added system security. On 2 December 2020, it was revealed that the Galaxy A51, along with many other Samsung Galaxy devices, would be eligible to receive the Android 11 upgrade with One UI 3.1. In a press release on August 18, 2020, Samsung stated that the A51, along with the Samsung Galaxy A71 and Samsung Galaxy A90 5G, would receive three generations of Android software support. Because of this, it is likely that the A51 will get two more major Android software upgrades after receiving Android 11.

Design

The Galaxy A51 comes in Prism Crush Black, Prism Crush White, and Prism Crush Blue, while the 5G variant comes in Prism Cube Black, Prism Cube White, Prism Cube Pink.

History

The Samsung Galaxy A51 was announced and released in December 2019 along with the

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. Samsung later announced a 5G variant in April 2020 featuring a larger 4500mAh battery and an

9811 SoC. A 5G ultra-wideband version with mmWave support is exclusive to

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765G.

References

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