At $400, Samsung's Galaxy A51 has a gorgeous display, good cameras, and a battery that will easily get you through the day, but it can use a boost in the processor department.

Samsung got me. That’s not to say the Galaxy A51 is a bad phone. The rest of the phone's design is fairly standard. That’s despite Samsung’s typical -- and almost stylized -- image ...

You can increase the storage amount thanks to the MicroSD card that will accept up to 512GB cards. Out of the box, the A51 runs Android 10 with Samsung’s One UI customizations.

Up top there's another mic and that's about it. The Galaxy A51 measures 158.5x73.6x7.9mm and weighs 172g making it one of the more pocketable offerings in the segment.

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The Galaxy A51 also stands its ground on the camera front in the typical ways that Samsung phones and iPhones compare: Galaxy photos are more saturated compared to the iPhone's more natural tones.

The Galaxy A51 5G runs the latest iteration of Samsung's OneUI over Android 10. It's got the June 1 security patch too, so it's about as up-to-date in terms of its software as possible.

Samsung is expanding the One UI 3.1 update to its mid-range phone, the Galaxy A51 in Russia. It also brings April 2021 security patch.