Fairly just a few persons are wanting on the Samsung Galaxy A16 5G as an possibility for his or her subsequent telephone – and it was a little bit of a shock to see simply what number of suppose that this telephone can final them 6 years. That’s how lengthy Samsung might be updating the software program on this entry-level €250 telephone.
There are those that just like the A16 5G however don’t suppose that it’ll final the total 6 years. Efficiency is an apparent concern – how will the Exynos 1330 or Dimensity 6300 maintain as much as software program within the late 2020s? Will the 4GB of RAM be sufficient?
Folks within the feedback had different issues too – what if the display screen (or one thing else) breaks? You may get it changed, certain. Nonetheless, this can be a €250 telephone and in 2-3 years’ time, you could discover that the price of a display screen alternative is greater than what you’d spend on a Galaxy A18 or A19 or no matter. Samsung does enhanced trade-in offers usually sufficient and people supply the identical worth for a totally working telephone as they do a damaged one.
Then there are those that are nonetheless undecided – we acquired a Galaxy A16 5G unit and are already engaged on a evaluate, so anticipate our ideas on the telephone quickly.
There was little curiosity in a 4G model of the Galaxy A16. As a substitute, we noticed loads of feedback saying “why not get a Galaxy A15 5G as a substitute?” It’s cheaper now and Samsung will ship 4 OS updates and 5 years of safety patches. The A15 5G will attain end-of-life standing with Android 18 and patches popping out till the top of 2028. Not dangerous – not so good as the A16, however it should nonetheless final you fairly some time (particularly for individuals who by no means deliberate to go the total 6 years within the first place).
It’s not glamorous, however the Galaxy A16 5G is shaping as much as be a dependable vendor for Samsung. The addition of an IP54 score helped, the removing of the three.5mm headphone jack is a strike towards, extra RAM would have helped. Nonetheless, this can be a stable entry-level gadget general.
