The Samsung Galaxy A13 5G is an affordable Android phone, but some users might be frustrated by the lower-end features, such as the camera.Each year, smartphone makers launch their newest flagship phones, asking folks to shell out close to, and often more than, $1,000 for the privilege. While these fancy phones get the glory, lower-priced ones get the majority of sales, at least in the Android sphere.
Earlier this year, my oldest adult kid’s Samsung Galaxy S9 died, and they didn’t have the cash at the time for a new one. I bought as a gift a Samsung Galaxy A13 5G, which sells. It’s a “good enough” phone with a 6.5-inch LCD display, 5G connectivity, a 50-megapixel main camera and expandable storage up to one terabyte. They liked the performance and the 5G speed but thought the screen was a little dim and they weren’t pleased with the camera’s low-light abilities.
These phones sell so well, he said, that “these devices are how hit revenue targets and device volumes.” The system-on-a-chip that provides performance and capabilities is often lower-end or from an older generation, and manufacturers scrimp on memory and storage. That’s why lower-priced devices fall behind in benchmark scores, but for everyday uses they’re just fine.
Build quality is often noticeably weaker on lower-end phones. Where there’s a lot of aluminum and metal on devices at the top spots, down below you’ll find bodies made mostly of plastic. "Battery capacity is the No. 1 user metric,” Sag said. If it’s weak “it’s the first thing that irks people when they get a new phone.”