Samsung Galaxy A25 5G Review: I'm Honestly Shocked
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- Опубликовано: 13 июн 2024
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Walmart Straight Talk has the Samsung Galaxy A25 5G new for $150 with a service plan and $200 without.
Just got A55 for 480$ today
got it for $130 through local carrier
I think it's absurd that people pay $800+ for a phone for gaming and photos...
if you wanna play games, get a PC/Laptop
If you wanna take pictures, a $100 digital camera will be better than any phone camera
Very good point. Great deal through the carrier
Wrong about the camera
We live in a time where even midrange smartphones are more than good enough for the average person.
Yeah, but most people don't see it because they go to a big carrier and they just buy what they are told is good. Sad. Then they get used to it. When they can't even afford it. Reality is these budget and mid range phones are great
@@AndroidDigest Reality yes! Especially from Samsung's A line of budget phones. I own an A25, and it is spectacular and can record 4K video. Best phone I ever owned. But I still use my PC computers for internet.
I had A50. Now I have this A25. Speakers are improved much since A50. Incredible good audio.
Ya what up with that
For sure. Really nice audio on this phone
Thankyou🙂!
Thank you for the info. I also have the A50 and at the moment I'm thinking about getting the A25.
The audio is best at its price.. nice
Honestly the only complaints I jave about this phone is the presence of the notch. But considering the specs and inclusion of a 3.5mm port, I can live with it
It has a headphone jack.. SOLD
That's a big deal for a lot of people
It shocked me. Just got one.
Why is it a big deal to so many people?
I'm sold on the microsd card slot
@@RMetsy because some people prefer to use wired earphones rather than wireless earbuds
An SD card slot and a 3.5 jack is almost a must in a phone for me. I could drop the SD card slot, but the jack is a must. I will not use an adapter or a wireless headphone.
Yeah, there's not many options for that anymore.
+1 on both. 🙂
This cheap phone has everything.
Xiaomi managed to keep the jack till Poco F5. But the F6 totally dropped it. I predict the Redmi Note 14 and Galaxy A26 will lose the jack as well.
Word.
I just bought the A25 8GB/256GB. I've owned high end Samsung phones before this one, and I can say that the A25 is that great, that I'm not gonna buy a high end phones in the future. It does everything that I need sufficently fast and with a fine result. I can definitely recommend it.
Yeah if you keep your expectations in check, it's pretty nice for the money
Thanks for the video! I love the production quality ❤
Thanks so much! I'm trying!
This is my first smartphone! Thank you for the great information. It made me feel better about my purchase. I had only had a tiny 5 year old flip phone for emergencies. I will definitely be checking out your other videos.
This is definitely a good first smartphone for sure. If you ever have questions let me know, or if you ever need to be walked through some stuff. If you're younger and this is your first phone, a very good phone for you. If you're older and you're just getting into smartphones for the first time, if anything is ever too complicated Don't hesitate to ask some people you know to walk through some stuff. I've always thought about finding a way to offer one-on-one smartphone classes or something. If you ever need a lesson maybe we could work something out. My email is zach@androiddigest.com . If you're younger you can disregard obviously.
Feel free to leave any questions in my comments too. I try to respond to most new comments. Sometimes I miss extra comments in these little comment threads, But if you leave a brand new comment in any of my videos I should catch most of them
I like the Natural look the camera has honestly. It has a view like a regular vision.
I came from a s23 Ultra to the a25 5g and besides the s pen I couldn't see much difference. I never used the s23 to its full potential and it was a quarter of the price!
That's pretty impressive. The a35 5G is even faster. So it sounds like anything the a25 up is going to be enjoyable for you. And now Samsung is providing updates on all of those things. So no more crazy contracts will be needed for you to get a good deal on a phone now. I wish more people would get what they need rather than paying a ton of extra money for things they won't use
That's a great video you've put out and I was meaning to get this phone to replace an old phone I have that's having major charging issue due to it's charging port but decided to hold out for the upcoming Samsung A35/55 which is speculated to be better.
Do you think I should?
The one upgrade you're going to get is power. And maybe a couple of extras, like water resistance or something. The a35 has the same processor as the A54, which is on sale at Best Buy for $375. I actually got one open box for $300 today at Best buy. And the A55 will be a step up from both of those. But price is the key. Assuming they come to the US (I heard they will announce the phones on the 11th. But it may take awhile to get to the US), it's $264 for the A25. It is $375 for the A54. It's $400 (probably) for the A35 and it would be $500 for the A55 (again, just a guess).
It's all about your budget. And your expectations. Do you need water resistance? And what type of processing power do you need?
The A25 can be pretty fast. On rare occasion it will have a bit of a lag moment. But it can be gone through pretty quickly. The A54 and 35 should be a lot better for that. The screens will be pretty similar overall. It's mainly just about getting a little bit of a performance bump.
If you're coming from a $100 phone or a worse phone, you just have to ask yourself how much money you're willing to spend. And you have to ask yourself how important water resistances, and also a little extra power. If you need those things, you could always get an a54 today, even an open box excellent condition for like $300. Or new for $375. Or just wait and get an a35 and probably get something that's basically the same thing. For $400.
It's really all about what you're willing to spend. And also, if you're with a prepaid, look for deals on them. Obviously if the prices are different than when I said, that may tip the scales a little bit
@@AndroidDigest Thanks a lot for taking the time to explain blow-by-blow aspects of these phones but the other obvious thing which made me skip the A25 was it's got just 128 GB under it's hood from Amazon UK(where I do all my purchasing) though they have 256 GB in the Middle East and other regions but these phones the A35& A55 will both have 256 GB for the European region as well and 128 GB to upgrade from what I have been using doesn't make all that sense to me as opposed to double capacity plus going by indicators better voice quality and processor.
I hear you. To me it does have the SD card, I know you might not be able to put everything on there, but I think having the slot helps with lower storage. But I get why you would skip it.
The a35 and a55 if I'm not mistaken offer eSim which both the a15, a25 don't offer. The a35 and a55 don't have the built-in usual Fm radio app (purple square with the white radio inside the 'Samsung' folder) due to the abscence of the headphone jack on both a35, a55 as the headphone headset wire serves as the antennae, just something to consider while these cheaper a15 and a25 do have built-in FM radio as they both have headphone ports.
@@stereobrowser The A55 alone has Esim but thanks for your response
Thank you very much for your input👍👍!!! I was already sold, given my research before my purchase. However, your awesome detailed video review gave the complete confidence with my purchase for this A25 5g model. That said, I not only gave you thumbs, but also subscribed to your channel, as feel that you earned it. Again, awesome work with providing a detailed review for this smart phone 😊!!!
Well thank you, a very kind comment, feel free to leave comments any time if you have questions, I try to cover the A series devices, a lot of Galaxy tablets, and a lot of mid-range phones, some foldables, I try to mix it up. Appreciate your support though. I'm just a smaller channel trying to help people, so it means a lot.
is this better for long term than the a15 5g? just asking though. because im planning to get one just torn between the two of them
Great review this phone is more than enough for my mother who is learning how to use a smartphone and I just want to make sure that the phone is reliable and not just for show…very honest review thanks 🙏 😊
Thank you so much. Hope you enjoy it!
Turn off WiFi scanning and Bluetooth scanning for a longer 🔋 life 🧬
Great video! Subbed
Thanks so much! Means a lot
Thank you so much for information about this phone
It's great!
Got this as my first Samsung phone. So far I am pleased, but I was surprised that it didn't come with a proper charger, also I don't think it came with any kind of pre-installed screen protector, either. So I had to to be really careful not to damage the screen for a couple of days, until a screen protector finally arrived.
That's actually a pretty normal thing nowadays though. Sadly. But it is. Once Apple introduced not putting a charger in the box like 5 years ago, I think Samsung followed about 3 years ago. But they only followed for their high-end phones. Eventually Samsung and almost every other manufacturer, they followed suit even on budget phones. But that's been within the last couple of years
I bought this for my daughter (she's 10) and I'm honestly a little jealous lol. It has a better screen than my current Pixel.
Yeah it's a nice phone! Great screen
does a 10 year old already need a smartphone? 😅
@@faustus8315 She uses it for emergency calls and limited gaming. Yes most 10 year olds have phones now.
@@faustus8315 She uses it for emergency calls and limited gaming. Yes most 10 year olds have phones now .
thank you for a detailed review :)
Thank you! Appreciate you
You explained everything very well ❤ much appreciated 👍
Thank you so much, means a lot!
Thank you for covering these budget phones. I have read reviews and opinions seem very mixed on the overall performance of the A25 5g. One on Samsung’s website said they immediately had to trade it on something else because the phone was unusable. Is it really THAT bad?
Not at all. It all depends on what you're used to of course. But I think it's pretty reasonable. You could look at my performance in the video to see for yourself. Most of the time I'm showing footage of me using apps that are already opened previously. But yeah, if you open up a new app you might have to wait a second or two. It's not bad at all. It also depends on what you're used to. What phones have you used in the past? If you let me know when a separate comment, not attached to this, I'm more likely to reply (I often filter by comments I haven't replied to). But I'll be happy to compare this to phones you've had to give you an idea.
@@AndroidDigeston the Android side of things, I’ve used the Samsung S21 FE, a few Motorola phones(G Power 2020 and Edge Plus 23), and 3 Pixels(5a,6, & 6a). Of course, any phone will have to reload apps or open them and load that first time. I’ve also used many iPhones but of course, that’s a totally different experience. I’m kinda thinking of getting a good Android phone as either a backup to my iPhone or maybe even a replacement eventually. I did notice that performance in the video was solid and not at all bad as some have said. Thank you for replying!
i’m hunting for a non-apple, non-google phone, comparable to the 2020 iphone SE. this has been suggested as a decent replacement, but i don’t have the technical knowledge to actually compare; would switching to this be comparable?
It's really really hard to compare. But I'd say it's pretty close. iPhones from years ago are still slightly faster than some Android phones even from today.
So this should have a better screen. A higher refresh rate. In some ways it will feel smoother. Probably similar cameras. So I'd say it may be comparable. Better battery life in the a25.
I just got this phone for $99.99. I love it, my last phone was a Motorola... Moto g Stylus 5G. I will never buy another Motorola phone again for the rest of my life. It's like night & day, I haven't had a single problem with it & I've been using it constantly setting everything up, figuring out where everything is. $100 well spent. The camera is way better than I thought it would be. The 4K videos I've shot so far looked fvcking beautiful. This phone is dope as Hell for what it is. -
Pretty incredible for $99. A lot of people would buy it just for a backup phone at that price. But it's nice for an every day phone too. It's good when you don't spend $1,000 on a phone, you can actually put it towards your budget, that money, and enjoy your life
I have an a54 5h 256gb and its a awsome phone. Samsung came a long way when it comes to mid range phones. Even the a14 with 4gb of ram performs well. So the a15, a25, a35 or a55 phones are very good as well. Im going to get an a25 256gb to use at work so i dont break the a54 and i think its the way to go.
Yeah the A25 is just a very small step down from the a54. Hope you enjoy it
It’s not that Apple can’t add 120 Hz, it’s that they won’t.
Exactly. Insane
They gotta save the big updates like that for every 20 updates so they can say they gave you something new
Hey great review! I have this phone and noticed that sometimes the connection on whatsapp calls drops and I need to log into twitter every time I use it - really odd and has never happened with other phones. Have you noticed anything like that?
I haven't noticed anything like that at all. You can always go into your settings and go to the apps and wipe out the data for the app and try it again. Or uninstall it and reinstall it. But I didn't have any issues with anything like that. Could be a weird software bug. Sometimes those are solved with factory resets too. But hopefully you could just wipe out the data for the app and hopefully that will help
It says this phone has ois. The 4k looked super shaky in your video. What about 1080p at 30/60? How's the ois then?
I thought it was okay, but not as good as high end phone obviously, may want to get a second opinion though. Hopefully people will respond.
Well done, very eloquent. You talked me into it. 🤣
Well if you ever have any comparisons you need to make or if you're not sure on something to do, feel free to ask in my comments. I'm pretty responsive. As long as you start a new comment because I don't always read the 2nd or 3rd in a thread. But happy to help you in your particular situation any time
@@AndroidDigest Thanks a million, I bought it on sale at Amazon for $265 today...priced at $300 yesterday.
Let me know if you enjoy it! I try to keep things balanced. I know some higher end users use phones like this and they hate them. But this phone is an absolute dream to others. I try to make it fair
Great video sir!! Question for you, how would you compare this phone to the OnePlus Nord 20 5G?
I would say the Galaxy is just a little bit better overall. The speed of both devices will be pretty identical. But you're going to get newer software and better software support on the a25. You also get a full 120 HZ refresh rate on the a25, and the a25 even has 4k video. It's just better overall in my opinion
I have S23U and i need a second phone and i got this from my mobile provider and pretty good and the diference betwen this and s23u are visibile but as much to justice that price.
How much storage comes in the phone and how much possible storage with the SD card?
128GB. I know you can at least do 1TB of storage so you'll be more then good
It take good pictures in the night also
@@blackbeauty826 no it does not I have the phone it is very grainy at night
Hi great review! Would you recommend this phone or realme 11 pro?:)
The realme does beat it out as far as specs. It's slightly faster, more ram in the base model, better specs for the money. But not by a ton. Maybe 15% faster. Screens are similar. It's mainly a performance thing. Not sure what type of software support you'll get from realme. But it's normally pretty good from Samsung. So there are some pros and cons, but I'd lean realme. Based on the specs, but not by much.
@@AndroidDigest Okk thanks!!
Does the camera have standard and zoom or just wide angle lenses?
wide, ultrawide, and macro. No zoom lens. We typically don't get any good zoom lenses until you get over $500 honestly. Sometimes they throw them in these phones and they stink anyway.
How does this phone compare to other budget phone like A54,A14,A23?
Get the the A34 5G . Same thing , much cheaper and only loosing 1 of the 5 years of security up dates and 1 of the 4 years of OS updates. Most people will be on to another phone in 4 years .
Thank you so much for the review. I was initially going to stay with Motorola. I currently have a Moto G Stylus 5G (2022) but the screen is cracked. For what they want to fix it I'm better off getting a new phone. I did find this phone that you reviewed at a Micro Center store for under $250. I was initially looking for a Moto G Power phone but it seems to be popular, especially the 256GB version from 2023. I think I'll sacrifice storage for now for the price instead. I can always get a 512GB micro SDXC card to improve the memory storage on the phone. I'm just hoping it's easy to transfer my files/photos from one to the other. Thank you for this great review! I hope to be happy with my new phone soon. 😎👍🏽
I hope you enjoy it!
@@AndroidDigest I just got my new A25. Paid $250.52 with tax. 😄👍🏽
I've A25 and it's very good,fast phone for the price,really good audio e.t.c.My complain is that Exynos 1280 can't play videos from Tik Tok normally like A52s with SD 778G that i have also.Is there a solution for this;;
Yeah I'm not really sure, I wouldn't think you would have issues with videos playing, so not sure what's going on.
That looks like a pretty good deal. I snagged a Pixel 6a on a Black Friday sale last year for around $100 but my wife is playing around with the camera on it and i may not be getting it back lol I wouldn’t mind something like this
Yeah there are pros and cons to both phones. The pixel is a little bit faster. with better cameras. The Galaxy has an sd card slot, headphone jack, a better battery, and refresh rate. It depends on what's more important to you
@@AndroidDigest yeah the Tensor is quite a bit faster than the Exynos 1280 but I used a Galaxy A42 5g for 3 years with the Snapdragon 750g and it worked well for me. That 1280 looks pretty comparable to the 750g on paper at least and the screen on the A25 is way better than the 720p 60hz screen that was on my A42 and I do like that headphone jack and SD card support.
And it will get updates longer than the Pixel 6 since it's been out for awhile.@@AndroidDigest
I had an A51 which bricked. I now have the new A15 which is the sweet spot Same 128GB internal storage! 4gigs of ram!
Glad you like it. I'd probably at least go with an a25 or 35 coming from the 50 lineup but glad you're not seeing a big dip
Good review, but 6.5" is too big for me. I like compact phones like 13 Mini.
Hard to find now adays. May want to look into the Galaxy S23 used or something
Pixel A series 6.1"
Thanks for the review! I have a Samsung s10e and I love it, but the battery is dying... Do you think this phone is a good choice? I mainly want a good battery, decent perfomance and nice camera. Thanks!
Honestly, that's tough. The S10e was one of the good flagship choices years ago. Now you're looking at budget phones from today. It's sort of a tough comparison.
If size doesn't matter to you at all, the Galaxy A35 5G, Galaxy s23 FE, both of those will be very good options. Also the Galaxy s23.
Your phone had absolutely awful battery life and even though these aren't the best battery lives in the world, they will still be a lot better than what you had before. All of these phones will have better cameras, etc.
Basically, these phones are in this order:
2: Galaxy A35 5G (still very good), 1: Galaxy S23 FE/S23 (these phones are pretty equal. Pros and cons to both)
With all that being said, price is a factor, you may find the a355g for a very good price, if you do, that may be a good differentiating factor for you. I'm actually dropping review on that phone tomorrow.
Coming from the phone you are, I would at least go for the A35 at a minimum
@@AndroidDigest thank you so much for the detailed answer! The problem is that I bought my s10e second-hand at a really good price, but now I can't seem to find any good deals on the phones you mentioned. Still, do you think I would suffer too much from downgrading to the a25?
The Motorola Moto G Power or this A25 5G ?... Which Moto will compare to this for the same price?
You're going to get slightly better performance out of the Motorola. You will get a better screen out of the Galaxy. I lean towards the Galaxy though because the a25 actually had pretty decent shots on the camera in my opinion. But I think the big differentiator is going to be updates. I think you could go either way honestly, but the one thing that really draws me to the Galaxy is the software updates. Even with the a series lineup Samsung has been providing a lot more updates and a lot more timely updates. Motorola with their budget. Phones only gives one big operating system update and normally they delay it almost a full year or more. Samsung has been much quicker and I normally give at least an extra year of operating system updates, like 2 years at least, plus more security patches too. That makes me lean towards Samsung. And I'm comparing to the 2024 G Power. I haven't tested that yet, just going off specs
How do you use it in the US with no E Sim?
Just go to your carrier and get a physical sim? Or contact your prepaid customer service?
I'm trying to decide between this and the A15 for my kids' first phone. I feel like the 200$ A15 would be better for an 11 year old
I think a25 will last him longer
I agree with you. Don't let the hype that surrounds kids mess with you. The A15 is great. Also. Set up a Google family link account, and set them up a gmail, with you as the parent account. You can set what times they can use it, restrictions, you could even force them to ask you to download every single app. And you can control how long they use each app. Even if you don't want every restriction, even if you want to say very few, at least you will be able to lock the phone at any given time.
But yeah. The A15 would be great. Especially for a first phone. You can upgrade them at 13 or 14
Let's see what you think after it's been dropped A25 or A15...😢
It's 99 dollars on boost. I just ordered one and upgraded to unlimited data for 40 a month. I already paid 35 a month. Worth it. The a15 in 30.
no offence dude, if u give a kid a phone let him have a phone, or dont give one to him at all ..@@AndroidDigest
Seems like a Galaxy A53 in a more modern body. Would be interesting to see if this one gets updates longer than the A53.
Exactly. Same processor. It's really good to see that those processors are living on at a cheaper price every year. So we're getting better and better phones in the a series. I think it does get updates for longer. Not only have they made longer update promises, but it's also a newer phone
@@AndroidDigest It's nice Samsung is giving even their entry level phones 5 years of software. I'm currently on an A53 and it gets up to android 16 and presumably the a25 gets up to android 17. So I feel by then the A25 is going to run like dog crap on A17. I guess that's a sort of win win for samsung and consumers. Consumers get a long support life and samsung gets to push software that might be too much for an old phone to handle and thus push users onto upgrades.
Im not of fan of iphone they are so good that I don't like there ui menu only thing.
You say compare to iphone it come with super amoled? You know Iphone 13 14 15 come with retina+OLED display.
That photo look terrible indoor.
I have S23 I always with the samsung but I would never say bad thing to the Apple
Do u think i should buy the a25 or the a54 or pixel 6a
If you're in the US, I would buy the a35. Honestly over all of them. But I suppose that price you might be looking at a pixel 6A or 7A too.
Galaxy A35, Pixel 7a, Galaxy A25 or 6a.
This is my order. Why? The A35 is pretty much an A54 in disguise. Except one thing I noticed recently, I was having some accidental touches on the a54. This happened on two different units. I thought it was possible the device was lagging with a little bit of overheating, and sure enough overheating issues were confirmed by GSMArena. Apparently those were fixed with the A35 and I'm using it now and it has no overheating issues. The A35 is newer, will get more updates. And it's fairly equivalent to the A54. But performs better in my testing
I had a pixel 6a and.it crack by accident slip out of my hand it had best cameras.ever do u think I I should buy a25 need to re buy one or replace screen
Debating on upgrading from the A20, what would be the biggest selling point going from that gen 5 years ago versus this phone and would this be the most directly comparable to that phone? I'm assuming it went A21 22 23 24 now 25 but not sure how much that means
We are talking extremely massive improvements. Your phone didn't even have a 1080p resolution on the screen. It's 3 years behind as far as Android operating system updates. The processing power on your phone is literally less than half of the power of this phone. And your phone only came with 3 GB of RAM which really slows down a lot of multitasking.
This phone has a better resolution, double the ram, double the processing power, double the refresh rate, so the screen refreshes faster as you're scrolling. And the cameras are much better. If you are fairly content with your phone, I don't think you'll have to do much better than the a25 because it will blow you away probably compared to what you have. The battery life probably won't be significantly better only because it has more power that it draws and a lot more going on, but it also compensates for that with a newer battery since you will be buying it new. Hopefully this helps
@@AndroidDigest that helps alot!!! Looking at specs and not knowing what I'm looking at would have taken a bunch of research so exactly the explanation I was looking for to make it easy! Thank you!
Glad to help
Mine has a glass cover for the cameras and its fckng with my camera
I don't know anybody that doesn't have a cover on their phone. the fingerprints are only important to a small percentage of people.
Exactly. I do agree with you
glad you like......i just bought one today.....whew!!!!
Glad you're enjoying it
@@AndroidDigest looks good so far...
It has gorella glass correct?
Gorilla glass 5
I'm watching this on my Samsung A25 5g
I hope you enjoy it!
I like what you get on this phone for the money but is it an upgrade from the A24 4G?
You'll get a nice jump and performance. You'll also get a little bit of a better refresh rate. 6 GB of RAM in the base model. And I'm not sure if your phone has one speaker or two, I forget. But I'm pretty sure the speakers will be a nice upgrade
@@AndroidDigest good to know!
The phone i own now is A52 but should i change to A25 5g
It's pretty much a lateral move. It's a lower end phone, but it's a newer phone that's a few years newer, so it's going to be more advanced in that way.
If you look at the specs, and benchmarks and stuff like that, it's going to have about the same performance as your a52. I'd say it's going to be pretty close across the board. Of course the battery life is going to be a little newer.
So consider this more of a lateral move. And if you want to get something better, you would get the a35, or the s23 fe.
Hopefully this helps
Can't decide between this and the moto g84 :c what is the overall winner?
Similar performance. Similar screens. The A25 has 4k video footage and it has better software support. Motorola has less updates and is slower. So it's very close but I lean Samsung
Does it get one ui 6.1?
I don't think it's getting circle to search or the ai features, I will say that
Would you say this phone is an upgrade on a Samsung galaxy S10?
That's a really tough question. And honestly, I would say no. In some ways it will be much better, the battery life will be a lot better. It has a higher refresh rate so the screen will seem a little bit smoother while scrolling. But whenever you own a flagship phone, even if it's from 5 plus years ago, the cameras and the processing power are still going to be better than a budget phone of today.
And sometimes, people will come from those flagship phones with higher expectations on power or cameras and get disappointed.
Sometimes a good way to make sure you're not disappointed in that situation, if you're really on a budget, might be to get a Galaxy S23 or S23 Plus on the used market. That will allow you to get better cameras, more power, and help save a few hundred. The S23 lineup is also recent enough that any used device won't have a bunch of battery wear on it.
You could also do what I do, and pay the $150 for a Best buy membership. Any device you buy from Best buy during your membership will have two years of insurance, that even covers damage, assuming you renew the second year too. So that's a good way to get insurance and not only on your phone but on other devices you buy like tablets laptops and even things like a Bluetooth keyboard would be covered.
But, if you do drop your expectations a little bit for cameras, if you really want something new, and you can drop your expectations for performance just a little bit, you'll get a phone with an SD card slot, a headphone jack, and a much better battery. And if things like that are very very important to you. It could work out really good.
I still think there is a very important place for budget phones and for mid-range phones. And there's a lot of people especially using prepaid phones now that will see this as a massive upgrade. But since you came from the highest end phone out at one point. I'd be careful with your next upgrade
@@AndroidDigest I appreciate your video! As a current Samsung S10 user, I've been contemplating switching to the A25 due to its cost-effectiveness and impressive battery life. I've also considered a refurbished S23. Your insightful review, coupled with my own research, has provided valuable perspective for my decision-making process. I'll be sure to revisit these options. Thank you again!
No fkng way its an upgrade to s10
just bought my first samsung, the a25 5g, while i think that the phone is quite good,however, had i known that samsung have removed band selection ,i would have bought another make.cheers.
What band are you missing? Maybe talking about the mmwave? Not a lot of phones are carrying that honestly
When is the last updates?
4 OS updates and 5 years of security updates, which is insane for a mid-range/budget phone. The phone just came out recently so you have years of updates to come.
How is the thermal / heat? Is it get toasty under load? Hear and read some said it often get toasty really fast.
I didn't experience anything like that. I will say I didn't work in a super hot environment or anything with it. And the games I play aren't the most intense in the world that would push it to the extreme. But I personally didn't experience any overheating. But I can't speak for everyone. Maybe someone else will comment on this
Any inscreen protection? Gorilla glass ?
No gorilla glass that I know of
So we went from a20 to 21 to 50 to 25 being the newest? Can samsung count?
Yes. They have that A12, A13, A14, A15. The A22, A23, A24, and A25. And that A32, A33, A33, A34 and A35 and so on.
That A15, A25, and A35, and even the A55, they all released the same year. The 55 is the best, that 35 is slightly worse, a25 slightly worse, and down the line.
It can seem confusing but just have to understand how their structure works
I wanna get this as a move from the Samsung Galxaxy S20. Its been so many years that the specs for all this are better than the S20 for a great price, AND it has a headphone jack!
I would be careful with that. It's been many years, yes. But the Galaxy s20 was the best phone for its time. So if you take the very best flagship phone from years ago, and you compare to a budget phone from today, you're going to get mixed results. The galaxy s20 Will still be faster. The camera's will also be better. And it will still have better things, I'm pretty sure it has water resistance. The budget phones like the a25 will have benefits like better battery life, probably much better battery life, a headphone jack, newer software, more updates, and it's not that far behind as far as other things. Budget phones have advanced, just remember though that the fastest phones from years ago are still going to be faster and have better cameras than budget phones today
@@AndroidDigest thank you so much for your reply! I almost got it yesterday but people interfered with my decision so it's nice to know your opinion too! I'm not a phone person so I think I'm going to hold onto my S20 and save up for the Galaxy S24 :)
Exynos 1280 is a highly criticized processor, I am between this and A15, which one might be better in terms of processor?
The A25 will be faster. No doubt. I've used them side by side over the past few weeks
@@AndroidDigest no not at all Exynos 1280 is not recommended by most people and the processor is two years old, Helio G99 opens some applications faster and the heating problem is worse than 1280. Don't praise me for the processor that can't play more than 1080p videos on RUclips
@@emregr856You cant really expect to play a video over 1080p when the screen has 1080p max resolution.
Also as someone who is using a33 that has exynos 1280 for two years now all i have to say is that its great.
Never had heating issue, and ever since i updated it to one ui 6 the battery got better.
In the end what you pick depends on what budget you have, and what preferences you have.
@@ikaika7439 you are funny Even the a15 can open 2k videos, while the a25 cannot. Additionally, rapid heating and performance inefficiency are experienced by most users.
Exynos this day is different and can be compared to Snapdragon. It's the same like when Apple user said Android is trash compared to IOS back then and didn't want to experience the latest modern one.
whats the name of the racing game 6:04
Mario Kart or Asphalt 9. I'm a little busy to even pull up the video and check but yeah. One of the two
@@AndroidDigest ye it was asphalt. Thank you!
My A25 battery drains so much quicker than A21, mind you i got the A21 in 2021 and its still in excellent condition, and i got the A25 about 2 weeks ago and its already giving me battery and overheating problem
I mean, it will drain a little quicker. That A21 had a far worse screen with a far worse refresh rate and a less powerful processor. I would definitely expect the battery to drain quicker. But compared to a lot of other phones out there this phone will still be significantly better with battery life compared to them
@@AndroidDigest alright thanks
@@AndroidDigestdoes the A25 give the option to lower refresh rate to save battery? My redmi drains slower when set to 90hz instead of the full 120hz
@@AndroidDigest I wonder if there's a software issue, I've seen reviews of other Samsung phones where there was an option to change the refresh rate, but I wonder if there's an issue with battery optimization that's causing the drain issue.
@@AndroidDigest turns out that my issue was the charger, I bought a charger head because the phone only came with a C type - C type(these new chargers) and the one I was using that week was a fast charging charger which was not good, I then switched to a different "normal" charger head but with the same C type - C type cable and then battery didn't drain as much
what's a good used phone for a 100 dollars ?
Honestly, this is an extremely hard thing to answer. I guess it depends on the person's expectations. I'm sure technically you could get one of the better devices if you find a older flagship phone. But it won't get security updates and things like that. And there's a risk with the battery. May be being super old. Or you can get a device like the Galaxy a15 5G used. Maybe a Moto G power 2023, you could find devices like that open box right around $100. Otherwise you're looking at a really old flagships like a Galaxy S10 or something like that. And some of those older phones could have burn in with the screens or really bad battery life, especially since they've been used for like 4 or 5 years
@@AndroidDigest thanks for the answer, at least now i know that it's possible, and i don't really care about the specs of a phone, i just use it for calls and music
It s wider than a53 5g ? The a53 it s narrow like a tv remote
It's slightly taller and slightly wider. Like 2mm wider and 2mm taller
@@AndroidDigest mediatek g88 or snap 680 ?
Even better is the new a35 and a55. If only my parents bought me it😭
For sure
watching this video on my A25 right now😊
How is it ? Worth buying ?
Hope you're enjoying it
looks like the OnePlus 12r is a better deal to me
I just want to request u do the tab a9+ vs iPad 10
Definitely. But retails at $500. A25 is $265 right now. And funny. I definitely can't promise that video with the iPad very very soon. But it's on my radar. It might be a couple months though. I've got the S9 plus I'm working with now, for a few videos. Plus the 12r I'm actually going to be reviewing. And I might do an a9 plus accessory video. But an iPad comparison is definitely on my list. I typically just do one video a week though so it takes some time
@@AndroidDigest the 12r is $400 with any trade in plus $30 off when u sign up for their newsletter. So $370 max with a flip phone trade in.
Right. To me it's almost like a sale. If they keep that up it's the best budget or mid range phone, hands down
I can tell how excited you are by how high you voice keeps going 😂 I'm glad i ordered it, i thought this was going to be a negative review!
Honestly, I keep most reviews pretty positive. I tell all the negatives as I go, and for those listening that get annoyed by them, they normally make up their own mind to say no. But I try to factor in the price. Most reviewers are just saying "bad phone" "go buy a 5 year old flagship phone with no software updates and a terrible battery". They just demand you use flagship phones or else. Because most of these reviewers haven't bothered to use mid-range phones or lower end phones, they can't put their mind in that perspective. So I try to review budget phones and give a perspective of a user who uses them. Hope it helps. Dropping my moto g stylus review this morning at 9 am! So trying to cover a lot of mid-range or budget phones and a lot of android tablets too.
@AndroidDigest I didn't have a smartphone for about 5years so the technology now is way ahead of me. I got for mid range because I like a decent ish camera, listening to music and a terrible relationship with social media so try not to use the phone much. I'm not looking for gaming or streaming so why spend more? These are great for people who just want a phone with a bit more processing speed. It's really helpful to review the underdogs, thanks very much. I love my a25 btw
@AndroidDigest the battery is insane on this thing. I watched RUclips for 5hrs+ yesterday and battery went from 77% to 53%
Iphone's battery timing on a 60hz display is quite bad, 120hz display is gonna be a killer for apple devices.
The strange part is the A15 which is the lesser version of this, somehow produces better photos.
I had them side by side. It was sort of a hit or miss thing for me. I think they have similar camera modules in them at least for the main camera. So I wasn't seeing a huge difference. But people have different experiences
I see that you keep repeating continuous: A25 "5G", A 25 "5G", A25 "5G" Do you know to exist and Galaxy A25 4G??? or why you do this?!
In previous years, a lot of international markets have had a 4G LTE version and a 5G version. The 4G version typically has worse specs. So sometimes I would simply reiterate by using the 5G term. Because I don't want them to confuse it with the 4G LTE model if there is one. I didn't do that every single time because I think I did it enough in the video so no one would mistake the device. But yeah, there are plenty of Galaxy A phones, with an LTE model and a 5G model. Normally those phones were released internationally though
You put on board the reason why people hate Android, here in Latin America, as iPhone user for 5 years and almost 10 years on Android in the past, I know the 50% of the people who hate Android, here they bought their first Android almost 10 years ago, Ram 192, capacity 256mb, obviously this "smartphones" only go well with one app in that time, social media came, Facebook was popular here, being the most non-optimized app draining battery and resources, that result on they buying and 600$ iPhone compared with that minimum Blu 3.5 of 80$ and comparing the experience.
For sure
A25❤
I'm considering this phone, but am disappointed that it doesn't come with a charger 😞
It comes with a charging cable, but yes, pretty much every phone nowadays is going for no charging brick. You can find a usb-c brick for $10 though. It stinks but I wouldn't let it influence you, but obviously that's up to you
Expectations. I'm using a Moto G50 that takes 3 working days to open the camera. This one looks attractive.
Yeah it's a jump up in performance from that for sure. The A35 would be that one extra step if you want to take it. Both would be nice improvements
Samsung should produce 6 inch and below midrange for people prefer them
I would love that. I'm using the Galaxy S23 for that reason right now
I’d rather buy the A34 5G for £65 less and basically the same phone !. It still has 3 years of OS updates and 4 years of security patches .
You get IP67 water resistance and an in display finger print sensor too
That's a reasonable take.
The only reason im dropping Motorola is the amount of years of updating Samsung provides..👍
I really do like Motorola phones, but they are pretty bad with updates
How much?
265 in the us
@@AndroidDigest will buy it
Turn off WiFi scanning and Bluetooth scanning for a longer battery 🔋 life 🧬.👍
Y'all need to STOP COMPLAINING about the damn notch!
IT'S
A
BUDGET
PHONE!!!
spend 500 - 1k for the privilege to NOT have it!!
Damn!
SMDH 🤦🏿
Exactly 😂😂
Which car game is that
Asphalt 9
the a55 isn't coming to the US 😢
And the A35 seems like it's just the A54 with a plastic back
I’ve seen a lot of people saying this on Twitter/X and until Samsung confirms this, I don’t believe it. The A55 looks great and I’d have a hard time believing that Samsung wouldn’t cash in on it. They should kill the FE phones instead.
I've seen confirmation from other reputable news outlets. Sadly. But we'll see
wow... 2 speakers...i dont need a fancy phone....just need the basics.....
Samsung should have planned to have a 5 inch or 5.5 inch phone in its list. These huge phones don't even fit in your pocket and are not comfortable.
I really do agree with you. I really prefer them. I wish we had a smaller phone. They should at least make one of them
Have A20 getting slow..thinking bout this phone next
It will definitely be a good upgrade
I got mines for $150 because my phone upgrade was applied.
That's a solid deal!
"mines" lol
Is there a better phone with the same price?
I guess that depends on what price you find it at. And where you live. In the US, there aren't too many. And not many devices that will get 4 years of OS updates like this. Motorola phones can be a great bang for the buck, but they often only give 1 OS update, after a LONG time of waiting. Maybe look for sales on the Galaxy A35 5G or the Pixel 7a. I'd pick the Pixel 7a over this, by a small margin. And the Galaxy A35 is better, if you're lucky and get it closed to the same price.
@@AndroidDigest the a35 and pixel7a are more expensive here where i live hopefully they go on sale
@@AndroidDigestanyways thanks for replying
@@AndroidDigest do you think poco x6 5g is a good option? Its the same price as a25 5g where i live
I bought A55 for $480 today
Not bad!
Speakers are insane
Bassier than A55 or A35
I enjoy them!
the battery does not last long . This is a down side bro.
It really depends on what you're comparing it to. There are some phones with the same battery size that last less time than this phone. But obviously, a lot of lowering budget phones with a lot less powerful processors, and really really poor screens, all of those components will take less power so of course those phones will have better battery life. This phone has far better battery life than the Pixel 6a for example, and a lot of phones at this price. But of course if someone is coming from an older A phone with a 720p display, or a very slow processor, of course those phones have better battery. Because those phones don't take a lot of power to run. I wouldn't say battery life is a negative at all here. Any phone with a 5,000 mAh battery is a positive especially when I'm typing this message on a Galaxy S23 that literally has about 20% less battery size
Walmart Straight Talk has the A25 5G for $150
Great deal!
@@AndroidDigest I just ordered it and ordered 2 cases from Amazon so hopefully I will be trying it out this Saturday! Thanks for the video to help make my decision. I'm coming from a Moto G Sylus 2021 version, and Android 11, so hopefully I will love the jump.
Still enjoying my 2021 stylus, but ready to jump on the 2023 5g stylus.
Enjoy!
@@RossMalagarie
I think the question is, is it 100 bucks better than the A15 5G? Yes you have 120Hz instead of 90 but I think that's only it. For me the A34 is a better option than the A25, it gives more for almost the same value
If you watch the whole video, you get a little more than that. You get 4K video, you get much better speakers. And you get better performance. All of that could be worth it. Or it could not be. The performance was a nice jump, and I really did like having 4K video. But everyone's different as far as if it's worth it. That's why I try to mention all the pros and cons
tbh the cams are real good for the level of this phone,but lets be real, cant compare to the pixel 6a
With the cameras, I agree. But with the screen, the refresh rate, the headphone jack, the SD card slot, those things all add up. Plus it has a bigger battery too. It can't perform as good, and the cameras aren't as good, so there are pros and cons to both phones. That's my main point
i have 2 days of casual and 6h sot in a so called heaveier usage ,i think that battery is more the fine .. the display is bad yes ..3mm i was pissed but now i use a usb headphone so its more or less the same thing..i dont need SD card 128gb is more then enough to me and to 90% of ppl@@AndroidDigest
I'm with you. I prefer pixel UI too