Samsung Galaxy A31 Review After 31 Days: Everything You Need To Know! By TechDaily

What's going on guys, my name is Wade, with tech daily and in this video I'll be giving you my full review on the Samsung Galaxy 831 I've actually had this phone for more than a month now and in that time, I've done a lot of comparisons with this phone to the 51 and a 71, and also to some other cheaper devices as well just trying to figure out where this phone fits in the lineup. The budget and mid-range smartphone space is packed in 2020, Samsung's a-series lineup gets a new release every few weeks I feel like, and that puts a phone like this in a tough spot when there are plenty of other options out there. But there's honestly still a lot to like about the 31 I think it's a pretty good phone, certainly worthy of an upgrade. If you have the 30 or a 30 s from last year and I, think in particular, if you can opt for the higher respective, this phone, the 128 gigabyte, 6 gigs of RAM model, that's the one! You should go with them! That's what I have here and that's where you'll really get the most value and if you guys, are interested in doing some comparison shopping of your own, or maybe you want to pick up this phone for yourself. I'll have some links down below to where you can get this phone at its cheapest current prices right now, it's selling anywhere between 230 and 260 bucks, which is basically the price range I'll use for this video, but definitely check down below. So you don't miss out on any good deals.

I have a lot of thoughts about this phone, so I won't waste any more time. Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. First off, let's talk about the design since I think that's the first thing: a 30 and a 30s owners from last year will notice, with this phone Samsung basically made some minor updates to the housing and setup that now matched the higher-end a 51 and 71 phones that were also released this year. I think this was the right move, because it gives you a 31, a slightly more premium look, and it's a decent refresh. That makes a phone feel updated with Samsung's a series, no matter which phone you end up, going with you're still dealing with a plastic build it's.

This super shiny, glossy material, that's made to just mimic glass with polished, chrome plastic accents all around, but that's all fine. The phone fortunately doesn't feel cheap at all and, like I said, this is the exact same setup you'd be getting anyway. If you went with one of the more expensive a series phones, so there are no compromises here. Really it's a good-looking phone that most people might not even realize costs well under 300 bucks up front. This is sort of where the refresh looks stops.

Rather than going with a more modern infinity, Oh hole-punch, selfie camera and slimmer, bezels Samsung just decided to stick with the teardrop notch and larger bottom chin. Now. To be completely honest, it's not a big deal. It doesn't really matter where the selfie camera is and with the bezels were talking about millimeters of a difference, but I just feel like Samsung could have polished the a31 off with a fresh 20/20 front panel design, rather than once again just sticking with something we've seen for a number of years now and by the way, if you want a full top bezel to hide the camera, you can actually add that by enabling it in settings a lot of people wanted to see what that looked like. So here you go, it's not something I like, but it is an option.

Size, wise, I, think. The six point four inch form factor for the a31 is pretty much perfect. It's a tall 20 by 9 aspect ratio, but it still feels comfortable, and the phone can easily be used. One-Handed you're, getting a nearly 85% screen to body ratio, so there's not a lot of wasted space and the sloping sides and thinner edges overall, just make the phone feel slim comfortable and easy to handle and speaking of the display. This is probably the single best feature on really any of Samsung's.

A-Series phones, but especially the 31. You get a 2400 by 1080 resolution, AMOLED panel, that packs in around 411 pixels per inch. Anything you're watching really stands out, colors pop, it's all very vibrant and there's a ton of detail as well since you're cramming in a decent amount of pixels. This sort of goes hand in hand with what I said about the size of the phone itself. The display size and resolution I think are the perfect balance.

It's not so big to where you're, sacrificing pixel density on a 1080p panel, and it's not a small cheap device with an LCD or even 720p resolution like on the a11. The a31 really offers an excellent viewing experience and, while Samsung didn't make any changes or upgrades over last year to this display, they didn't really need to. When I first experienced Samsung's a series lineup back in 2019, it was the display alone. That really made me feel like I, was getting a ton of value out of a pretty affordable, smartphone and once again in 2020 and like I said, especially with the a31 I, feel that same way, I'd even go as far as to say that from the average smartphone users perspective, the a-series screens look about as good as any flagship smartphone from a normal viewing angle. Most average everyday folks would never really be able to tell the difference between this and $1000 s20.

It sounds kind of extreme, but I. Think it's true and underneath the display Samsung does offer an in display fingerprint reader on the 31. Now, in my experience, this isn't the best fingerprint reader. It's a bit inconsistent and kind of slow, but I guess I wasn't expecting too much more. Fortunately, you can pair it with face on lock, which I found to be really quite good.

Having both unlocking options means that one way or another you'll be able to get into your phone fast enough. Button display fingerprint readers, especially on these budget and mid-range phones, still have some room for improvements. Another thing I wish Samsung would upgrade on there a series. Phones is the out loud listening experience. The single bottom speaker is mostly fine.

It gets the job done, but when even LG offers dual stereo speakers on their cheapest budget phones like the K 51, you know there's room for improvements, here's a sample of what it sounds like. So you can get an idea. I, don't know that Samsung has ever really highlighted their speaker set up on even their most expensive flagships. So I'm not sure if they even care all that much but stereo sound should just be a standard nowadays, in my opinion, fortunately, there's still the trusty old headphone jack down below as well. So you still have the freedom to listen to your content, however, you like, which is great so now, let's go over the specs and performance since I think this is probably the thing people have been talking about.

The most the a31 comes in a couple: different variations, the difference you'll see is in the built-in storage and the RAM options you can get either 64 or 128 gigabytes of built-in storage. Both options offer SD card expansion. So that's great to see and either 4 or 6 gigabytes of RAM, like I said earlier. Prices are sort of all over the place for this phone depending on where and when you buy it. But let me just say this I think to get the most bang for your buck.

You should consider the configuration with 128 gigabytes of built-in storage and 6 gigabytes of RAM. That's what I have here and that's far and away the best value. In my experience you can get that configuration still for 250 bucks or fewer now with that you get the same. MediaTek hello, p 65 processor inside. But for me the chipset how's performed better than I expected here.

Are the Geek bench & an tutu scores, so you can sort of get a numeric value, but in real world use this high-end configuration for the 31 has been a really solid set up paired with Android 10 and Samsung's fresh one UI -. The phone feels fairly quick, and it wasn't very often that I experienced a hiccup or lag issue when the phone gets pushed a little harder with more apps loaded or even with some gaming. The 6 gigabytes of ram allowed the phone to keep up and if you guys saw my speed test comparison with the a51 you'll. Remember that comparatively it was as good as and even sometimes better than the base model, a 51 with its Axis processor. This is a phone that can handle just about everything you throw at it with minimal issues, even if you want to use it for more graphics, heavy stuff, Call of Duty mobile pub, G real racing and asphalt.9 all played great on this phone, and while there may have been a blip or frame drop from time to time, I never felt like I was limited by the phone or otherwise hindered by the processor. All in all, I, don't think you should be too concerned with performance, even if you do opt for the version with only four gigabytes of RAM.

While there are phones out there with better specs for a bit more money. I honestly think the MediaTek processor does hold up well, and I have no complaints. The phone just did everything I wanted it to do, and more, and I was totally happy. One other thing I want to mention this phone packs, a five thousand William capacity battery inside which, if you didn't know, is actually 20% more than the fifty-one and even a bit bigger still than the seventy-one I'm getting more than eight hours of screen on time. With this phone and paired with the 15 watt fast charger battery life just has never been an issue.

In fact, the battery capacity really is probably one of the other big reasons. Why I think this phone is such a good value? It's a bit bigger than a lot of other phones in its price range and with a good balance of internal specs and screen technology. You really get the most out of the battery life. In my opinion, it's a phone that lasts a full day and then some, and I think for a lot of people. That's going to be an important aspect in deciding on the a31.

Finally, let's talk cameras and I. Guess if I have to choose the one aspect of this phone that I'm most disappointed with this is probably it now right off. The bat I actually think the front selfie camera is surprisingly good. It's a 20, megapixel F 2.2 lens and the results were much better than I expected. Samsung still softens out your face quite a bit almost like a beauty filter, but really everything else does look.

Good. Color is right and on the skin tones, especially it's pretty accurate. In my opinion, there's a ton of detail which you can see in my face and even a portrait chop looks pretty good. It misses the mark a little with edge detection, but this is miles ahead of what Samsung offered on there a series. Phones.

Last year, the selfie camera gets the award for most improved around back the 31 packs, a quad camera setup, which includes a 48 megapixel, F 2.0 main lens 8 megapixels, ultra-wide 5, megapixel macro lens and five megapixel depth sensor. There's a lot of hardware to work with, but not a lot of software features to make good use of it. Video recording limited to 1080p 30fps, there's no night mode, there's no slo-mo, there's no video stabilization, really in any capacity. So, first, let's talk about what the phone does right, I think in good lighting, especially outdoors, the a31 can take a good shot. The colors are on point it's fairly accurate without going overboard of the saturation and there's enough detail, at least at first glance, though the closer you look, the more noise and artifacts you tend to see the better the lighting, the better the shot will be, and actually this may sound weird, but I found that the wide-angle lens usually took the best-looking picture.

It had better dynamic range, nicer, color balance and all-in-all I. Sometimes just went ahead and just used the ultra wide-angle, even when I didn't really need to just because the result generally turned out better. Unfortunately, in dim lighting, the 8:31 starts to struggle and with nighttime shooting, while it may produce a decent shot every once in a while. The lack of night mode is a bummer and more often than not you're stuck with a dark, noisy picture that you probably don't want to use with video, even at 1080p. Recording the results, look good for the most part, but the sole issue really is with stabilization.

Unless you're, just not moving at all, you end up with quite the shaky shot that could be greatly improved with probably even just a software update honestly on a tripod. This is a phone I'd be comfortable filming with, but if I need to look around pan/wok or otherwise move at all, it kind of ruins the whole shop in general I think the a30 ones. Camera setup is mostly fine again a big improvement over last year, but there are just some things here that should have been done for a 20/20 phone, even for 250 bucks. So all in all, I think the 831 is a good device and I suspect it'll be pretty popular this year, just like the 30 and a 30s were the main problem really is just how crowded even Samsung's own a series lineup is, but particularly the budget and mid-range space in general. I will say this, though, if you do end up opting for the six gigabyte of RAM model, like I said a million times already, you pair, that with a five thousand William battery, which is great and collective I, think you're actually getting a better value than the base model, a 51.

It's also going to be miles ahead of the 21s as well and with that combination of specs and features that the 831 does offer. That's what makes this phone a decent value and something worth considering so there you go. Those are all of my thoughts on the Samsung Galaxy a 31. What do you guys think is this a phone that you would consider? Let me know in the comments down below I'd love, to know your thoughts, but hopefully you guys did enjoy this video be sure to follow tech daily on Twitter and subscribe the tech daily YouTube channel. If you haven't already, and I'll see you guys later.

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