The term 'flagship killer' might be back

Slick design; Great battery; Headphone jack!

Lacks wireless charging; The camera is good; but not as good as the 3a; Not so loud speaker

The Samsung Galaxy A71 is a mid-range device designed for Samsung fans who are not quite prepared to spend their money on S- or Note-series smartphones, but still want a device that can perform when needed.

Usually good target exposure on face in indoor and outdoor conditions; Pretty good detail when image is well focused; Low noise levels on faces when shooting in bright light; Wide dynamic range; Generally pleasant skin tones; Good detail in outdoor and indoor conditions; Well-controlled noise in...

White balance casts in outdoor images; Some exposure instabilities in high-contrast scenes; Strong noise and loss of detail in low light; Halo and; ghosting; artifacts; No blur gradient; Inefficient stabilization system; Occasionally low target exposure in bright light and indoors; Target exposure...

From the quality of all of its cameras to the top-notch performance of its chipset, the Samsung Galaxy offers a lot of performance to its user. Add to that a unique-looking design that’s sure to set you apart from others, the smartphone is looking like a contender for the mid-range crown.

The Samsung Galaxy A71 was announced alongside the A51 . It came as the successor of the Galaxy A70 announced earlier this year. There are four key differences between the Galaxy A51 and the A71; firstly, the A71 has larger 6.7-inch Full-HD+ display, secondly it is powered by Snapdragon 730 CPU,...

The Galaxy A71 is an excellent overall smartphone with touches of what makes Samsung flagships great. It’s a gorgeous device with some of the best mid-range hardware plus a set of decent shooters to boot.

We highly recommend the Samsung Galaxy A71 especially if you are looking for a more premium phone but doesn’t want to spend as much as buying a flagship. It has a great screen, great build, good cameras, stable videos, decent battery life and also support for Android 10 and its next version.

But we don’t want to sound too negative. The Samsung Galaxy A70 was a superb phone and the Samsung Galaxy A71 is even better – the chipset is faster, and the camera and design are improved.

Great battery life; Good quad-lens camera; Big screen

Plastic build; No telephoto lens; Not much of an improvement on A70

well-built and slim case; 3.5 mm jack; dual SIM; VoLTE; VoWiFi and LTE Cat.11; wide LTE coverage; good GPS module; 128 GB of internal storage; very bright Super AMOLED display; good battery life; 25 W quick-charger included in the box

no IP certification; average quad rear-facing cameras; PWM flickering; slight performance throttling under load

So, do we think that the Galaxy A71 is a decent upgrade from its predecessor, the A70? Yes, absolutely. It retains the same screen size as the A70 but has leveled up in several aspects, such as its chipset, RAM, and overall look.

Visually pleasing design; Immersive and large Super AMOLED Plus display; Good selfie camera; Long battery life; Decent performance