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Samsung Galaxy A16

First reviewed June 2025 · Full specs on GSMArena

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Consensus of 2 reviews. How this is calculated.

Android Police74
Tech Advisor66
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Key specs

Launch price (US)
$200
Form factor
Standard
OS
Android
Display
6.7″
Main camera
50 MP
Telephoto lens
No
Battery
5,000 mAh
Wired charging
25 W
Chipset
Exynos 1330
Base storage
128 GB
Weight
200 g
Water resistance
IP54
Software updates
6 years

What the reviewers said

Tech Advisor UK

3.5/5Nov 5, 2025

A sound budget phone with a clean design and punchy display, but sluggish performance and weaker battery life than its predecessor hold it back.

  • Clean, appealing design
  • Punchy AMOLED display
  • Impressive software update promise
  • Exemplary battery stamina for two days of light use
  • Sluggish performance with stutters when multitasking
  • Battery life worse than Galaxy A15 5G in sustained testing
  • Poor secondary cameras
  • No charger in the box
Read the full review at Tech Advisor →

Android Police US

7.5/10Jun 15, 2025

A budget phone that gets the basics right with a gorgeous display and long software support, though it cuts corners on RAM, cameras and features. Worth buying on sale.

  • Best screen seen under $200, 90Hz Super AMOLED
  • Six years of OS and security updates
  • Solid battery life for a full day
  • Main 50MP camera good in daylight
  • microSD slot retained
  • Only 4GB RAM in the US version
  • Exynos 1330 stutters at times
  • Ultrawide and macro cameras are weak
  • No 3.5mm headphone jack or always-on display
  • Glastic back attracts fingerprints
Read the full review at Android Police →

Verdicts, pros and cons are short summaries in our words of each publisher's review; scores are as the publisher gave them. Specs are taken from the reviews' spec boxes — where they differ, we show the value most of them give; price is the US launch price of the base model. Read the originals for the full picture.