Samsung Galaxy A50


The Samsung Galaxy A50 is an Android smartphone manufactured by Samsung Electronics as part of its fifth-generation Galaxy A series lineup. It came with Android 9, 128 GB of internal storage, and a 4000 mAh battery. It was launched internationally on 25 February 2019 and on 13 July 2019 in the United States.

Specifications

Hardware

The A50 has a 6.4" FHD+ Super AMOLED "Infinity-U" display, with an 19.5:9 aspect ratio. It is powered by an Octa-core, 2300 MHz, ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm CPU and a Mali-G72 MP3 GPU. The phone itself measures 158.5 x 74.7 x 7.7mm. It comes with a 4000 mAh battery.
The A50 is sold in 4GB/6GB RAM and 64GB/128GB internal storage configurations, both of which can be expanded via a MicroSD card up to 512GB.
The A50 has an optical fingerprint sensor and facial recognition features used for biometrics.

Camera

The Samsung Galaxy A50 comes with a triple rear camera array consisting of a 25MP wide camera, an 8MP ultra-wide camera, and a 5MP depth sensor camera. It also comes with a 16MP front-facing camera.
A50 Feature and Specs
Camera
Rear Camera
The Main camera of Samsung galaxy A50 is triple as 25 MP, f/1.7, 26mm, PDAF and 8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 1/4.0″, 1.12µm & 5 MP, f/2.2, which is able to take deep and clear photos from many angles. If hardware support them it should record 1080p@30fps.
25 MP, f/1.7, 26mm, PDAF
8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 1/4.0″, 1.12µm
5 MP, f/2.2,
While the hardware is capable of taking 4K video, it is not accessible by normal means. It can be accessed using third party apps.

Software

The Samsung Galaxy A50 ships with One UI 1.1, based on Android 9.0. A stable update to Android 10 and One UI 2.0 were released at the beginning of April 2020. Features include Bixby, Google Assistant and Samsung Pay.

Reception

The A50 received mostly positive reviews. PCWorld gave it 4/5 stars, praising the display, design and battery life while criticizing the in-screen fingerprint sensor and the camera processing. Tom's Guide also gave it 4/5 stars, calling it "a budget phone with a big and colorful screen, solid performance and a sleek design" albeit with an "underwhelming battery life". CNET gave it an 8.4/10, describing it as "one of the best budget phones", and Digital Trends called it "the budget Samsung phone of your dreams".
The A50 was Samsung's best-selling smartphone in 2019, the best-selling smartphone in Europe in 2019, and the third best-selling phone in the world for the third quarter of 2019.

Known security flaws

Google discovered a change in the Galaxy A50's kernel in November 2019 that allowed an attacker to remotely execute code on the device. It was patched by Samsung in February 2020.