Samsung Galaxy A51 5G Reportedly in Development, Might Launch Soon in South Korea

Samsung Galaxy A51 will reportedly carry the model number SM-A516N in Samsung's home market.

By Nadeem Sarwar | Updated: 10 January 2020 19:25 IST

Samsung Galaxy A51 5G Reportedly in Development, Might Launch Soon in South Korea

Samsung Galaxy A51 is said to pack 128GB of internal storage

Highlights

Samsung Galaxy A51 might soon launch in South Korea
There are no details on its specifications and pricing yet
Samsung Galaxy A51 might pack a different SoC from the standard version

Samsung is reportedly gearing up to add 5G support to more mid-range phones in the Galaxy A-series, and the next phone to get the 5G treatment might well be the Galaxy A51. A new report says that Samsung is working on a new Galaxy A51 variant that offers 5G support, and will reportedly debut as Galaxy A51 5G. Details about the phone's internal specifications are not known as of now, but Samsung Galaxy A51 5G might pack a different SoC, since the one powering the standard Galaxy A51 only supports 4G connectivity and lacks a 5G modem.

As per a new report from SamMobile, the Galaxy A51 5G will reportedly carry the model number SM-A516N and will pack 128GB of internal storage. In comparison, the standard Galaxy A51 has the SM-A515F model number. The speculation is also supported by the fact that the standard Galaxy Note 10+ has the SM-N975F model number for the international market, but the Galaxy Note 10+ 5G for the South Korean market carries the model number SM-N976N. It is said that the Galaxy A51's 5G variant is headed to South Korea, but there is no word on its availability outside Samsung's home market.

However, Samsung may have to tweak the Galaxy A51's internal hardware to add 5G support, specifically the chipset. The Galaxy A51's LTE variant is powered by the Exynos 9611 SoC, which doesn't support 5G. This leaves Samsung with two options. The first one is to add the in-house Exynos 5100 5G modem to the Exynos 9611 SoC inside the Galaxy A51. Or alternatively, equip it with a new 5G SoC, which may include an in-house solution as seen in the Exynos 980 SoC, or a third-party solution such as the MediaTek Dimensity lineup or Qualcomm's 76x series SoCs that come with an integrated 5G modem. But so far, there is no word when the Galaxy A51 will launch or how much it will cost.

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Samsung Galaxy A51

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Bright, vivid display
Clean, feature-rich software
Good battery life

Bad
Biometric authentication isn’t very quick
Underwhelming performance for the price
Average low-light camera performance

Read detailed Samsung Galaxy A51 review

Display 6.50-inch

Front Camera 32-megapixel

Rear Camera 48-megapixel + 12-megapixel + 5-megapixel + 5-megapixel

RAM 6GB

Storage 128GB

Battery Capacity 4000mAh

OS Android 10

Resolution 1080x2400 pixels

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