Samsung Electronics is dominating the Kenyan budget phone market with the A series, now, the company has introduced the newest smartphone in the Galaxy A family, the new Galaxy A21s smartphone. The phone features an immersive Infinity-O display, quad camera and long-lasting battery.
“The Galaxy A21s offers must-have features at an affordable price.” said Conor Pierce, Corporate Vice-President of Samsung UK & Ireland. “From 5G to best-in-class display, we are committed to bringing innovation to our Galaxy A Series portfolio, ensuring we can offer the best mobile experience no matter what your budget is”.
Display and Build
The Galaxy A21s features Samsung’s signature Infinity-O display with a beautiful 6.5-inch HD+ screen that creates an uninterrupted visual experience. Whether you are gaming or watching videos, the 20:9 display ratio coupled with Dolby Atmos audio allows you to completely immerse yourself.
The A21s continues the exciting design cues of the new Galaxy A series, coming in a range of vibrant colors that feature a unique 3D Glossy and Hologram effect. The sleek design is well proportioned and fits comfortably in one hand thanks to its reduced bezels and rounded corners. Being budget though, the plastic build is far from premium
Photography
The Galaxy A21s comes with a powerful quad camera and intelligent photography innovations, that make capturing professional-looking images and videos easy. The 48MP main camera, along with the 8MP Ultra Wide camera, lets you capture those breathtaking landscape shots as intended.
Yes, the phone has the useless 2MP Macro camera that nobody can figure out what its for, bundled together with a 2MP depth camera for that bokeh Live Focus effect. Samsung says the feature lets you “concentrate on what matters by applying a professional-looking background effect to photos of people, animals, or food you love.”
Performance and Storage
The Galaxy A21s features a long-lasting 5,000mAh battery and 15W Fast Charging which at the price is almost flagship specs. The phone comes with 32GB of internal storage extendable up to 512 GB.
The phone features Samsung One UI Core interface which boasts of one-handed navigation and dark mode.
The A21s comes equipped with Face Recognition and a fingerprint sensor and an ecosystem of intelligent apps and services including Samsung Health and Samsung Members.
Pricing and availability
The Galaxy A21s will be available from 19th June in Black, White, and Blue, with TechSpaceKe estimating a price range of between Sh17,000 and Sh20,000
Specification sheet
Galaxy A21s | |
Display | 6.5-inch HD+ TFTInfinity-O Display(720X1600) |
Camera | [Rear Camera]Main: 48MP, F2.0
Ultra-Wide: 8MP, F2.2 Depth: 2MP, F2.4 Macro: 2MP, F2.4 [Front] 13MP, F2.2 |
Body | 75.3 x 163.6 x 8.9mm |
AP | OctaCore (Quad 2.0GHz + Quad 2.0GHz) |
Memory | 3GB RAM32GB Internal Storage
Micro SD slot (up to 512GB) |
Battery | 5000mAh (Typical)15W Fast Charging |
Biometric Authentications |
Rear Fingerprint ScannerFace Recognition |
Color | BlackWhite
Blue |