Galaxy A13 review: The world's best-selling phone of 2022 — Samsung's rock-bottom A-series.
The world's favourite cheap Samsung.
A13 was the best-selling phone of 2022 — a globally available, Samsung-badged FHD+ entry phone at the right price. Performance was minimal and the Exynos 850 felt every minute of its age; for first-time buyers and emerging markets, the badge and the four-year security floor were the whole reason it sold.
01Display
56/10056/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2022.
02Camera
50/10050/100 puts it above the 47-point average for entry phones of 2022.
03Performance
42/10042/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2022.
04Battery
78/10078/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2022.
05Build
58/10058/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2022.
06Value
64/10064/100 puts it above the 60-point average for entry phones of 2022.
- FHD+ at the entry tier — rare in 2022.
- 5,000 mAh battery, microSD + jack.
- Samsung software with 4-year security floor.
- The best-selling phone of 2022.
- Exynos 850 and 3 GB base are very slow.
- 4G only, single speaker.
- 15 W charging.
- 32 GB base storage is tight.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 13-phone cohort of entry devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .