Galaxy A16 review: Six years of updates on a sub-$200 5G phone.
The longest-supported budget phone.
Galaxy A16 5G offers an unmatched six years of OS updates at $200, with an AMOLED screen, IP54, jack and microSD. The entry chip is slow, but the support window is unbeatable.
01Display
74/100At 74/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2024 — 6 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
56/10056/100 trails the 59-point cohort average for budget phones of 2024.
03Performance
52/10052/100 trails the 55-point cohort average for budget phones of 2024.
04Battery
80/10080/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2024.
05Build
62/10062/100 trails the 65-point cohort average for budget phones of 2024.
06Value
68/10068/100 trails the 71-point cohort average for budget phones of 2024.
- 6 OS updates at $200.
- AMOLED + IP54 + jack + microSD.
- 50 MP + 5,000 mAh.
- Longest-supported budget phone.
- Entry chip is slow.
- 90 Hz not 120.
- Mono speaker.
- 25 W charging.
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 223-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .