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Galaxy A20 review: Entry AMOLED with 4000 mAh — a carrier-shelf staple.

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2019·$249
Overall
56/100
Class rank
#35 of 103
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Carrier-shelf AMOLED.

A20 was a US/EU carrier staple — a sub-$250 AMOLED phone with a big battery, perfect for prepaid tiers. The HD+ panel and slow Exynos were the cost of the AMOLED-at-this-price trick.

01Display

72/100

At 72/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2019 — 8 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED
Size6.4 inches
Resolution720 x 1560 px

02Camera

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.

Main13 MP, f/1.9
Ultrawide5 MP
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.

ChipsetExynos 7884 (14nm)
GPUMali-G71 MP2

04Battery

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.

Capacity4000 mAh
Charging15W

05Build

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.

What works
  • AMOLED rare at $249
  • 4000 mAh lasts well over a day
  • 15W charging in the box
What doesn't
  • HD+ resolution only
  • Exynos 7884 weak
  • Plastic build
Cross-shop it against
Redmi Note 9
$199 · score 68/100

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 103-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .