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Galaxy A22 review: 4G mid-budget with 90Hz AMOLED and OIS quad cam.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2021·$209
Overall
62/100
Class rank
#21 of 147
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

OIS at $209.

A22 4G punched up with OIS on its 48 MP main — a Samsung-only quirk at this price — and stretched the One UI Core experience across two-day battery life and AMOLED smoothness.

01Display

74/100

At 74/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2021 — 9 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED, 90Hz
Size6.4 inches
Resolution720 x 1600 px

02Camera

64/100

At 64/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among budget phones of 2021 — 7 points above the cohort average.

Main48 MP, f/1.8, OIS
Ultrawide8 MP, 123 deg
Depth2 MP
Macro2 MP
Selfie13 MP

03Performance

60/100

At 60/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2021 — 8 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetHelio G80 (12nm)
GPUMali-G52 MC2

04Battery

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.

Capacity5000 mAh
Charging15W

05Build

62/100

62/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.

What works
  • Rare OIS at sub-$210
  • 90Hz AMOLED unusual for this price
  • 5000 mAh + microSD
What doesn't
  • HD+ resolution dated
  • Helio G80 weak
  • 2 MP depth/macro filler
Cross-shop it against
Redmi Note 10 5G
$199 · score 70/100

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