Galaxy A42 5G review: Affordable 5G with Super AMOLED and quad cameras.
Early affordable 5G AMOLED.
Galaxy A42 5G brought a Super AMOLED screen, under-display fingerprint and Snapdragon 750G 5G to $400 in late 2020 — when affordable 5G was still new. The HD+ resolution kept the price in check.
01Display
76/10076/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2020.
02Camera
66/10066/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2020.
03Performance
66/10066/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2020.
04Battery
80/10080/100 puts it above the 74-point average for mid-range phones of 2020.
05Build
66/10066/100 is one of the weaker build results among mid-range phones of 2020 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- Super AMOLED + under-display fingerprint at $400
- Snapdragon 750G 5G + 5000 mAh
- microSD + 3.5 mm jack
- HD+ resolution only
- Slow 15W charging
- 5 MP filler lenses
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 104-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .