SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy M31 review: Battery monster with 6000 mAh and 64 MP quad cam.

SpecEagle Editorial·Feb 2020·$279
Overall
66/100
Class rank
#4 of 118
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Two-day battery champ.

M31 stuffed a 6000 mAh cell behind a Super AMOLED and 64 MP quad cam at $279, making it the endurance king of Samsung's online M-series. The 15W charging was the trade-off for that enormous battery.

01Display

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2020 — 17 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED
Size6.4 inches
Resolution1080 x 2340 px

02Camera

68/100

At 68/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among budget phones of 2020 — 12 points above the cohort average.

Main64 MP, f/1.8
Ultrawide8 MP, 123 deg
Macro5 MP
Depth5 MP
Selfie32 MP

03Performance

62/100

At 62/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2020 — 12 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetExynos 9611 (10nm)
GPUMali-G72 MP3

04Battery

88/100

At 88/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among budget phones of 2020 — 10 points above the cohort average.

Capacity6000 mAh
Charging15W

05Build

64/100

64/100 puts it above the 60-point average for budget phones of 2020.

What works
  • Huge 6000 mAh — 2-day battery
  • 64 MP main + AMOLED at $279
  • Online-exclusive value pricing
What doesn't
  • Exynos 9611 sluggish
  • Slow 15W charging for the big cell
  • 2-day battery means slow recharge
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 118-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .