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Galaxy Prevail 3 review: 2018 US prepaid budget.

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2018·$70
Overall
50/100
Class rank
#46 of 84
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Galaxy Prevail 3.

Prevail 3 was Samsung's 2018 sub-$70 Boost US prepaid budget — basic 4G entry.

01Display

60/100

60/100 trails the 63-point cohort average for budget phones of 2018.

TypeTFT
Size5.0"
Resolution960 x 540

02Performance

46/100

46/100 trails the 50-point cohort average for budget phones of 2018.

ChipsetSnapdragon 425
RAM1.5 GB
Storage16 GB + microSD

03Camera

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2018.

Main5 MP
Front2 MP

04Battery

64/100

64/100 is one of the weaker battery results among budget phones of 2018 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Capacity2,000 mAh (removable)

05Software

60/100

60/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for budget phones of 2018.

What works
  • $70 US prepaid Samsung.
  • Removable battery.
  • microSD.
  • 4G LTE.
What doesn't
  • SD 425 weak.
  • 1.5 GB RAM.
  • qHD low.
  • Boost-only.
Cross-shop it against
Huawei Y9 Prime (2019)
$240 · 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 84-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .