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The Samsung Galaxy A15 5G is the successor to last year’s A14, which sat atop our list of the best budget phones. It therefore has its work cut out if it wants to maintain its grip on the budget market, which every year seems to add new entrants able to squeeze more valuable features into affordable frames.
Fortunately, the A15 5G succeeds on almost all fronts, combining deceptively stylish looks with a 90Hz display, a long-lasting battery, user-friendly software and a solid main camera.
Just how much value-for-money does it offer, and does it compare to more mid-range and expensive alternatives?
DESIGN
It may carry the ‘budget’ tag, but the Galaxy A15 5G looks like a more expensive phone than it really is. Aside from the all-important Samsung logo, it features a very tasteful choice of colours, all of which shimmer and reflect differently as you turn the phone in your hands.
My review model sports the Personality Yellow colour, which lives up to its name by giving the phone some distinctiveness in a market saturated by uninspired budget phone designs. It looks fresh, bright and modern while helping you disguise the fact that you haven’t spent £1,000 on a mobile.
It also helps that the A15 5G hasin a vertical line in the top-left corner, with the Samsung logo at the bottom rounding off an uncluttered design.
