Introduction
The Samsung Galaxy A15 5G isn’t made of the most premium materials-it’s still plastic -but the latest Samsung budget phone offers nearly everything you need. Its only shortcoming is that it offers little protection against water and dust. However, the Galaxy A15 is one of the few budget Android phones to promise lengthy software support—Samsung will continue rolling out upgrades through 2028, which is longer than any other budget phone we’ve tested.
Design and Display
The A15’s OLED display is stunning. The Galaxy A15 has a new, vivid 6.5 inches, 103.7 cm2 (~84.3% screen-to-body ratio), OLED panel (1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio, 396 ppi density); the ultra-clear, superfluid display with the same 90 Hz refresh rate as its predecessor (it’s also slightly smaller than the A14). Samsung also boosted the maximum outdoor brightness to 800 nits, which is much brighter than most budget phones, and the colors are dynamic and beautiful.
Performance
It offers good enough performance. It’s operating system is Android 14; User interface is One UI 6. The A15 is powered by a MediaTek 6835 chipset (6nm); Octa-core (2×2.2 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) CPU; Mali-G57 MC2 GPU and has 4GB/6GB/8GB of RAM, which is capable enough for multitasking and graphic-intense games like Call of Duty: Mobile. Its plastic shell only got slightly warm to the touch after extended gaming sessions. This chipset and RAM combination won’t get you flagship levels of performance, but it was smoother and outperformed most budget phones we’ve tested. The A15 also comes with 128GB/256GB of storage and a microSD card slot up to 1TB of expandable storage.
Camera System
Its cameras can capture great results with enough light. The A15 offers a rear triple camera setup with a 50-megapixel main sensor, a 5-megapixel ultrawide lens and a 2-megapixel macro lens; Secondary/Front Camera is 13 MP. As with nearly all budget phones, the main sensor is the only one you should probably use and only with good lighting. Images shot in low light produce grainy results with minimal detail and even Samsung’s software-based Night Mode can only help so much with details in low-light situations.
Connectivity and Battery Life
It has a large, long-lasting battery and 5G cellular technology. It has single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, Dual stand-by). The A15’s 5,000 mAh; non-removable Li-Po battery lasted a day and a half with moderate usage, and on days we played demanding games, we went to bed with about 10% battery life left. And while the A15’s OLED display is bright, it doesn’t appear to drain the battery life any faster than the previous version’s LCD screen did. Samsung doesn’t provide a USB-C charging brick in the box, and the A15 lacks wireless charging support, but the phone can charge up fully from 0% to 100% in less than two hours over 25 W USB-C charging.
Drawbacks
It doesn’t offer much protection against dust and water. As with many budget phones, Samsung has a plastic build to keep the A15’s costs down. Because of this, the A15 doesn’t offer an official IP rating and it’s missing any internal seals for additional protection. This means it shouldn’t be dropped in water and be kept safe from sand and dust.
Last Words
In the end, the Galaxy A15 will get longer updates than most budget phones. Samsung has extended software update support for its current budget phones and the A15 will get updates to the latest versions of Android until early 2028 and security updates until early 2029. This is longer than any budget Android phone we’ve recently tested. Having it’s own pros & cons, finally the decision is upto you that either you buy it or not.
