Samsung Galaxy A71 Mobile Phone; Sim Free Smartphone - Prism Crush Silver, (UK Version)

I love this phone already. I did have a huawei p30 lite but it kept pressing the screen above where I was actually pressing so I'd had enough and bought the Samsung A71 instead. It is definitely worth the price! Nice and responsive, great face recognition. Plays all the games I've tried so far with no issues. The battery lasts a good long while even when I do have battery draining apps running in the back ground.I love the amount of space to install apps, pics or vids! One thing that put me off Samsung phones years ago was the tiny amount of storage it had especially on budget ranges so Im impressed again and this is one of the main factors that brought me back along with the other features and the amazing camera.I love the wide angle cam and the macro camera they are something I'm not use to on a phone and the Macro really does take some nice close up shots of stuff.The phone does have dual sim slots but I have only 1 sim in at the moment so can't review that feature. Like others have said it does have a plastic back but it really doesn't make this phone feel cheap at all and most of the time I have a case on anyway as I'm notorious for dropping phones!Speaking of dropping I have dropped the phone about 5 times from chair height and so far it is in one piece still and no cracks but I do have a case😆UPDATE 2022: This beauty of a phone is still going! Also been dropped about 1000x in the 2 years but barely a scratch. There are a few tiny weeny scratches from not having a phone case with a front cover over and been stuck in jeans pocket all day but they are only visible when the screen is off and looking really close up! ♥️ This phone, it will be put in a display cabinet when it is finally put to rest 🤣

Bought for £350 and it's absolutely a bargain IMO. Had to buy a new phone as my old iPhone 7 has several issues. Wanted to get another iPhone but I just could not afford Apple's pricing at the moment. Don't get me wrong, I still love Apple products and would prefer iPhone over Samsung due to Apple's Eco system as a whole, bug free apps and overall simplicity.Although, If you are on a tight budget, highly advisable to get this absolute beast of a unit.P.S I think other people's issues are because they bought it from a third party reseller. Mine got ordered and dispatched from Samsung UK directly.Pros- reasonably price- good battery life- screen is massive, attractive display and very pleasing to touch the screen- Samsung A model phones repair cost is way cheaper than S models. Samsung S10+ screen repair cost £249 whereas A71 cost is at £109. Source: Samsung website.Cons-Comes with loads of bloatware which of course you can easily uninstall.-You need to spend time with performance optimization but 3 Youtube tutorials should do.-Samsung's version of iCloud is called Samsung Cloud WHICH IS GOING TO BE REPLACED BY MICROSOFT ONEDRIVE. Really?-iPhone's WhatsApp backup is in iCloud - YOU CANT MIGRATE THIS TO YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT. This is not Android's fault particularly but it's a feature that has been in the pipeline for a long time. There are Apps available online that claim this can be done but I highly doubt their credibility.

So far so good! Took me a long time to decide to purchase this phone, looked at all the different A models, loved the A80 but was disappointed to find you couldnt add additional external storage, decided after reading many reviews to go for the A71 and I've not been disappointed yet, have only been using the phone for a few days. Battery life is amazing, my old S7 was needing charged at least 3 times a day. Screen quality is great, fingerprint recognition works perfectly, (saw a few negative reviews about that) havent used face regognition as yet, camera is amazing, picture quality is the best I've seen on any mobile device. Used smart switch to transfer all my data from my old S7, makes life so much easier, had been putting off setting up the phone because of setting up but smart switch does it all for you. All in all I'm delighted that I finally made the decision to made the purchase, a lot of phone for a very reasonable price.

Great little phone, after a few days swapping from iPhone it is very easy to use. My only fault is that the 'Samsung Switch' which is meant to transfer everything from your iCloud to your new Android device only can take pictures from up to 30 days... I have 5 years worth of photos on my iPhone that I now can't transfer! Very sad.

I was fed up with my old iphone dying every 5 seconds so i changed back to an Andriod and this phone is great! The camera quality is not as good, but macro shots are amazing! I use it for 7+ hours a day and the battery only goes to about 30%! It works great and I love the fact that you can have moving backgrounds and all of the app icons are customisable. The only problem that I have faced with the phone is the digital wellbeing bit as it sometimes crashes but other than that, it's fantastic.Pros:- great battery life- recognises fingerprints easily- runs apps smoothly- macro shots are great- customisable backgrounds and app iconsCons:- face recognition can be hit or miss if thats important to u- selfie camera can be quite grainy