SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy A02 review: Sub-$120 essentials phone with 5000 mAh.

Item: Galaxy A02
Rating: 42
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Feb 2021·$110

Overall

42/100

Class rank

#1 of 1

Tier

Budget

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Samsung at the bottom.

Galaxy A02 anchored Samsung's entry tier — a sub-$120 first phone with a 5000 mAh cell and the trusted brand for emerging markets across Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.

01Display

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.

TypePLS LCD

Size6.5 inches

Resolution720 x 1600 px

02Camera

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.

Main13 MP, f/2.2

Macro2 MP

Selfie5 MP

03Performance

38/100

38/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.

ChipsetMediaTek MT6739W (28nm)

GPUPowerVR GE8100

04Battery

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.

Capacity5000 mAh

Charging7.75W

05Build

54/100

54/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.

What works

Samsung brand at $110
5000 mAh + microSD + 3.5 mm
One UI Core simplified for entry tier

What doesn't

MT6739W ancient 28nm chip
720p only, no fingerprint sensor
7.75W charging slow

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 1-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .