SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy A14 review: Budget Samsung with 90 Hz display and headphone jack.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jan 2023·$199
Overall
60/100
Class rank
#5 of 10
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

A genuinely usable sub-$200 Samsung.

Galaxy A14 nails the budget basics — big battery, headphone jack, microSD and 90 Hz. Performance is the trade-off.

01Display

60/100

60/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2023 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

TypePLS LCD, 90 Hz
Size6.6 inches
Resolution2,408 × 1,080 px

02Camera

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.

Main50 MP, f/1.8
Macro2 MP
Depth2 MP
Selfie13 MP

03Performance

50/100

50/100 trails the 54-point cohort average for budget phones of 2023.

ChipsetMediatek Helio G80 (12 nm)
RAM4 / 6 GB
Storage64 / 128 GB + microSD

04Battery

78/100

78/100 trails the 82-point cohort average for budget phones of 2023.

Capacity5,000 mAh
Wired15 W

05Build

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.

06Value

78/100

78/100 puts it above the 75-point average for budget phones of 2023.

What works
  • Headphone jack present.
  • 5,000 mAh easily lasts a day.
  • 90 Hz refresh at budget price.
  • microSD slot.
What doesn't
  • Heavy 201 g build.
  • Helio G80 is slow.
  • LCD instead of OLED.
  • Only 15 W charging.

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