SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy M21 review: 6000 mAh AMOLED value phone for online buyers.

Item: Galaxy M21
Rating: 62
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Mar 2020·$209

Overall

62/100

Class rank

#1 of 1

Tier

Budget

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Endurance on a tighter budget.

M21 brought the M31's 6000 mAh AMOLED formula to $209 with a slightly trimmed camera. It became a go-to budget endurance pick across India and Southeast Asia.

01Display

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2020.

TypeSuper AMOLED

Size6.4 inches

Resolution1080 x 2340 px

02Camera

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2020.

Main48 MP, f/2.0

Ultrawide8 MP, 123 deg

Depth5 MP

Selfie20 MP

03Performance

62/100

62/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2020.

ChipsetExynos 9611 (10nm)

GPUMali-G72 MP3

04Battery

88/100

88/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2020.

Capacity6000 mAh

Charging15W

05Build

62/100

62/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2020.

What works

6000 mAh + AMOLED at just $209
Solid 48 MP main
microSD + 3.5 mm jack

What doesn't

Exynos 9611 carried over again
15W charging slow
Plastic build feels cheap

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? .