Customers say
Customers find the phone to be a solid device with great battery life and picture-perfect display. The phone’s compatibility receives mixed feedback – while it works with Mint Mobile, it doesn’t work with AT&T data. Speed and value for money also get mixed reviews, with some praising its speed while others find it slow, and some saying it’s good for the price while others consider it a waste of money. The charging ability and unlockability are concerns, with several customers reporting charging issues and noting that the phone is locked.
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A quick rundown of this product’s key features:
Display: 6.5” FHD+ Super AMOLED, 1080 x 2340 pixels
Memory: 128GB 6GB RAM – microSD, up to 1TB
Camera: Triple – 50 MP(OIS)+ 8 MP + 2 MP — Selfie 13 MP
Platform: Android — Exynos 1280 — Octa-core — Mali-G68
Dimensions: 6.34 x 3.01 x 0.33 in, 6.95 oz
Our Top Reviews
Reviewer: 26.2
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Reliability
Review: Purchased this midrange phone for my teens. They are happy. ****The AI Review says someone stated the phone does not use AT&T data. That info is FALSE. It can indeed use AT&T data as thatt is our carrier for this phone model.
Reviewer: CLS
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Can’t Find Anything To Dislike About It Yet
Review: After reading all the reviews about this phone for several days … especially the most negative ones, I decided to buy it anyway.When I received the phone, it’s condition, printed user guide and packaging, including the charger and usb-c cable appeared “new.” Even the plastic bag which it came with stated so. When I powered the unit for the first time it had no problem booting to the setup screen which was in Spanish and indicated that its 5000mAh battery was 50% charged. Although it wasn’t difficult to change the language to English, I decided to power it down and wait until it was fully charged before continuing with the setup. This took around 30 minutes to complete. I needed to completely transfer as much of my data, folder, contacts and apps from my old Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime to this Samsung Galaxy A25 5G so I used the free Samsung app from the Google Playstore to accomplish this. The transfer over wifi took a few hours and only left out 5 apps which were relatively unimportant and easilly reloaded to the new phone from the playstore.Trying to save a few bucks, I then tried to switch my sim card from the old phone to the new phone myself. I followed the online instructions provided by Metro by T-Mobile, but this is where I encountered a problem. The IMEI number was not recognized by Metro and suggested I call for assistance. I wondered if the negative comments about this phone not being truly unlocked and not working in North America were true, so I decided to stop at this point and just wait until I could visit the nearest Metro store for help.The following morning, I did so. To my surprise it only took all of under 5 minutes and at a cost of $26.78 for a new sim card plus an activation fee to have me out the door with my old phone number successfully transferred to the new phone. Since then, the Samsung Galaxy A25 5G seems to be functioning just fine. I love how bright and clear the screen is. Its responsive and easy it is to use inspite of the fact that it is light years more advanced that my old one. I’m still learning about all its innovations and how to use it properly. Imagine, within a day of receiving this new phone I went from a smartphone using Android 7.11 OS to Android 14 OS!!! Would anyone believe that had I not needed to switch to an an Android OS of 11+ just to be able to utilize my car’s Andro Auto Infotainment System fully, I would still be using my old J7 Prime?!Though not as powerful as the latest Galaxy S or N models, its specs including it’s screen, video and multi-camera resolutions, refresh rate, processing unit, tactile response and even its storage expandability are fairly impressive if not respectable at such an affordable prize. If down the road I find anything to dislike or complain about it, I’ll be sure to write an addendum to this review. In a nutshell … I can vouch that this phone works just fine with Metro by T-Mobile cellular carrier in Florida (or at least my neck of the woods, East Central Florida) and can make calls either over wifi or just using cellular data.
Reviewer: Katie
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A great phone!!
Review: The phone is truly a middle range device. It’s has excellent response feedback from the interface and buttons. Not to large to fit in a pocket. The battery life is pretty good. Charging it takes a little bit longer if you don’t have fast charging cables. I purchased this device to use with service provider Mint Mobile. Works great, and almost $200 less expensive than Mint Mobile. It is also $100 less expensive than at Best Buy or Samsung. The listing states it’s an international unlocked device and in comparison to US version, the SIM card slots are the only difference. Now Samsung did install a significant amount of bloat ware, but can be uninstalled. Now there is Samsung Protection Application that is a pain in the butt. Can’t uninstall it. It’s to micromanage every single app and anything that requires a password. Very aggressive and invasive software, I ended up disabling it within hours of receiving my new phone. Also please take the compatibility warning seriously, it will not work on Verizon / CDMA cell phone towers.
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: DO NOT BUY
Review: DO NOT BUY if you live in America (or at all), this phone is not compatible with Verizon nor do I believe it is compatible with any other major carrier in U.S. Verizon looked up the IMEI # after I attempted to connect it to total wireless and said not only is it not compatible, but their system doesn’t even give them a reason for why it is not compatible. I top of this, the charger cord that came with the phone was clearly not a legitimate Samsung charger, it was so poorly made the charging cord would not even connect to it. This seems to be a scam.
Reviewer: darren n kitchens
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good phone
Review: Very good phone for the money. Would recommend.
Reviewer: Just Nikki
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: New phone, an upgrade for me
Review: So far I’m enjoying this phone. Once it’s set up, it’s easy to use. I like the features I’ve found so far (ringtones, being able to use emojis for individual texts in the same chat, etc) , still trying to figure out everything it does. Love the speed of the 5G.
Reviewer: Amazonian_916
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Made for Brazil Market so may not work well in North America
Review: I got this phone specifically to use in Mexico and USA since I travel frequently between the two. I saw “Latin American Version” So I assumed it was probably the phones sold in Mexico and Central America.However, I should have checked the version first (A256E/DSN) since this is not the North American version.What does this mean? You can use a website like frequencycheck which will tell you all of the bands that a phone has and also what networks they are compatible with.Of course this has all of the bands to work in Brazil so it will work 100% in South America. However, it is missing many bands that are used in North America.This phone may not work for 5G in Mexico as most of their carriers use the N5 (850 MHz) and N38 (2600 MHz) bands for 5G. It does have other 5G bands so may be a hit or miss on connection. It looks like it does support most of the needed 4G bands for Mexico so it does have partial compatibility.For the USA, it only supports 3 of the 11 5G bands; 0 CDMA Bands, 9 out of 16 LTE bands, and GSM. So if you intend to use this in the USA, good luck. It will be a hit or miss on connectivity and this will greatly depend on the cell tower near where you are.If you want a phone that works in the North American Market AND also works in South American and other markets then get the unlocked USA version of this phone. You will have to pay $100 more but it is guaranteed to work on USA bands and because the USA supports so many bands, it will also work in other phone markets.
Reviewer: Victor Manuel Becerra Andrade
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Adquirí un excelente celular de calidad a muy buen precio
Reviewer: Anuka
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: He tenido este teléfono durante casi un mes y hasta ahora, todo bien. Me tomó un poco de tiempo transferir toda mi información a este y, dado que no soy muy experto en tecnología, el proceso fue sencillo. Tengo que cargarlo (hasta el 90%) una o dos veces al día, todos los días. Lo uso para leer y escuchar música durante todo el día principalmente. La calidad de las fotos y la música es buena. Estoy muy satisfecho con ello.
Reviewer: Adrii
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: El pedido llego super rapido, mi unica queja es que la descripción que aparece en el catalogo no corresponde, ademas difiere de los detalles descritos en las especificaciones del producto.Sin embargo el precio es justo por lo que recibí, el equipo funciona bien y su estética es de 10.
Reviewer: Aguila Negra
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: LA PUBLICIDAD DEL CELULAR ES FALSA, NO ES DE 256 GIGAS Y TAMPOCO ES DE 8 GIGAS DE RAM. NO SE VAYAN CON LA APARIENCIA. DE HABER SABIDO ESTO, NO LO HUBIERA COMPRADO
Reviewer: Juan Armando
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Me gusto mucho, llevo 15 dias con el y me encanta, no se calienta, no se alenta
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