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Samsung Galaxy A16 5G
Samsung's cheapest US 5G phone with a 6.7-inch 90Hz AMOLED display, 5000mAh battery, 25W charging, and six years of updates.
$199
Released January 9, 2025
Pricing
| Storage | RAM | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 128GB | 4GB | $199.99 |
| 256GB | 8GB | — |
Where it sits in this database
CompareForge tracks 47 phones. The median below is the middle value of those records — our own database, not a market survey — so it shows how Samsung Galaxy A16 5G sits against the phones we actually publish, not against everything on sale.
| Measure | Samsung Galaxy A16 5G | Median of our 47 phones | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery capacity | 5,000 mAh | 5,000 mAh | the same as the median |
| Weight | 200 g | 200 g | the same as the median |
| Starting price | $199 | $799 | $600 below the median |
| Screen size | 6.7 in | 6.7 in | the same as the median |
A figure above the median is not better by definition — a heavier phone may carry a larger battery — but it tells you where this model sits among the records on this site before you read the specification table.
Specifications
Display
- Size
- 6.7"
- Resolution
- 1080 x 2340
- Panel
- Super AMOLED
- Refresh Rate
- 90 Hz
- Peak Brightness
- 800 nits
- HDR
- —
- Protection
- —
Performance
- Chipset
- Exynos 1330
- Fabrication
- 5nm
- CPU Cores
- 8
- GPU
- Mali-G68 MP2
- RAM
- 4 GB
- RAM Type
- —
Camera
- Main
- 50 MP
- Main Aperture
- f/1.8
- Ultrawide
- 5 MP
- Telephoto
- —
- Optical Zoom
- —
- Front
- 13 MP
- Max Video
- 1080p @ 30fps
Battery & Charging
- Capacity
- 5,000 mAh
- Type
- —
- Wired Charging
- 25W
- Wireless Charging
- —
- Reverse Wireless
- No
Design & Build
- Weight
- 200 g
- Frame
- Plastic
- Back
- Plastic
- Water Resistance
- IP54
- Colors
- Blue Black, Light Gray
Software
- OS at Launch
- Android 14
- UI Skin
- One UI 6.1
- OS Updates
- 6 years
- Security Updates
- 6 years
- AI Features
Storage
- Options
- 128GB, 256GB
- Expandable
- Yes
- Type
- UFS 2.2
Connectivity
- 5G
- Yes
- Wi-Fi
- WiFi 5
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- NFC
- Yes
- USB
- USB-C 2.0
- SIM
- Nano-SIM + eSIM
- Satellite
- No
Sources
- GSMArena — design(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- GSMArena — display(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- GSMArena — camera(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- Wikipedia — software(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- Samsung Newsroom — pricing(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- Samsung Newsroom — releaseDate(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
Last verified: 2026-09-25