Introduction
Samsung's A-series accounts for about half of the company's new phone announcements this year - at some 13 models and counting, it's not easy picking just the right one. We had reviewed the A30 through A80 with one notable omission and the Galaxy A60 arrived to fill in that gap.
To further complicate things, the A60 is remarkably similar to the M40 - identical, one would say, save for some minor differences in LTE bands and the M40's lesser 4GB/64GB base option (the A60 is only available in 6GB/128GB trim, which you can get on the M40 for a small premium). Then there's the fact that the A60 has been launched in China and Hong Kong first, with a global version also supposedly available, but we're yet to spot one listed anywhere. We're reviewing an SM-6060 model number, a Chinese version, but our findings here can safely be extended to the global one (SM-606F) and to the M40 too.
With the A60-M40 relationship mostly cleared up, it's no wonder that the A60 isn't necessarily superior to the A50, even though the model names could lead you to believe that.
Samsung Galaxy A60 specs
- Body: 155.3x73.9x7.9mm, 168g; plastic frame, Gorilla Glass 3 front.
- Display: 6.3" PLS TFT LCD, 2,340x1,080px resolution, 19.5:9 aspect ratio, 409ppi.
- Rear camera: Primary: 32MP, f/1.7 aperture, 1/2.8" sensor size, 0.8µm pixel size, PDAF. Ultra wide: 8MP, f/2.2, 1.12µm. Depth sensor: 5MP, f/2.2. 2160p@30fps video recording.
- Front camera: 16MP, f/2.0 aperture. 1080p/30fps video recording.
- OS: Android 9 Pie; One UI.
- Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 675: octa-core CPU (2x2.0 GHz Kryo 460 Gold & 6x1.7 GHz Kryo 460 Silver), Adreno 612 GPU.
- Memory: 6GB of RAM; 128GB storage; shared microSD slot.
- Battery: 3,500mAh Li-Po (sealed); 15W Samsung Adaptive fast charging.
- Connectivity: Dual-SIM; LTE-A, 4-Band carrier aggregation, Cat.16/13 (1Gbps/150Mbps); USB-C; Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac; dual-band GPS; Bluetooth 5.0; no 3.5mm jack.
- Misc: Rear-mounted fingerprint reader; single down-firing speaker; NFC.
Samsung Galaxy A60 unboxing
Much like other A-series phones, the A60 comes in a white box with a gloss, color print of the handset on top. Inside the package we got with our China-bound review unit, there was a Samsung charger of the most popular type (you know the one, the Adaptive fast charging unit, rated at 9V/1.67A and 5V/2A) and a USB-A-to-C cable to go with it.
A headset with a USB-C connector was also part of the bundle to hopefully make you feel better about the lack of a 3.5mm jack. A clear silicone case completes the list of important items.
Special thanks to GearBest for providing the review unit.
Design and build
The Samsung Galaxy A60 doesn't surprise with particularly premium build but it's exactly what you'd expect from a mid-range device. Then again, a couple of Chinese competitors are going for more premium materials like glass for roughly the same price.
But on contrary to the expected mid-range build quality, it's hard to tell that this is a Samsung phone when looking it from the front. Only a handful of devices from the Korean company feature an Infinity-O display with a punch-hole camera.
To be fair, the phone has a pretty small hole for the front camera - considerably smaller than the one on the Honor 20-series, for example. But not as small as on the Note10+. It's not obtrusive as one would think but for aesthetic reasons, not all users will like the solution. Heck, some even prefer the notches to the punch-hole camera design so unless you try it out, it's hard to make a decision which one suits you best.
Anyway, aside from the camera hole, the phone impresses with thin side bezels, which are also thinner than the top one and the chin. It starts to get too much for OCD freaks at this point but we do appreciate the skinny bezels, nonetheless. In fact, the top bezel is so thin that Samsung decided to go with a Sound on Display technology instead of cramming an earpiece there. We talk in detail about the implementation of the said technology in the next page of the review.
Flipping the phone around reveals a pretty nice gradient called Seawater Blue. The device also comes in Cocktail Orange, Daybreak Black and Peach Mist. To be honest, the color we got isn't the best one around - it feels like most of the Chinese competitors are doing a better job.
As we already pointed out, the phone doesn't use premium materials so the back and the side frame are made of plastic. Only the front features glass and Samsung says it's the good old Gorilla Glass 3. You can definitely feel the body being plastic, though, we can say it's one of the successful imitations of glass. The curve to the sides is a nice touch as it improves the grip by a bunch.
There's also small camera bump in the upper-right corner and the fingerprint reader right above the Samsung inscription. The scanner, on the other hand, needs just a little adjustment - maybe a bit lower placement wouldn't have hurt as even average-sized hands have to do some finger gymnastics.
Going around the sides, we find the SIM card tray on the left and all the buttons on the right. The power key is adequately placed and it's pretty comfortable to reach with one hand. The bottom houses the USB-C connector and the loudspeaker grille. No 3.5mm audio jack, unfortunately.
The Galaxy A60 from the sides
All in all, the device is well built with negligible drawbacks like the rather high fingerprint placement and the asymmetrical front design. But this is just us nitpicking at this point. There are no real issues to talk about here. You can still find a handset with better materials and feel from the Chinese camp for the asking price.
Take a look at the phone from all angles using our 360-degree view tool.
IPS LCD Infinity-O screen
As opposed to other Galaxy A members, the A60 adopts a standard IPS LCD panel instead of Samsung's crisp Super AMOLEDs. So don't expect those neat deep blacks. However, the results from our tests suggest that panel here isn't bad by any means. There is sufficiently high resolution of 1080 x 2340px with an extra tall 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The display can also get pretty bright.
We've measured a maximum 485 cd/m2 with the brightness slider cranked up to max but when we toggled the auto brightness on, we got an impressive 661 nits. That's more than enough to deliver good reading conditions under a direct sunlight.
An interesting fact: the Galaxy A60 doesn't seem to have a dedicated ambient sensor - perhaps there wasn't enough space left on the top bezel so the handset is using the front-facing camera to measure the surrounding light and control the screen's brightness. So perhaps it's a good idea to keep the camera clean to get the best possible readings.
Anyway, while the panel can get really bright, it fails to meet our expectations in terms of color accuracy. And there are no options to switch modes or fix it manually. The average dE2000 is 7.3 while the max dE2000 is 12.9. You'd notice blue-ish whites and grays right off the bat and some overblown colors like blues, reds and yellows.
| Display test | 100% brightness | ||
| Black, cd/m2 | White, cd/m2 | ||
| 0.369 | 485 | 1314 | |
| 0.498 | 661 | ||
| 0 | 424 | ∞ | |
| 0 | 551 | ∞ | |
| 0.332 | 473 | 1425 | |
| 0.469 | 590 | 1258 | |
| 0 | 449 | ∞ | |
| 0 | 646 | ∞ | |
| 0 | 448 | ∞ | |
| 0.273 | 512 | 1875 | |
| 0 | 363 | ∞ | |
It looks as if Samsung tried to tune the display to appear more AMOLED-like but failed to make it accurate enough in the process. Moreover, there's a visible halo around the punch-hole and around the bottom notch on white or light gray background. It's not something everyone would notice but it's a common thing among cheap LCDs making us wish for an AMOLED panel even more.
Battery life
The Samsung Galaxy A60 comes with a reasonably-sized 3,500 mAh battery on board, which according to our tests appears to be pretty much on par with the competition in terms of endurance. There are a couple of smartphones out there sporting bigger and more enduring batteries but the majority of devices are in the same ballpark.
The overall endurance rating is 86 hours with excellent standby and 3G talktime scores. The web browsing test returned good numbers as well but the video playback score is somewhat underwhelming. Regardless, we can say for sure that the battery life is dependable at the very least.
Our battery tests were automated thanks to SmartViser, using its viSerDevice app. The endurance rating above denotes how long a single battery charge will last you if you use the Samsung Galaxy A60 for an hour each of telephony, web browsing, and video playback daily. We've established this usage pattern so that our battery results are comparable across devices in the most common day-to-day tasks. The battery testing procedure is described in detail in case you're interested in the nitty-gritty. You can check out our complete battery test table, where you can see how all of the smartphones we've tested will compare under your own typical use.
When it comes to charging, however, the A60 isn't a record-breaker by any means. With the included 15W (Quick Charge 2.0-compliant) charger, the handset managed to retrieve just 40% in 30 minutes from a completely dead battery.
Loudspeaker
The Galaxy A60 has a single-firing bottom speaker that doesn't get too loud. According to our tests, it's about average but in the recent year, only a handful of phones scored below Very Good so Average is hmm, not as Average as it used to be. Similarly to the Galaxy A30 and M30, for example, the maximum volume is rather unsatisfactory.
As for sound quality, it's about average (for real this time). And by average we mean it does as well as other midrangers with a single speaker.
| Speakerphone test | Voice, dB | Ringing |
Overall score | |
| 66.8 | 68.0 | 69.7 | Average | |
| 68.5 | 69.5 | 81.7 | Very Good | |
| 67.9 | 73.5 | 80.4 | Very Good | |
| 70.5 | 73.6 | 78.4 | Very Good | |
| 68.9 | 71.3 | 82.7 | Very Good | |
| 66.3 | 72.9 | 85.8 | Very Good | |
| 70.6 | 74.8 | 81.2 | Very Good | |
| 70.8 | 72.4 | 84.9 | Excellent | |
| 74.1 | 74.3 | 81.9 | Excellent | |
| 68.9 | 74.3 | 89.8 | Excellent | |
| 76.5 | 76.7 | 86.4 | Excellent |
Audio quality
The Samsung Galaxy A60 put in a solid performance in our audio quality test. When hooked to an active amplifier it delivered perfect scores for accuracy and demonstrated above average loudness.
Volume remained at the same levels with headphones and generally the damage was very little, which is impressive for the price range. All we saw was a minor decrease in stereo separation with all the other readings remaining unchanged.
| Test | Frequency response | Noise level | Dynamic range | THD | IMD + Noise | Stereo crosstalk |
| +0.04, -0.16 | -93.6 | 93.3 | 0.0011 | 0.010 | -94.1 | |
| +0.05, -0.16 | -93.5 | 93.0 | 0.0031 | 0.020 | -69.9 | |
| +0.02, -0.02 | -90.5 | 90.4 | 0.0050 | 0.015 | -91.7 | |
| +0.17, -0.25 | -90.8 | 91.0 | 0.087 | 0.256 | -58.9 | |
| +0.08, -0.08 | -92.2 | 92.1 | 0.0012 | 0.0081 | -91.4 | |
| +0.50, -0.16 | -92.1 | 91.9 | 0.007 | 0.363 | -48.9 | |
| +0.02, -0.01 | -93.7 | 90.7 | 0.0015 | 0.0098 | -93.0 | |
| +0.53, -0.22 | -90.6 | 88.8 | 0.0048 | 0.302 | -50.8 | |
| +0.07, -0.01 | -90.0 | 90.1 | 0.0019 | 0.015 | -92.9 | |
| +0.16, -0.10 | -92.3 | 92.5 | 0.0069 | 0.164 | -64.8 |
Samsung Galaxy A60 frequency response
You can learn more about the tested parameters and the whole testing process here.
Samsung's own One UI rocking Android Pie
As usual, the phone comes with Samsung's very own One UI based on the Android 9.0 Pie. It's a more simplified version of Samsung Experience and also focuses on one-handed use. In an era of smartphones with tall screens, this is godsent. The interactable UI elements and information is within thumb's reach with simple swipe down, including the quick toggles in the notification shade.
One UI also comes with its own take on the gesture-based navigation. Swipe from the left side of the bottom bezel is the recent apps menu, swipe from the right side of the bezel is back and swipe from the center takes you back to the home screen. Pretty simple. You can also swap the recent and back gestures' position or stick with the software buttons altogether.
General settings menu and navigation gestures
The rest of the features are well familiar from previous versions of Samsung's UI - you can place a button for the app drawer on the home screen, you can set to open the app drawer with a swipe down gesture and re-arange the apps on your home screens instead of using the app drawer. The so-called Night mode is a new to this version - it turns all the system menus, including the notification shade in black. The black theme is especially beneficial to phones with OLED panels but since this phone comes with a standard LCD, you are stripped off of the battery saving potential.
Home screen, app drawer, and notification shade
We've noticed that you can execute a swipe gesture from the front-facing camera when you are on the lock screen. It will instantly launch the camera app with the selfie mode turned on.
Speaking of the lock screen, you can bypass it with either a fingerprint or face unlock using the selfie camera. We had our fair share of false readings but it's mostly because we didn't train the fingerprint scanner the right way from the get-go.
Biometric security and options
Samsung has used a rather cheap implementation of the fingerprint scanner technology as it usually does on its low-end devices. You have to swipe your finger on the surface to set it up instead of tapping. Quick tip: try to swipe the side edge of your fingertip because this is usually the part of your finger that comes in contact with the scanning area. This way you will get fewer misreadings. Still, most of the times it's measurably slower than what we are used to using on mid-range phones. Either the reader itself or the software is a bottleneck here because it takes some time to light up the screen once it reds your fingertip.
The face unlock feature, on the other hand, isn't as convenient. We found it to somewhat slow. It could also be the lift-to-wake feature acting up because whenever we reached for the phone to lift it up, it takes a good two to three seconds for the camera to recognize the face. Also, there's no clear indication that the camera is trying to read your face, it just lights up the unlocked screen when it's done. We found it to be considerably faster if you reach for the power button yourself.
Scrolling a bit further down the general Settings menu, you will stumble upon the Advanced features sub-menu. It holds all the options for setting up Bixby, if you are using that, and offers a couple of other more useful options like Smart pop-up view, which can work only with apps supporting multi-window. You can also reduce the amount of animations to speed up navigation through menus.
Advanced features and gesture conrols
The Galaxy A60 retains some nifty gestures too like the Smart stay, which keeps the screen on while you are looking at it by using the front-facing camera or the finger sensor gestures. The latter allows you to open and close the notification panel by swiping up and down on the scanner. The lift to wake function is nice too but it reacts slow, as we already stated, and it doesn't light up the screen immediately. A software update should probably fix that.
The usual battery settings are tucked away in the General management menu as opposed to the Device care menu that we usually find in other Samsung phones. Anyway, the battery menu provides the usual stats such as apps and hardware that used the most juice since the last full charge. Three power settings are available - Optimized, Medium power saving and Maximum power saving. As you'd imagine, the last two limit the performance of the device to extend its battery life. The adaptive power saving toggle on the bottom means that you can let the system decide depending on your usage if you don't want to worry about which power mode should you run.
Battery menu and features
More advanced options can be found in the three-dot menu positioned in the upper-right corner of the battery section. It gives you more control over notifications and background apps as well as blacklist certain apps and prevent them from ever running. There's also a toggle for switching off the fast charging although, 15W isn't exactly fast so we can't think of a reason you wouldn't want your phone to be charged at 15W.
The One UI on this phone ran relatively smoothly. We didn't encounter any major bugs or crashes - just some occasional slowdowns that can easily go unnoticed by the untrained eye. Software updates will surely optimize the experience further as the Snapdragon 675 chipset is a competent mid-range solution.
Synthetic benchmarks and performance
The Galaxy A60 isn't the first smartphone we've encountered with the Snapdragon 675 on board so we already know what to expect. The SoC itself is based on the cost-efficient 11nm LPP node developed by Samsung itself so no wonder we've seen this chip on three phones from the company. It's a mixture of the 10nm and 14nm manufacturing processes and promises better energy efficiency than 14nm Exynos chips.
CPU-wise, the SoC is equipped with an octa-core chip with 2x Kryo 460 Gold cores clocked at 2.0GHz and 6x Kryo 480 Silver cores running at 1.7GHz. The GPU is Adreno 612. The SoC is paired with 6GB of RAM no matter the storage configuration, which is either 64 or 128GB.
GeekBench 4.1 (multi-core)
Higher is better
- Xiaomi Mi 9T
6863 - Samsung Galaxy A70
6584 - Samsung Galaxy A60
6582 - Realme 5 Pro
6106 - Realme X
5915 - Xiaomi Mi A3
5686 - Samsung Galaxy A50
5396 - Motorola Moto G7 Plus
4927
GeekBench 4.1 (single-core)
Higher is better
- Xiaomi Mi 9T
2537 - Samsung Galaxy A70
2391 - Samsung Galaxy A60
2388 - Realme 5 Pro
1913 - Samsung Galaxy A50
1715 - Xiaomi Mi A3
1531 - Realme X
1475 - Motorola Moto G7 Plus
1334
As expected, the chip is doing exceptionally well in the single-core and multi-core benchmark tests and it stands well ahead of the pack of midrangers. The Cotex-A76 derivatives definitely have something to say about it.
AnTuTu 7
Higher is better
- Xiaomi Mi 9T
211915 - Realme 5 Pro
182765 - Samsung Galaxy A60
170102 - Samsung Galaxy A70
167750 - Samsung Galaxy A50
144574 - Xiaomi Mi A3
140633
117829
GFX 3.1 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
- Xiaomi Mi 9T
27 - Realme 5 Pro
27 - Samsung Galaxy A60
15 - Samsung Galaxy A70
15 - Samsung Galaxy A50
14 - Xiaomi Mi A3
13 - Motorola Moto G7 Plus
10
GFX 3.1 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better
- Xiaomi Mi A3
27 - Xiaomi Mi 9T
24 - Realme 5 Pro
22 - Samsung Galaxy A60
13 - Samsung Galaxy A70
13 - Samsung Galaxy A50
13 - Motorola Moto G7 Plus
9.7
GFX 3.1 Car scene (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
- Xiaomi Mi 9T
16 - Realme 5 Pro
15 - Samsung Galaxy A50
9.2 - Samsung Galaxy A60
8.1 - Samsung Galaxy A70
8 - Xiaomi Mi A3
7.1 - Motorola Moto G7 Plus
6.3
GFX 3.1 Car scene (onscreen)
Higher is better
- Xiaomi Mi 9T
13 - Xiaomi Mi A3
13 - Realme 5 Pro
12 - Samsung Galaxy A50
8 - Samsung Galaxy A60
7.3 - Samsung Galaxy A70
7 - Motorola Moto G7 Plus
5.9
3DMark SSE 3.1 Unlimited
Higher is better
- Xiaomi Mi 9T
2329 - Realme 5 Pro
2253 - Samsung Galaxy A50
1353 - Xiaomi Mi A3
1131 - Samsung Galaxy A60
1123 - Samsung Galaxy A70
1112
The GPU performance is where the Snapdragon 675 falls short although the difference is not as easily felt in day-to-day usage. Compared to the Exynos 9610's Mali GPU, for example, the Snapdragon 675 offers 15% less graphics power.
All in all, the chip in the Galaxy A60 is ideal for multi-tasking and general use for years to come. It offers exceptional computing performance - in multi-threaded and single-threaded workloads. Other chipsets are better tuned for gaming performance but this doesn't mean you will have a bad gaming experience with this one.
Triple-camera setup, 32MP main snapper
Just like the Galaxy A70, the A60 features pretty much the same camera setup on its back that consists of a 32MP main snapper with a wide f/1.7 aperture. The camera also supports PDAF and it's one of Samsung's large sensors relying on the pixel-binning technology combining four adjacent pixels into one effectively capturing more light, more detail, improving dynamic range and offering better nighttime shots.
However, just as on the A70, the A60 outputs the images in 12MP instead of the 8MP we expected (32MP divided by 4 pixels equals 8MP). Our best guess is that the software upsizes images to 12MP or there is something else going on behind the scenes which we're not aware of.
Anyway, the second camera is 8MP paired with an ultra-wide lens with f/2.2 aperture with 123-degree field of view. The EXIF says it's a 12mm equivalent focal length. And as for the third sensor, it's just a 5MP unit used only for depth sensing.
Camera software
Opening the default camera app greets us with a familiar UI and icons. If you've used another Samsung device, you will find it easy to navigate through the camera features, modes and menus. In fact, nowadays the default camera apps on all phones are pretty similar to one another. The arrangement of the camera modes, the additional settings and the styling of the icons is what sets them apart.
Anyway, swiping left and right will switch between modes while the small tree icons on the viewfinder are for switching between the main cam and the ultra-wide one.
For additional settings, you need to tap on the Settings icon in the upper-left corner of the viewfinder. It gives you control over the scene optimizer (not that it does anything, except recognizing documents, for example), the HDR, re-arranging camera modes and choosing the video resolution.
Camera settings and features
Also, keep in mind that in the standard Photo mode, the 3:4 toggle shoots in the standard 12MP while the 3:4H icon means 32MP mode. And when shooting selfies, you have to choose between the full image resolution or the cropped one and you can't set the native resolution by default - you always have to switch manually to non-cropped mode.
Daylight samples
The 12MP images from the main camera come out with good dynamic range, and color reproduction is rather accurate. The level of detail, however, isn't so good. For the pixel peepers out there - the image processing also applied some heavy sharpening halos around straight lines. Moreover, the scene optimizer didn't do anything for us - no boost in colors or anything.
Strangest of all, we observed severe corner softness in photos with distant subjects while photos with close-by subjects were just fine.
12MP daylight samples
12MP daylight samples
Switching to 32MP mode will result in slightly better detail but the sharpening halos are still there. Additionally, the corner softness we observed in the 12MP images is present here as well. Overall, the rendition remains unchanged and the dynamic range is good even though HDR won't kick in this mode. It's not supported in the camera's full resolution.
32MP daylight samples
Keep in mind that in 32MP, it takes a second or two to take a photo and the sensor isn't intended for shooting in its full 32MP resolution anyway so we don't recommend the 32MP over the standard 12MP.
The ultra-wide camera delivers good colors, contrast and dynamic range are just as nice as on the main cam. However, there's noticeable purple fringing around high-contrast objects, the detail is poor, there's a lot of corner softness and noticeable barrel distortion.
Daylight ultra wide-angle samples
Overall, the ultra wide-angle camera's performance is underwhelming, to put it mildly. Still, we can't really expect better from it given that even phones with twice the price struggle with their ultra-wide cameras.
If it's any consolation, we can confirm that if there's enough light, the photo will probably turn out good enough for use on social media and such.
Nighttime samples
Once again, the level of detail isn't impressive by any means and images look soft. However, we did notice some improvements compared to the Galaxy A70. The A60 offers more definition but increased noise too. Also, when shooting night scenes, you might want to turn on the manual HDR control since the software doesn't use it always. It would greatly improve the highlights and restore some detail in the shadows. This should do for the lack of dedicated night mode.
Main camera nighttime samples
And as for the ultra-wide camera, we suggest you refrain from using it at all during the night. It's noisy, it lacks detail, there's plenty of corner softness and it almost feels like you are shooting with a VGA camera.
Ultra wide-angle camera nighttime samples
And before we dive into the portraits and selfies, let's do some more pixel peeping but this time under a more controlled environment.
Galaxy A60 against the Xiaomi Mi A3 and Realme X in our Photo compare tool
Portraits
If there's enough light, you will end up with a nice-looking portrait with natural skin tone and a decent amount of detail but if you are shooting indoors, the subject will turn out softer than we'd like. The edge detection algorithm looks pretty nice, though, and does a good job when presented with a non-complex background.
Portraits
Selfies
Due to the lack of autofocus, you will end up doing a number of selfies before choosing the one that's in focus. And even then, there's some general softness all-around. Dynamic range and skin tones look nice, though. The portrait mode struggles with edge detection.
Selfies: Normal • Portrait • Normal
Video recording
The phone can record videos in 2160p@30fps and 1080p videos at up to 60fps with the main camera. You can also use the ultra wide-angle camera, which is capped at 1080p@30fps.
The 2160p video looks nice with punchy colors and good contrast. There's a good amount of detail and just a tad more noise than we would like to. The dynamic range is good once again but some loss in detail in the shadows can be observed. The whole video looks a bit darker.
And as you'd expect, in Full HD, there's noticeably less detail but the rendition is pretty much the same as in 2160p mode. The same pros and cons apply here.
Now let's do the traditional video quality comparison in our lab.
2160p: Galaxy A60 against the Xiaomi Mi A3 and Realme X in our Video compare tool
Competition
To be honest, the Galaxy A60 is not as competitive as it needs to become a market hit. Especially in markets like India where it's sold under the Galaxy M40 model name.
Unfortunately, the mid-range market is incredibly competitive in India these days and that market is incredibly price-conscious. Even in China and Europe where the Galaxy A60 is currently available, the smartphone from the Chinese competitors have a lot to offer for less or at least in the same ballpark of pricing while the Galaxy A60 comes with too many tradeoffs to deserve our full-on recommendation.
A higher number in a smartphone lineup usually denotes superior specs and price but this is not the case with the Galaxy A60 and A50. In Europe, for example, the A50 is pricier than the A60 and for a good reason. For around €40 more, the Galaxy A50 offers a Super AMOLED screen, an under-display fingerprint and roughly the same camera performance with the same lens configuration, too. The considerably better battery life is another advantage worth considering. All of this makes the Galaxy A50 the noticeably better Samsung phone to get.
Samsung Galaxy A50 • Motorola Moto G7 Plus • Xiaomi Redmi K20
And one more, a less popular option with pure Android caught our attention and that's the Moto G7 Plus. At launch, the device wasn't even in this category but as time passed, it now costs even less than the Galaxy A60.
The key selling point of the G7 Plus over the A60 is the headphone jack, the better camera, the stereo loudspeakers, the exceptionally fast charging and the arguably better display. However, the Galaxy A60 fires back with considerably longer battery life and a more powerful and up-to-date SoC.
Realme X • Xiaomi Mi A3
The Xiaomi Mi A3 is another viable option from the Chinese camp for way less money yet it uses an OLED screen. Pure Android fans will also be drawn to this offering from Xiaomi. The more dependable camera setup is one of the main advantages of the Mi A3 over the Galaxy A60/M40 as well as the longer battery life. In short, the Mi A3 beats the Galaxy A60 in almost every aspect while the same in return.
On the Indian market, however, the Galaxy M40 isn't priced as competitively as its A60 twin. This puts the M40 dangerously close to the likes of the Redmi K20 and the Realme X. And the Realme 5 Pro is even cheaper. All three phones are miles better - hardware and feature-wise - compared to the A60. We just can't recommend the Galaxy M40 unless its price is revised down the road.
Verdict
As you've probably gathered by now, we find it hard to recommend the Galaxy A60 in the presence of phones such as the Realme X, the Mi A3, and the Redmi K20/Mi 9T in the same price range. Unfortunately, the Galaxy A60 has almost nothing going for it except for its rather decent battery life endurance and good computational performance.
Otherwise, we were left with more to be desired from the camera and the display. The absence of the 3.5mm audio jack is another pitfall that makes the case for Samsung's phone even harder.
To be frank, the Galaxy A60 feels like a filler episode in the middle of the season of your favorite TV show. Its contribution to the whole season (lineup) is negligible and it's there to just fill the quota. Maybe the price will eventually drop enough in the future making it a viable option but we wouldn't count on it.
Pros
- The display can get really bright in Max Auto
- Battery life is dependable
- The punch-hole is rather small and unobtrusive
Cons
- No 3.5mm audio jack
- Underwhelming camera experience
- LCD panel with light bleed here and there
- The fingerprint scanner and face unlock are somewhat slow
Special thanks to GearBest for providing the review unit.
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