Hi Guys and Gals. Samsung continue to march ahead in the mid range smartphone with spree of launches of new models in their A- Series and M-series. They seems to realized that, that to be in the game, they have to complete in 30k, 20k and 10k budget segment and not just rely on Flagship models with their Note Series. Now after the teaser campaign , they have finally launched Samsung Galaxy M51 priced at Rs.24999/- (6GB+128GB) and Rs.26999/-(8GB+128GB) with a massive 7000 mAH battery and powered by Snapdragon 730G.
Samsung has dubbed this new Samsung M51 as the Meanest Monster ever. So is it the meanest monster ? Does it weigh too much ? And is this price tag justified. Let’s dive in and check out the overview.
Build and Design
Samsung Galaxy M51 made of premium looking Glasstic (Glass+Plastic) Body as Samsung usually uses in their recent smartphones with a glossy look. You will find the feel in hand premium, but at the same time it easily attract finger smudges on the back. The front glass has Gorilla glass 3 protection. There is side-mounted fingerprint scanner. The camera bump in the left top corner have quad camera set up and go well with the overall look. With it’s massive 7000 mAH battery inside , it weighs comparatively fine at 213 g and thickness at 9.5 mm. You will not feel much weigh in hand.
Well there is the 3.5 mm headphone jack available with Dolby Atmos support for headphone for immersive sound experience and then there is with type-c USB port down at bottom.
This smartphone is available in two color options of Celestial Black and Electric Blue.
Display
Samsung is known for providing good displays and in this Samsung Galaxy M51, they have provided 6.7 inch Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen (1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio) with infinity O punch hole for front camera and Aderno . The is really big for multimedia experience and the bezels are also very thin. There is usual face unlock also.
Samsung M51 comes with Widevine L1 certification , so you can binge Netflix and Amazon Prime in HD. Overall a good display package.
Camera
In camera department , Samsung Galaxy M51 houses a Sony IMX682 Sensor Quad camera setup with a main camera of 64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.73″, an ultra wide 12 MP, f/2.2, 123˚, macro of 5 MP, f/2.4, (macro) and finally a depth sensor of 5 MP, f/2.4. In camera UI , Samsung has given a lots of unique features like Single Take, Night Hyper lapse, Smart Selfie angle & lots of custom filters , that you will enjoy.
There is usual support of 4k video recording @ 30FPS and Slow Motion video recording. The camera UI is clean and customs options available.
The front camera is a single selfie camera of 32 megapixel Sony IMX616 sensor which also supports single Take features, which is really good. It can record video of 1080p@30fps.
Processor, Storage and Performance
Finally Samsung has moved it’s M-Series to Snapdragon Processor and this is a welcome change. Samsung Galaxy M51 comes loaded with octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G (8 nm) processor coupled with Adreno 618 GPU. This will be smooth for your day to day multi tasking as well as playing high end games. For gaming there is AI game booster to make the experience better.
The Samsung M51 comes with RAM options of 6GB and 8GB, having price difference of 2k.
The internal storage support of 128GB GB can be expanded upto 512 GB with the help of dedicated micro SD slot. You can accommodate two nano sims and a micro SD card and that’s convenient.
Operating System/ Software
Samsung Galaxy M51 runs on Android 10 with its One UI 2.1 user interface. This is similar to the one which it’s give in their Flagship note series. This may be not the best (Like this OnePlus Oxygen OS), but definitely a good user interface with lots of customization options and smooth experience. You will like the One UI in over all experience.
There are some pre-installed apps available on the phone like Amazon Shopping, Moj, Snapchat, Candy Crush Saga, MX TakaTak, Chingari, and Daily Hunt, which you can thankfully uninstall.
Battery
Every manufacture is trying to do something new in this section (like the Realme providing 65W superdart changer in 7 Pro) and surely Samsung has taken a huge lead when it’s comes to it’s battery capacity with a massive 7000 mAH, which might be the biggest among any competitor. It has 25 W USB Type-c fast charge and support Reverse Charging, which means you can actually charge another smartphone by using Samsung Galaxy M51 as a power bank.
With this kind of juice, in normal usage it can go upto 2 days of user time.
Connectivity and Network
There is support dual VolTe with all usual connectivity options. NFC and Bluetooth version 5.0 support is also there and can offer good call quality. There is also FM radio.
Conclusion
Samsung has presented a good package with great battery, beautiful display and strong processor and a worthy successor of M-series in form of Samsung Galaxy M51.
This would have been a block buster deal at around 20K and the best alternative to Chinese brands Redmi Note series and Realme 7 Pro series. It would have been in reach of many more users who are looking for a alternate option of Redmi and Realme’s. At 25K , this Samsung Galaxy M51 will some how come close to OnePlus Nord, which will be much better option at 28K, with better display, design and processor.
Having said that, those last 5k cost, gives you the brand value of Samsung, good support service, faster updates and a Samsung experience. So, if your budget is around Rs.25000, then you can definitely give it a try.
You can buy Samsung Galaxy M51 from Amazon.
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Jai Hind
Earlier I was confused a little between M30s, A51 and M51. But now I am surely going for M51 specially because Samsung us finally providing snapdragon instead of Exynos in India. Loved the review. One of most reliable source for tech related information.