Naturally, not all of the Korean giant's lineup will be easily or instantly available on every market. That's kind of the point of having so many similar devices out. Still, for just a few dollars more than the A31, you can have the A51. That nets you 4K video capture and better ultrawide and selfie cameras, among other things. You do have to sacrifice of some battery endurance, though, since the A51 only managed 86 hours in our tests. The good news is that you can get all of the above improvements, plus a 1,000 mAh extra battery on top of the already ample 5,000 inside the A31, with almost no adjustment to your original budget. The Galaxy M31 seems line a no-brainer alternative, if you can get your hands on one. Confusion seems to be the most appropriate response to all this. To be fair, not all of the Galaxy A and Galaxy M models are universally available across all markets, even if there is often a big overlap. This helps when trying to navigate the sea of choices. Samsung has traditionally used its own mid-range Exynos chips inside its Galaxy A devices. However, for the Galaxy A31, the company has switched over to MediaTek’s Helio P65 chipset. This is an octa-core low-end chip comprising of six Cortex-A53 cores and two Cortex-A75 cores running at 2GHz. This is paired with a Mali-653 GPU. In India, Samsung sells the Galaxy A31 in only one variant with 6GB RAM and 128GB slower eMMC 5.1 storage. All the while, devices like the Galaxy A51 and especially the Galaxy M31 manage to fill most of the holes left inside the A31's specs and feature sheet, while also staying at or close to its original budget. For that reason alone, and before even looking around, outside Samsung's current offers, we find it hard to recommend the Galaxy A31. You can get more for your money elsewhere. Pros As with most other Samsung phones released during 2020, [9] the Microsoft-Samsung partnership Link to Windows option [10] [11] which comes as standard, can be accessed in the Android notification panel.

The Galaxy A31 supports 15W fast charging (with a 15W charger provided in the box), but thanks to the size of the battery, it can take almost two hours to go from 0 to 100. So, if you're a heavy user, it would be a good idea to charge the phone overnight instead of doing so after you wake up.

Quad Camera: 48 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/2.0", PDAF + 8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0" + 5 MP, f/2.4, (macro) + 5 MP, f/2.4, (depth), LED Flash

Samsung's 2020 lineup of Galaxy A series phones is already getting as big as the 2019 lineup, with plenty of new launches in recent weeks. Somewhere in the lower end of the spectrum lies the Galaxy A31, which is clearly meant to target customers who don't want to shell out more for the well-rounded Galaxy A51.One of the strengths of the Galaxy A31 is its display. The device comes with a 6.4-inch FHD+ resolution Super AMOLED panel. This is not a high refresh rate panel and while AMOLED panels are commonplace in high-end Android flagships, they are still a rarity in budget mid-range phones. The display on the Galaxy A31 might not win any awards in terms of color accuracy or brightness but it is still a great display. It has great viewing angles, the brightness level is good enough that you can read the content on the display in direct sunlight, and as is typical of an AMOLED display, the content pops because of the boosted colors and saturation. The Samsung Galaxy A31 is a mid-range Android smartphone developed by Samsung Electronics as part of their 2020 A-series smartphone lineup. It was announced on March 24, 2020, and first released on April 27, 2020, as the successor to the Galaxy A30 and A30s. [2] [3] [4] The phone comes preinstalled with Android 10 and Samsung's custom One UI 2.1 software overlay. The display User Interface from Samsung Galaxy A31 is Infinity-U.