Samsung made official a new generation of basic and mid-range cell phones at the end of 2023, and in this new family was the Galaxy A15 5G, which now arrives on our test bench.
It features a 6.5-inch Super AMOLED screen with Full HD+ resolution and 90 Hz, MediaTek Dimensity 6100 platform, 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB (expandable with Micro SD card), 13 MP front camera, three rear cameras (50 MP / 5 MP / 2MP), 4G LTE or 5G connection, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and USB-C, 5,000 mAh battery with 25 W charging and Android 14 with One UI 6.0.
Our official battery test runs several popular apps, games, and services in timed cycles until the battery is completely drained, with standby time allowed between cycles to track background consumption. Screen brightness and network settings are standardized so that we can draw a parallel between all the models that have passed through our benches.
The apps present in the cycles, and their determined execution times per cycle, are:
6 minutes of use (each) — WhatsApp, YouTube, MX Player (offline video), Spotify, PowerAmp (offline music) and Chrome; 1 minute (each) — Pokémon Go, Asphalt 8, Subway Surfers, Candy Crush, Modern Combat 5 and Injustice; 4 minutes of 3G/4G calls; 2 minutes of use (each) — Facebook, Gmail and GMaps