Samsung Galaxy A16 Comes to the US for $200, With 6 Years of Warranty

Samsung is bringing the $200 Galaxy A16 phone and the $60 Galaxy Fit 3 tracker to the United States, with the A16 getting a six-year update. This makes the Galaxy A16 one of the cheapest phones to get a software upgrade with a commitment of more than five years, which can be a benefit for someone who wants to buy a simple phone that will be upgraded.

The Samsung Galaxy A16 has already been released in other regions, but it will start selling in the US on January 9, according to to the company’s announcement Thursday. The phone costs £129 in the UK and AU$349 in Australia. This year’s phone is slightly refreshed over last year’s A15, including a larger 6.7-inch display (compared to the A15’s 6.5-inch display) with a 90Hz refresh rate. It will also move to use Samsung’s Exynos 1330 processor, instead of the Mediatek processor like the one the Galaxy A15 includes.

The Galaxy A16 appears to have the same camera setup as the A15, including a 50-megapixel wide lens, a 5-megapixel ultrawide lens, a 2-megapixel macro lens and a 13-megapixel front-facing camera. Also continuing from last year will be the speed of 25W wires, a battery of 5,000mAh and 128GB of storage together with 4GB of RAM. A microSD card slot allows storage expansion up to 1.5TB.

The Galaxy A16 continues Samsung’s line of entry-level phones, which are some of the most popular smartphones sold in the world. Last year’s Galaxy A15 is the fifth best-selling smartphone in the US as of September 2024, according to a research firm. Counterpoint Researchbehind Apple’s four iPhone models. In mine Galaxy A15 reviewI was impressed by the promise of four years of software updates and five years of security updates, but I found the phone to be slow. We have to test the Galaxy A16 to see if its new Exynos 1330 processor can speed things up, but the promise of a long program and a security update window sets a new standard for support among phones in the $200 price range.

Meanwhile, the Galaxy Fit 3 Fitness tracker is seen as a cheaper, easier way to track fitness and health than $300 Galaxy Watch 7 or $650 Galaxy Watch Ultra. Samsung says the Fit 3 is rated for 13 days of battery life and includes fitness and sleep tracking along with an always-on display and 100 digital watch faces.