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Samsung Galaxy A50

2019 smartphone from Samsung

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ64819686
Source-derived summary

The Samsung Galaxy A50 is an Android smartphone manufactured by Samsung Electronics as part of its fifth-generation Galaxy A series lineup. It was launched internationally on February 25, 2019 and in the United States on July 13, 2019.

Its "s" variant was unveiled on August 22, 2019, which features an upgraded processor and cameras.

Specifications

Design

Both variants feature a plastic back, plastic frame, and glass front (Corning Gorilla Glass 3).

Hardware

Display

Both variants have a 6.4" FHD+ (2340 x 1080) 60 Hz Super AMOLED Infinity-U display, with an 19.5:9 aspect ratio.

Battery

Both variants also have 4000mAh non-removable battery, with support for 15W Fast Charging.

Processor and Memory

The regular variant is powered by the Samsung Exynos 9610, while the "s" variant is powered by Samsung Exynos 9611. It is sold in 4GB or 6GB of RAM and 64GB or 128GB of internal storage (which both use UFS 2.1) configurations, both of which can be expanded via a microSD card up to 512GB.

Camera

The regular variant comes with a triple rear camera array consisting of a 25MP (f/1.7) wide camera, an 8MP f2.2 ultra-wide camera, and a 5MP f2.2 depth sensor camera; it also comes with a 25MP front-facing camera. The "s" variant also features a triple rear camera setup, with an upgraded 48 MP wide rear camera and a 32 MP front camera; the ultrawide and depth cameras were unchanged.

Despite the chipset used in the A50 supporting 4K recording, its default camera app limits the maximum video recording resolution to just 1080p.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Samsung Galaxy A50” as 2019 smartphone from Samsung. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2019, 1080—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2019-03. The account is most persuasive where Samsung, Galaxy and smartphone can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as 2019 smartphone from Samsung. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q64819686. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2019 and 1080.

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This entry incorporates text from Samsung Galaxy A50” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.