Samsung Galaxy A12 review: Budget Samsung smartphone with NFC and huge battery life

[Redaktion]

Samsung's entry-level Galaxy A12 smartphone combines a powerful 5,000 mAh battery, a large display, and a quad-camera setup with MediaTek's Helio P35 SoC. Find out if the overall concept is convincing and which compromises have to be accepted due to the low price in our review of the Galaxy phone.

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[MarekL]

Hello. Nice review. Just one question. Does display really flicker at brightness levels of 20% and higher as stated in the text? Or at ≤ 20 % brightness setting as stated in the Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation) section?
If I set up e.g. 50%, will it be flickerfree? Thank you!

[Tammy (Samsung SG)]

MarekL,
this PWM craze is soon to be over, and you'll feel really stupid for caring about it.
Nobody was reporting any "headaches" in the 15 year that we had flat LCD's, then one website brings up these 3 god damned letters, and everyone's suddenly an expert in low-voltage signaling.
Just get the damn phone, Marek.

[Stephanie Chamberlain]

Hello. Nice review. Just one question. Does display really flicker at brightness levels of 20% and higher as stated in the text? Or at ≤ 20 % brightness setting as stated in the Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation) section?
If I set up e.g. 50%, will it be flickerfree? Thank you!

Thanks for pointing this out, MarekL! You are right; it's at brightness levels of 20% and below. The review has been corrected and should update shortly.

- Stephanie

[Internet]

MarekL,
this PWM craze is soon to be over, and you'll feel really stupid for caring about it.
Nobody was reporting any "headaches" in the 15 year that we had flat LCD's, then one website brings up these 3 god damned letters, and everyone's suddenly an expert in low-voltage signaling.
Just get the damn phone, Marek.

You are just trying to sell that flickering garbage.

[MarekL]

Thank you Stephanie!
Tammy - I don't have headaches often. But I felt eyestrain in the past, especially I suffered from dry eyes. Now since I have had no PWM device (laptop, smartphone, TV...), my eyes are much better. I use drops sometimes, but it is much less often than before.
I got this phone from my operator for a cheap price. Although it is worse than my 2 years phone, it has some advantages. So I just want to know which brightness settings is ideal for my second phone. That's all.
That's why I like reviews here. I can read about details which are not measured anywhere else.

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