Review: Samsung's under-$500 phone gives you that Galaxy phone feeling, but at full price, it's easy to shop around to get more features.

Samsung’s $490 Galaxy A37 5G could be one of the most underrated cheaper phones right now, but throughout my weeks of testing the phone, I had a constant feeling of FOMO.

On one hand, the Galaxy A37 checks all the boxes for what you might need in a phone, especially if what you are looking for is a nice device from Samsung that costs under $500. The phone’s battery recharges really fast, so you don’t need to charge this phone overnight to fill it up — a nice perk to see in a lower-cost phone. Since Samsung provides six years of software and security updates to its Galaxy A phones, the A37 will continue to get access to new Android features — some competing value-priced phones like Motorola’s Moto G line still only get half as much support. 

With phone prices constantly rising due to the ongoing RAM shortage , the Galaxy A37’s biggest strength may be that it has remained under $500 since its release back in spring. Many other companies have had to cross that boundary with their value-focused phones, including Google’s now-$599 Pixel 10A and Motorola’s $599 Edge . The A37 itself launched at $450 for its 128GB model and has had a comparably reasonable $40 price increase in the months since it hit store shelves. For more storage, the phone’s 256GB model costs $610.

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