At this point, everyone is at least aware of Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S phones like the Galaxy S10 and S10 , and its slightly less expensive sibling, the $1199 Galaxy S10e. However, as soon as you look beyond those for something even more affordable, Samsung’s portfolio gets messy real quick.

Between Samsung’s various budget and mid-range offerings, there are a dizzying number of phones that all kind of seem the same.

 Lead
Galaxy A50
WHAT IS IT?
A budget/mid-range phone from Samsung

PRICE
$499

LIKE
Big OLED screen, slim bezels, dual rear camera, microSD card slot, headphone jackas, great battery life

DON'T LIKE
No stereo speakers or water-resistance, in-display fingerprint reader is finicky

With the Galaxy A50, Samsung is clearing out the clutter and going after some of the best budget and mid-range handsets on the market. With a retail price of $499, the Galaxy A50 slots neatly between the $399 Moto G7 and the $649 Pixel 3a. It also incorporates a couple of features the other two don’t have, like dual rear cameras and an in-display fingerprint reader.

From the outside, the Galaxy A50 looks quite similar to the Moto G7. Both phones have selfie cams that sit on a central notch that dips into their screens, big, mostly bezel-less displays, and smooth rounded backs.

However, when you look closer, you begin to notice that everything looks and feels a bit more polished on the Galaxy A50. The A50's bezels are slimmer, its chin is smaller, and despite being practically the same size, Samsung crammed a 6.4-inch 2340 x 1080 OLED screen onto the Galaxy A50, while the Moto G7 has to make do with a 6.2-inch 2270 x 1080 LCD. So not only is the A50's screen bigger, it’s brighter and more colourful too.

Both phones come with headphone jacks and microSD card slots for expandable storage. But in back, the A50 features a 25-MP primary camera, along with an 8-MP 123-degree wide-angle camera and a bonus 5-MP depth-sensing camera to help with portrait-style shots. That’s a nice improvement over the single cams found on pretty much every other phone in this price range. And while the A50's back is plastic instead of glass like you get on the G7, Samsung officially calls that material “glasstic” (I’m not kidding), and it’s damn hard to tell the difference.