Samsung’s new budget phone with 6 years of OS upgrades is just $199 in the

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• The Samsung Galaxy A16 5G is coming to the United States on January 9, 2025.
• This budget phone is notable for having a solid six-year support commitment.
• You’ll be able to grab the device for just $199.

When Samsung started drastically extending its software support commitments to its phones — eventually landing on seven years for some — its newfound fervor for updates didn’t extend to its cheapest devices. This meant if you wanted a phone that would last you well into the 2030s, you needed to shell out big bucks.

Towards the end of 2024, that changed with the global announcement of the Samsung Galaxy A16 (in both 4G and 5G flavors). This phone promised six years of support, which is nearly as much as the Galaxy S24 series gets. Today, Samsung announced that the 5G version of the Galaxy A16 is coming to the United States on January 9 with a low price of just $199.




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