As someone who writes about smartphones as part of my job, there’s a special place in my heart for budget-oriented or mid-range phones that beat their price tags – especially those good enough to become fixtures in my list of the best cheap phones in Australia.
So I was delighted to find one of my top-rated picks, the Samsung Galaxy A57, has reached a very low price of AU$519 as part of Amazon Prime Big Deal Days, making it an even better value handset than ever.
I would go so far as to say that the Galaxy A57 is a much better value than Samsung’s new Galaxy S26 FE – especially with its price increase from its predecessor – with prices starting at AU$1,149.
With both phones using 6.7-inch AMOLED displays, similar main and ultra-wide camera specs, along with the same starting storage of 128GB and similar battery sizes, I’d be hard-pressed to recommend the more expensive Galaxy S26 FE unless you really want a telephoto camera, wireless charging and the full Galaxy AI suite.
The Galaxy A57 brings quite a few upgrades over last year’s Galaxy A56, including a much thinner and lighter chassis (6.9mm thick and 179g compared to the A56’s 7.4mm depth and 198g weight), a faster Exynos 1680 chipset that can now withstand a longer IP-68 task, and the 68 AI rating (68).
If you don’t need flagship specs but want something that still feels like a premium handset, you can’t go wrong with the Samsung Galaxy A57, especially at this rock-bottom price point.