Samsung Galaxy A55 Evaluation: Greater and (Barely) Cheaper – Insta News Hub

Samsung Galaxy A55 in a nutshell

The Samsung Galaxy A55 was launched in early March 2024, together with its plastic sibling, the Galaxy A35. Regardless of the similarities, solely the A55 has a metallic end, and the newer Exynos 1480 processor.

Each telephones provide a giant 6.6-inch FullHD+ AMOLED display, which refreshes at 120 Hz for easy animations. Each run Samsung’s One UI 6.1 skin on high of Android 14, and are promised 5 years of safety updates, with 4 Android upgrades alongside the best way.

Breaking from custom, the Galaxy A55 is presently not deliberate on the market within the US, whereas European prospects are getting a (very) small value drop, regardless of the larger show and extra premium materials.

Design and show

Samsung has been testing the market relating to show dimension on its premium mid-ranger. For the 2024 season, the Galaxy A55 brings a 6.6-inch diagonal, with the same old OLED options: vivid colours and glorious distinction. The spotlight of the A55, nevertheless, is its new metallic body, which provides it a extra premium really feel.

Professionals:

• Good construct high quality.
• Wonderful show (as traditional).

Cons:

• General design is mainly the identical because the A54’s.
• Button placement designed for larger arms.

The design itself is generally the identical as all 2024 and 2023 Samsung telephones. With the primary distinction when in comparison with the A34/A54 duo being the flat sides harking back to the Nothing phones or—sacrilege!—iPhones. The aspect buttons are housed on a slight bump on the best aspect, which feels too excessive if in case you have smaller arms—e.g. Reaching the navigation bar after urgent the quantity up button might require repositioning the cellphone in your hand.

The cellphone is rated IP67 for water and mud resistance. The again is roofed by Gorilla Glass, whereas the entrance has Gorilla Glass Victus+. With an even bigger show, the Galaxy A55 is simply barely larger than its A54 and A53 predecessors in each peak (161.1 mm) and width (77.4 mm), because of thinner bezels, however the depth is unchanged at 8.2 mm.

Talking of show, whereas the 2340×1080 decision and 120 Hz refresh charge continues to be the identical as within the 2023 cellphone, the Galaxy A55 will please those that like large screens. The 6.6-inch panel is great for video games and movies, and had no points with outside utilization, regardless of, at 1000 nits, not becoming a member of the 2024 pattern of stupidly excessive brightness ranges.

Samsung Galaxy A55 efficiency

Within the efficiency division, Samsung introduced the same old modest enhancements to the Galaxy A55 within the type of its new Exynos 1480 chip. The brand new CPU is made on a extra trendy course of than the Exynos 1380 used on the Galaxy A54 and A35, permitting Samsung to set quicker processing speeds with out sacrificing battery life.

Professionals:

• Good app and gaming efficiency.
• Constant efficiency beneath load.

Cons:

• Fingerprint reader errors.
• AMD Radeon GPU feels underutilized.
• Avid gamers will discover higher choices within the class.

The Galaxy A5 telephones historically provide ok efficiency in every day duties, and the Galaxy A55 retains that custom. Searching the online, social media (doom) scrolling, and common utilization have been no difficulty for the Exynos 1480, helped by the 8 GB of RAM, and quick UFS 3.1 storage.

Gaming efficiency acquired a sizeable bounce in comparison with earlier generations because of a brand new AMD RDNA GPU core. The graphics processor introduced a 30% enchancment within the 3DMark take a look at and carried out properly in video games equivalent to Genshin Affect and the brand new Name of Responsibility Warzone Cell at medium settings. And we didn’t observe overheating or thermal throttling points in longer gaming periods.

Nonetheless, regardless of the Radeon DNA, the brand new Xclipse 530 GPU (its official title for the specs desk) doesn’t assist trendy options equivalent to Ray Tracing to enhance illumination and shadows in AAA video games or console ports, which is coming to competing chips and telephones within the class.

If gaming is a precedence, you’ll find better-performing telephones geared up with chips just like the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 discovered within the Poco F5 from final yr. However the excellent news is that Samsung chips at the moment are aggressive with the MediaTek alternate options, at the least.

Software program 

The Galaxy A55 got here with the most recent One UI 6.1 interface on high of Android 14. The general expertise is very like in earlier generations, particularly since Samsung didn’t lengthen the brand new Galaxy AI features found in the flagship S series to the intermediate Galaxy A household, at the least as of testing the cellphone.

The A55 (and in addition the A35) nonetheless provides one of the best replace coverage of their value vary, with 5 years of essential safety updates. With regards to the working system, the Galaxy A55 is promised 4 upgrades.

One downgrade we observed on the Galaxy A55 is an even bigger variety of third-party apps pre-installed, with 9 apps (over the 4 we discovered within the A54). It’s attainable to uninstall nearly all of them—the exception being the OneDrive app—, nevertheless. Curiously, though packing extra bloatware, the storage utilization on a clear Galaxy A55 was solely 23.9 GB, in comparison with 29.8 on the A54.

Samsung Galaxy A55 digital camera

The welcome adjustments to the design and efficiency weren’t prolonged to the digital camera division. Not solely does the Galaxy A55 function related specs to its predecessor, with a 50-megapixel most important digital camera, 12 MP ultra-wide, and 5-megapixel macro, but it surely doesn’t provide the additional AI picture processing capabilities launched with the Galaxy S24 household earlier in 2024.

Professionals:

• Good daylight photos.
• Good night time photos from the primary digital camera.

Cons:

• Nonetheless lagging behind the mid-range Pixel telephones.

Photos taken in daylight circumstances have been wonderful, each with the primary digital camera and the ultra-wide lens. Climate circumstances didn’t assist throughout the time we needed to take a look at the cellphone, however we didn’t discover any points with the captured pictures.

Picture high quality was completely acceptable for sharing on-line, with out the oversaturated colours Samsung was once recognized for, at the least not within the “common” images. The portrait mode image within the gallery above reveals that the digital camera can nonetheless seize punchy colours, even when the background blur/portrait impact itself just isn’t that exact.

Evening photos with the primary digital camera additionally did properly in most conditions, with as much as 2x zoom providing first rate outcomes. At night time, the ultra-wide digital camera confirmed its limitations, dropping sharpness and element. Evening mode can generally assist the ultra-wide digital camera, however the low-light mode appears to work higher with the larger most important digital camera sensor.

Macro photographs have been markedly higher than low cost telephones with 2 MP sensors, however the 5-megapixel decision is beginning to present its age on the Galaxy A50 line. And eventually, the A55 additionally did properly with selfies, with out exaggerated colours or pointless results. Pores and skin tone appears right and even the blur impact on the portrait mode did properly to separate the background.

Samsung Galaxy A55 battery

With the bounce from Samsung Foundry’s 5LPE (5nm-class) to the newer 4LPP era, the Exynos chip on the Galaxy A55 provides improved battery life regardless of having the identical 5000 mAh capability. What didn’t change, although, is Samsung’s lack of curiosity in providing quick charging speeds.

Professionals:

• Can attain two-day battery life.

Cons:

• Gradual charging.
• No charger is included within the field.
• No wi-fi charging.
• Telephones with rival chips are providing higher effectivity.

Examined beneath the PCMark battery benchmark, the Galaxy A55 had a rating of 14h59min going from 80 to twenty% of cost with the show in use and a few processing duties. That quantity is nearly 2h30 higher than the A54, and the efficiency rating throughout the take a look at was roughly the identical, indicating higher power effectivity.

In actual use, with some social media scrolling, messaging apps, and sport downloading (together with the 30GB utilized by Genshin Affect alone), the Galaxy A55 acquired near full days of battery life. Your mileage will differ, after all, however an in a single day recharge must be sufficient to undergo the day.

Talking of charging, this stays Samsung’s weak level, with the Galaxy A55 restricted to 25 W charging. Utilizing a Ugreen Nexode 300W, it took a bit over 1h30 to completely cost the 5000 mAh battery. Our exams point out that Samsung improved charging speeds in its Galaxy A household, however not sufficient to achieve the time crucial on a OnePlus or Xiaomi cellphone, for instance.

Different downsides embrace the truth that the Galaxy A55 doesn’t include a charger within the field, and wi-fi charging just isn’t out there. The latter continues to be a rarity within the sub-$500 class, however there are some choices such because the Pixel 7a.

Samsung Galaxy A55 technical specs

Ultimate verdict