Weekly poll: will you buy a Samsung Galaxy A73 5G, A53 5G or A33 5G?

20 March 2022
Thanks to excellent support from Samsung, you can use one of these for 5 years. But that support is not something you get on the cheap.

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I'll get one with a headphone jack. Which means my selection is rather limited... I already bought A52 5G for myself and A52s for my wife and both phones work wondrously well (especially compared to a 4-5 year old Galaxy S7). I'm thinking of upgrading to A52s myself and passing on A52 5G to relatives. We all use wired headphones and none of us is a fan of dongles. And promise of 4 years of updates makes me think I'll be able to use A52s for 4-5 years myself.

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    • Anonymous
    • 8Kf
    • 20 Mar 2022

    [deleted post]Welcome to the club. Paying 50, 70, 100 or 150% compared to USA more for same product.

    Big corporations go to Southeast Asia because of lower operation costs, still people there pay higher prices compared to USA/Canada/EU.

      F Samsung skipped telephoto : (
      - the only reason why I will not buy a73
      - fu samsung

        "And it may not matter anyway, because there’s no indication that the phone will be available in Europe, the US, India"

        Ummm...Some of your readers live outside of Europe, the US and India.

          If in case the Galaxy A73 5G comes in India ...Am gonna buy it i dont care about the Cameras... All i need is a big screen great processor and a long lasting Battery life ... to get me thru my Day

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            • Anonymous
            • 8Kf
            • 20 Mar 2022

            FatShady, 20 Mar 2022for 650 you should be able to get an s21fe or s21.Easy. Wait until august/september and these A series will be $100 cheaper.

            People here complain about price, but still pay full price charged in the first month.
            As months go by, stores cut prices because they wanna get rid of the phones.

            Galaxy S series here is about 40-50% cheaper by black friday. It is dumb to buy in february/march.

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              • Anonymous
              • 8Kf
              • 20 Mar 2022

              Anonymous, 20 Mar 2022Go for iPhone SE (2022). Fastest phone. You'll get fla... moreWhat's point of flagship performance if rest of the phone is not good?

              - battery will die before 4 p.m even at moderate use.
              - screen is to small to watch decent quality videos
              - old camera instead of using same from iphone 13.

                Well, I got over 2 years old phone for that price and I wouldn't exchange.
                Jack is also a big hit.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • rKX
                  • 20 Mar 2022

                  FatShady, 20 Mar 2022for 650 you should be able to get an s21fe or s21.Right. Even the S21 is a better deal for $650. And that comes with 256 GB unlike toy phone SE that comes with 128 at the same price

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 8kP
                    • 20 Mar 2022

                    of course no, its downgrade compared to the old models, big fail 3.5 jack

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                      • Anonymous
                      • puk
                      • 20 Mar 2022

                      AnonD-1033007, 20 Mar 2022I got my A52s under 350€ so i'm very happy with my dev... moreCoworker bought A52s after I recommended it. I then set it up too and it's actually a pretty decent phone. A53 feels like a downgrade. Chipset is not much better if at all and you lose charger. Price is 100€ higher for A53. Ugh.

                        Bodygard, 20 Mar 2022Neither. I only buy flagships because my phone has a paramo... moreIt is your choice of course but those activities you have listed doesn't require the best specs available. Even A Snapdragon 6xx will do just fine.

                          Anonymous, 20 Mar 2022Since when is $650 a mid-range ? I can get the S20 FE for t... morefor 650 you should be able to get an s21fe or s21.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • rKX
                            • 20 Mar 2022

                            Anonymous, 20 Mar 2022Go for iPhone SE (2022). Fastest phone. You'll get fla... moreSince when is $650 a mid-range ? I can get the S20 FE for that money. Why to waste it on an iPhone ?

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                              • DFS
                              • nqX
                              • 20 Mar 2022

                              Just bought the A52 so no need for any of these. Plus it still has the jack.

                                Neither. I only buy flagships because my phone has a paramount importance in my daily activities being online banking, calls/messages, emails etc so the phone has to have the best specs available.

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                                  • AnonD-1033007
                                  • g8K
                                  • 20 Mar 2022

                                  I got my A52s under 350€ so i'm very happy with my device, A53 is overpriced just like A33 and A73.

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                                    • AnonD-1018516
                                    • 2IJ
                                    • 20 Mar 2022

                                    IcyJay30, 20 Mar 2022Cause govt of India gives tax returns for manufacturing in ... moreI'm from Vietnam. It still costs $960 here.

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                                      • Ayn
                                      • XRW
                                      • 20 Mar 2022

                                      still considering between a53 (and waiting for the long-term review, maybe) vs a52s, especially on how the software improving the camera

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • tu2
                                        • 20 Mar 2022

                                        Anonymous, 20 Mar 2022There's something very fishy about samsung not disclos... moreSamsung rarely advertises the chipsets' names on their phones, even if they're Snapdragon.

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