Weekly poll: Samsung Galaxy A54 and Galaxy A34, fan favorites or a missed opportunity?
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- dbjungle
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- 19 Mar 2023
AnonD-1086827, 19 Mar 2023True, Samsung prices have always gone down, even after coup... moreI don't disagree with your logic, but IMO no phone is actually worth 600+. Once you get a phone that is not slow, has a decent camera, decent screen... What are you really paying for? There are so many good phones in the 300 - 600 range that I just can't justify it. I got an iPhone 13 through my work for €180 out of pocket. My Pixel 6a has a better camera, the screen is more or less a tie, and yes the iPhone is faster, but neither phone is slow. I dislike iOS and the phone sits in the box. I bought my first 6a for €435 and got the 2nd for €299. €300 for a better experience than a €800 phone. People need to purchase with logic over brand recognition.
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- AnonD-1037771
- 3RM
- 19 Mar 2023
Ex Galaxy Fan, 19 Mar 2023What's REALLY stopping me from upgrading from my unres... moreYou bought the cheapest Samsung out there . What do you expect ? S23 Ultra features ?
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- AnonD-1037771
- 3RM
- 19 Mar 2023
NOK6600, 19 Mar 2023Get your fact strait .... Samsung stricly said you need o... moreI'm using a 60W laptop charger (Lenovo ThinkPad) with my Samsung phone. It will charge without any problem. And let me tell you what's cool about it: 2m long cable ! Oh yeah! 😎😄
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- AnonD-1037771
- 3RM
- 19 Mar 2023
I got the S20 FE 5G 256GB 8GB RAM for 540 euro. It basically mops the floor with A54 in every department, except for software updates.
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- dbjungle
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- 19 Mar 2023
SShock, 19 Mar 2023It'll drop to around 900-1000€. It was similar with S2... moreThe price of these phones are definitely not gonna have big drops in Europe. The only phones I have seen getting big drops here are Pixels. I do miss getting cheaper electronics when I lived in the USA, but having affordable healthcare makes these EU electronics prices easier to stomach.
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- dbjungle
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- 19 Mar 2023
madsl, 19 Mar 2023How long they are going to missplace fingerprint sensor und... moreI fully agree that UD fingerprint sensor is trash. My favorite phone of all time is the Pixel 6a and it would be significantly better with a side mounted fingerprint sensor. I had an Xperia X with this and I've never found a better implementation. Also, capacitive fingerprint sensors are just better. They are always on, faster, and more accurate.
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- dbjungle
- S3%
- 19 Mar 2023
The Pixel 6a kills every phone mentioned in this article and has been frequently available for under 350 USD and EUR. There is no Android phone I could recommend over it.
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- Anonymous
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- 19 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 19 Mar 2023You should look into the A14 5G then. It has the real proxi... moreFor average people, it’s the best A series this year: no burn in, real proximity sensor, fast enough, relatively affordable.
- DarlingYext
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- 19 Mar 2023
NOK6600, 19 Mar 2023Get your fact strait .... Samsung stricly said you need o... moreIt's not any faster with the original either, they are really just that slow to charge up.
- DarlingYext
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- 19 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 19 Mar 2023Why would people buy this instead of many,many choices out ... moreSoftware updates, because you can definitely use a phone for 5-6 years that is already lagging out of the box. Reviewers are saying the A54 can barely handle the UI itself and in my country it ended up costing almost twice as much as the A53 and also more than S21 FE. It went up from 350 usd to 560 usd for the base model and 615 usd for the 256gb model. Sure, I know the prices will go down, but these are so sky high even that's not gonna help, at 400 usd the A54 would still be overpriced and it's surely not going down by 215 usd anyways.
- NOK6600
- PIu
- 19 Mar 2023
cozxta, 19 Mar 2023Get your facts straight, you don't need neither propri... moreGet your fact strait ....
Samsung stricly said you need original samsung brick on order to utilize the 25 watt pd wired charging . Other pd 3rd party doesnt work at all . It will take 1 hrs 30 min to charge from 0 - 100 if you are not using the original brick .
- DarlingYext
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- 19 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 19 Mar 2023How do you read what was written and you cant understand it... moreThese 2 things have nothing to do with each other and it's just easier to call something "2 year old" instead of "1 year and 7 month old", this doesn't need to be that serious. Saying that my battery level is "on 100%" or that "it's full" is however not any easier than saying that it's "on 65%" or whatever.
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- Anonymous
- m2J
- 19 Mar 2023
DarlingYext, 18 Mar 2023What phones have you been using that had a battery health s... moreHow do you read what was written and you cant understand it ?
I asked a question is 65% battery also full for these people who think the phone is 2 years old while the phone is only 1 year and 7 months old
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- Anonymous
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- 19 Mar 2023
AnonD-1086827, 19 Mar 2023True, Samsung prices have always gone down, even after coup... moreIt is a huge mistake to buy any Android phone at full price. There is always a discount soon after launching. With Samsung, they always price their phone with a big margin then go down in price. S23 is 2x over priced. A54 is 80% higher. The A54 true price is around $250/300€.
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- Anonymous
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- 19 Mar 2023
Ex Galaxy Fan, 19 Mar 2023What's REALLY stopping me from upgrading from my unres... moreYou should look into the A14 5G then. It has the real proximity sensor. Although not as good as A54 or A34, should be better than the A03s.
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- Ex Galaxy Fan
- 7X9
- 19 Mar 2023
What's REALLY stopping me from upgrading from my unresponsive A03s is the lack of a proximity sensor on both these devices.
It's like Samsung hasn't learned from their mistakes from last year's batch.
Virtual Proximity Sensing is not reliable. All it does is causes problems like butt-dialing.
Gonna have to wait again for next year.
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- Madcat
- Ax9
- 19 Mar 2023
I have a52s and the only thing that is better on the a54 is screen brightness. a52s has two day battery life with power saving on and good cameras, great performance, it doesnt get hot, HAS HEADPHONE JACK, all for 200€ less than a54.
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- Anonymous
- 0BG
- 19 Mar 2023
AnonD-1086827, 19 Mar 2023True, Samsung prices have always gone down, even after coup... moreWait, you people seriously view the 1000Euro phones as a replacement for the A-series? That's still 2x+ the price of A-series and not to mention the battery in the old model is already degrading even before you open the box.
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- Anonymous
- 0BG
- 19 Mar 2023
Mart, 19 Mar 2023True. I bought the A71 then A72 because their screen size i... moreYep. I guess they don't want to have good sells if they have such an insane strategy.
Oh well, i will just be going back to Xiaomi. At least they still have the decent enough note series with a 3.5mm jack and big screen.
The OnePlus Nord CE 3 will be an option too.
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- Anonymous
- IVB
- 19 Mar 2023
aknsreddy, 19 Mar 2023First time i hate what Samsung did with pricing, big no for... moreFirst time? Oh boy