Samsung Galaxy A56 arrives with new design, six years of software updates
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- PatrickCzech
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- 02 Mar 2025
Amirul Syafiq, 02 Mar 2025Galaxy A56 blows other Chinese midrange phones out of the water.Cheaper than Redmi note 14 Pro+ here.
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- Aierlan
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- 02 Mar 2025
rizki1, 02 Mar 2025This is exactly what I meant when you said the Honor 200 Pr... moreYeah, in Europe the Honor 200pro was probably the value phone of the year with some of the deals available in some countries like Germany for example. At launch though it was not a great deal. The launch price of the A56 in Europe is actually OK. Not great or anything but similar to the Redmi note 14 pro+ 5g. Basically €529 versus €500 for 256gb of each
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- 02 Mar 2025
What a ridiculous phone with a 128GB variant. What a waste of money
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- vitalinx7
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- 02 Mar 2025
People saying Honor, how much times they update the software, 1x or max 2x ? 🤣🤣
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Mar 2025
The A56 can't justify a doubling in price over the Redmi Note 14 5G.
Comparison summary:
- A56 has a more powerful SoC (by 30-50%) with a much more powerful GPU (by 200-400%; the 14 5G has a very basic GPU)
- A56 probably takes better photos but specs-wise the two camera systems are very comparable
- A56 has 2 more years of security updates (6 total vs 4 for the 14 5G) and 4 more years of major Android version updates (6 total vs 2)
- A56 has slightly better dust/water resistance
- 14 5G has 3.5 mm out and FM radio and A56 doesn't
- That's it. In terms of size, screen, battery/charge, RAM, SSD, radios, etc. the two are twins.
But then we get to price. I got my 8/256 GB 14 5G a month ago for ~€11/mo spread over 2 years with 0 interest, amounting to a total of ~€260. The A56 is €530!!! for the same 8/256 GB. Yikes!
I wouldn't pay double. The advantages are just not worth THAT much. Even 50% extra would be too much because the 14 5G is OK in normal apps (I don't game on the phone), I'm no artsy photographer and I only care about security updates so if I pay 50% more for a 50% longer time with security updates that's no sweet deal.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Mar 2025
For East when will be in a shops
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- rizki1
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- 02 Mar 2025
Aierlan, 02 Mar 2025Yeah, but in fairness the launch price of the Honor 200 pro... moreThis is exactly what I meant when you said the Honor 200 Pro is better because the price has dropped, forgetting the launch price of €800. And yes Honor 200 Pro is better than Samsung mid range.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Mar 2025
Amirul Syafiq, 02 Mar 2025Galaxy A56 blows other Chinese midrange phones out of the water.Joke of the year 😂😂
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- 02 Mar 2025
Cameras are not the same as article says
A55 had 32mp from camera with f/2.2.
A56 has better 12mp camera with f/2.0.
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- 02 Mar 2025
Hzzif, 02 Mar 2025Compare this with an Honor 200 Pro. The hardware difference... moreStill, in reality this one will work better.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Mar 2025
And no micro SD card. This phone belongs in the trash.
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- Aierlan
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- 02 Mar 2025
Hzzif, 02 Mar 2025Compare this with an Honor 200 Pro. The hardware difference... moreYeah, but in fairness the launch price of the Honor 200 pro was much higher than this so it's not comparing like with like. It is available on great deals now but the launch price was much higher, aa different price category altogether. It launched at €799 for 12gb 512gb. The regular honor 200 launched at €599 for 8gb 256gb which is closer to the A56 (still more expensive).
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- 02 Mar 2025
1989, 02 Mar 2025My next phone. Love samsung midrangers. Very good amd rdna ... moreKnowing Samsung, the next major firmware updates would be rigged to manipulate users into buying the A57 or newer
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Mar 2025
But not 6 years of monthly security updates. My S21 was just switched to the quarterly updates after 4 years. Totally unexpected, had to buy a new phone. If you care about security, its Apple, Google, and all others. Samsung doesn't guarantee monthly updates AT ALL.
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- Hikari
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- 02 Mar 2025
1989, 02 Mar 2025My next phone. Love samsung midrangers. Very good amd rdna ... moreI'm sorry, what?? PC Level gaming? XD
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- 1989
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- 02 Mar 2025
My next phone. Love samsung midrangers. Very good amd rdna gpu for pc level gaming and excellent camera, and ofc years and years of updates! 8gb ram more than enough till 2035.
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- 02 Mar 2025
Might be a new design to Samsung, but Sony's been using that rear panel since 2020 with the Xperia 1ii...