Samsung Galaxy A56 vs. Galaxy A55
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- Mahmood Albraim
- dZr
- 18 Apr 2025
DarlingYext, 18 Apr 2025I'm curious as to why you think that. In my opinion it... moreA55 was never an upgrade, same camera, battery, and resolution. Actually PPI decreased because screen got bigger with the same resolution. Not to mention that ugly bump around power and volume buttons.
Now that you mentioned the A53, they're almost the same, except for the 64MP camera.
But let's be honest here, A54 looks way better and feels way more comfortable in hand because it's a bit shorter and wider.
I had them all as work phone, except for the last one because I settled with S24 alone with my personal S24 ultra.
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- Mahmood Albraim
- dZr
- 18 Apr 2025
DarlingYext, 18 Apr 2025I'm curious as to why you think that. In my opinion it... moreA55 was never an upgrade, same camera, battery, and resolution. Actually PPI decreased because screen got bigger with the same resolution. Not to mention that ugly bump around power and volume buttons.
Now that you mentioned the A53, they're almost the same, except for the 64MP camera.
But let's be honest here, A54 looks way better and feels way more comfortable in hand because it's a bit shorter and wider.
I had them all as work phone, except for the last one because I settled with S24 along with my personal S24 ultra.
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- bsod75
- m0x
- 18 Apr 2025
Why Samsung has removed the microSD slot?
I've an A55, and will be my last Samsung mobile.
- DarlingYext
- 6mM
- 18 Apr 2025
Mahmood Albraim, 18 Apr 2025Both suck, A54 was a GOAT. I'm curious as to why you think that. In my opinion it wasn't a huge upgrade over the A53, especially because of the huge bezel downgrade, but then the A55 was a huge upgrade over the A54. What do you think?
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- ithehappy
- GRN
- 18 Apr 2025
15 gms lighter is more than enough to consider this an upgrade keeping aside the stupidity of new-launch price.
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- Charbel Youssef
- 3IJ
- 18 Apr 2025
I have the A55 and I will never update to A56. The difference is so minimal. The battery on A55 is amazing and the removal of SD card in A56 is a very bad decision. Previously, I used A50 and it is just an excellent phone. I use it from time to time and in my opinion don't update your phone until having a lot of new features in the new phone. Don't waste your money on similar specs phones.
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- Maria
- sEB
- 18 Apr 2025
Don't overthink it. Grab the A55 if you want a microSD slot.
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- Luke
- xIj
- 18 Apr 2025
A55 is the last A5x phone from Samsung. With A56 they clearly show people have to pay ~100-150€€ more for S..FE or base S series, if they want upper midrange phone.
Sadly other vendors aren't really using the opportunity to really steal the market share. Only Poco x7 pro is actually a viable option, all the rest are following Samsung trend of overpriced and nerfed gadgets :( bad for us, customers..
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- Anonymous
- vaS
- 18 Apr 2025
Anonymous, 18 Apr 2025Never gonna buy a midrange phone without sdcard slot, I can... moreShame about the Oneplus Nord CE5. d8350 with sd card slot but no nfc.
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- Anonymous
- 7Xc
- 18 Apr 2025
Never gonna buy a midrange phone without sdcard slot, I can do away without a 3.5mm jack but never sdcard.
- DarlingYext
- 6mM
- 18 Apr 2025
The A56 is basically the same phone, but it's slightly faster. However neither are particularly fast, or slow and the A56 no longer has an SD card slot, like many other phones in that price range, so it's nothing special. The A55 is the better value.
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- Ra-Iri
- I@H
- 18 Apr 2025
It is more like a sidegrade tbh.
To be fair, ever since the Samsung A52s, there is nothing in the A-series that is worth upgrading for. Performance has a minor upgrade and that's it; software experience is almost the same, screen is bright enough to be used outside, camera has still the Samsung color tuning (ofc it has).
Except for the kinda plastic build (which can't be noticed if used with a case), just go for the flagships if you REALLY want an upgrade.
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- KikaSrbijaj
- 0Z%
- 18 Apr 2025
Love G.A.
very, very, very goood text.Thnxs
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- potato4k
- AA8
- 18 Apr 2025
K, 18 Apr 2025This comparison will help people who are torn between A55 a... moreAnd due to incremental updates, the conclusion will always generally be the same YoY. Minimal upgrades, get the last year version for less for better deal. Thus it’s more useful to do comparison with even older models because nobody’s doing that for those looking for upgrades.
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- r.why.me
- uuv
- 18 Apr 2025
Yeah... The A56 is just not worth it at current prices, and also with no 512 GB storage option. The A55 represents far better value. Yes, you will be sacrificing 25-30% performance. But it is currently available for 25-30% cheaper, you still get updates till 2029, and some extra goodies.
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- K
- D09
- 18 Apr 2025
potato4k, 18 Apr 2025The yearly upgrade cycle ship has sailed long time ago. Plu... moreThis comparison will help people who are torn between A55 and A56...I mean which one of these to buy.
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- potato4k
- XZ8
- 18 Apr 2025
The yearly upgrade cycle ship has sailed long time ago. Plus most phones now have 4 years of upgrades or even longer. So how about comparing the A56 with an older device like A53 or older? People who are looking for an upgrade are likely those with older phones, not ones with the previous year model.