Samsung Galaxy A54 long-term review
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- 06 Dec 2023
Marcos Goncalves, 05 Dec 2023I've had the A54 for a few months, I paid BRL1800/USD3... moreIt's either the A54 or the M54 for a bit cheaper. Import taxes are so high that Samsung is the budget brand in Brazil since they are assembling the phones locally and producing most of the components like the SoC, display and nand storage.
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- 06 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 04 Dec 2023Wow, thanks for imposing your personal preferences on all o... moreso you shouldn't read posts, newspapers, blogs or papers if you don't like others opinions, are gsmarena imposing you ideas? I think they are just sharing its opinion on a particular smartphone.
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- 06 Dec 2023
Android15, 06 Dec 2023should i go for this or must i wait for the pixel 8 a .... Depends, do you want an SD card or not? Also, do you want updates on a regular basis or whenever your cell provider wants you to have them? For me, the SD card need was my deciding factor (see my anonymous post below).
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- 06 Dec 2023
Anonymus, 05 Dec 2023I am honestly done with gsmarena. The users that frequent t... moreI'm using the S22 Ultra, with updates I started seeing more smoothness and maybe less stutters? I'm not sure about the stutters, they could be more or less, mind you im talking about stutters that would only annoy you if you look for it or are an enthusiast. But yeah, there seem to be more stutters with updates but less worse than before in some instances and worse than before in others, just a mixed bag in terms of stutters. Not that it's a mess but it's not definitively an amazing experience, just a good one. I don't think anyone should settle for "good" when spending more than 1k USD, so I'm admittedly quite disappointed. The animations are far smoother though and the phone does feel more responsive with each update, just that SOME stutters remain or some new ones arise.
Anyways, my biggest pain point is the battery, either it degraded kinda fast or it's gotten nuked with updates. I have to charge my phone 2-3 times per day, not to 100% but to 80-85%. I don't let it dip below 10-20% usually but when I first got it, I had to charge it once per day and at best 20-40% more. It's gotten way too bad way too fast imo for something with mid speed charging. With each update it "feels" like the battery gets worse. So I just don't know what to do anymore, battery and display are my main priorities and I got a "good" display, only 8 bit but at least it's srgb accurate and gets bright, and a mid battery that's getting to below average level. I had a day out with my cousin and he has an iPhone 12, both our phones died at similar times. Absolutely embarrassing I'd say. My phone used to last as much as an iPhone 13, if not more.
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- 06 Dec 2023
I've had my A54 for about 3 months now, before that I had the note 9 and thought it was time for something new as it wasn't getting updates anymore and had a couple of cracks because I refused to use a case with it. All I can say is that I definitely hasn't lagged nearly as much as this review suggests, yes apps take a little bit longer to load when compared to the S23 series (I used the base version of the S23 for around 2 weeks before buying the A54) but it hasn't been lagging and handled moderate gaming very well. The Google discover feed was laggy for the first few seconds when opened but that's about it.
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- 05 Dec 2023
I bought one last week. I might have a defective unit (as could the reviewer...) - but the scrolling is jittery and laggy everywhere in the UI and using any app. My A33 does not have this problem. I'm sending it back
Also the viewing angles aren't great - blue cast seen even slightly off-angle.
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- 05 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 05 Dec 2023i using 3 years old ryzen 5800x CPU and RTX 3080ti, no prob... moreDude I meant to say how many phones can play high end games at 120 fps? it's not that hard to get the point that I am trying to make.
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Marcos Goncalves, 05 Dec 2023I've had the A54 for a few months, I paid BRL1800/USD3... moreits selling well because there is not competitor, like you said there is no proper option to buy not because this is perfect
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Anonymous, 05 Dec 2023Do you use Samsung galaxy f 54 5g I am using, sadly no update and still stuck at august security patch
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Do you use Samsung galaxy f 54 5g
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Frame like in my house door 🤣
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chosenone, 05 Dec 2023Have you tried VIVO V29 ? I live in Indonesia, I see vivo i... moreActually no. Officially we have Samsung, Motorola, Apple, Asus,Xiaomi and Infinix. Realme came this year and now Honor are officially coming in the next months.
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- 05 Dec 2023
Ultima 9, 04 Dec 2023bruh... how many devices can play high end games at 120 fps... morei using 3 years old ryzen 5800x CPU and RTX 3080ti, no problem playing any modern games in 120 fps.
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Marcos Goncalves, 05 Dec 2023I've had the A54 for a few months, I paid BRL1800/USD3... moreHave you tried VIVO V29 ? I live in Indonesia, I see vivo is getting interisting every year, and during blind test, most my followers prefer VIVO shoots. Screen bezel VIVO is oustanding, more faster charging and better design imo. I believe Brazil and Indonesia have similar phone marketing, and VIVO have official store in Brazil right ?
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- 05 Dec 2023
Why does the green line problem come to the Samsung display?
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- 05 Dec 2023
I am honestly done with gsmarena. The users that frequent the site and now the articles themselves.
Isn't time we start to verify how much these performance issues are due to the praised updates?
Yes, I bought the A54 specifically because the on paper better S21 FE, had heating, micro stutters and not a 100% smooth feeling.
It can't be Exynos, for I have one announced in 2016 and it still runs flawless kept on the second update released for the device (a non flagship).
Only thing left are the updates.
I suspect the same will happen to the S23 FE after a few months.
I wonder if the device was even hard reset after the updates. Certainly we would have heard from now if something was wrong with the device from the start. The A14 wouldn't even have sold more than the s23 ultra.
The users are another gem. Go to one device page and the comments praise it and bash the competitors. Go to the competitor's page and the opposite happens! The praise the competitor and bash the other device.
I genuinely wonder how these tests are done, because I hear a lot of complains from flagships and as I've mentioned above, I have a non flagship still performing the same. Sooth without lag from mor than half a decade.
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jiyen235, 03 Dec 2023Hey GSMArena, would you guys try your hand at doing long te... moreGood point. Lot of people buy those companies. It will be useful for them.
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- 05 Dec 2023
I've had the A54 for a few months, I paid BRL1800/USD365 for the 8gb/256gb version. And for me, especially where I live (Brazil), there is no better option in this price range. Its competitor here is the POCO X5 Pro and recently the Realme 11 Pro +.
The cell phone has a good battery life, very competent cameras and contrary to what was said here, it is very fluid. There are several cases, including many Brazilian YouTubers who swapped the S21 FE for the A54 due to its fluidity. The A34 is not better than the A54, it heats up less, but is less strong, weaker cameras and inferior design and cameras.
Regarding heating, last month we had a huge heat wave of 37ºC and the smartphone lived at that temperature, however after the temperature in the country returned to normal (between 22º and 29ºC), the A54 rarely exceeded 34ºC, except in games, which really heats up.
The problem is that people are Exynos haters and as they are spoiled children, they don't accept changes and don't even want to spend money on a device with Snapdragon. In general, the device has pros and cons, and it is the 5th best-selling device (2nd among Android devices) of 2023. If it weren't a good device, it wouldn't have so many sales.