Samsung Galaxy A35 review

21 March 2024


Sort by:

  • W
  • WiM
  • fjU
  • 23 Mar 2024

Bezels are too big

    • H
    • Huck
    • v3F
    • 23 Mar 2024

    8 years ago, 400 USD could have gotten you a Nexus 5X.

      I’m actually shocked to see this score just 0.1 point lower than the superior Nothing Phone 2a. There’s surely something up there.

        Invetor, 21 Mar 2024redmi note 13 pro 5G is much better than this (galaxy A35) ... moreOh yeah, Redmi note 13 pro can flip too.

          Firefox, 22 Mar 2024Internal storages are not 100% safe either. Due to software... moreWell much safer than MicroSD cards. Plus, microSD slows down the phone.

            Anonymous, 22 Mar 2024After having all my photos corrupted on the SD card on my o... moreYou realise data can corrupt by it just exsisting right? Ive also had data on an sd card be corrupted so became completely unuseable (just by sitting in a phone years ago). Things do happen unfortunately.

            Also i dont/didnt disagree with the more storage options, its why i generally go for chinese brand phones that generally give you 8gb/256gb as standard, just personally for me (not saying its right or wrong, just my experience) ive not needed a card for about 8 years now, in the UK speeds arent great (i dont think we even make it in the top 10 for consistency/top speeds).

            I live in areas (still a main city basically in the centre of it too) where walking down a road can go from 5g to no signal at all or walking upstairs in a house does the same thing, 30 mins of a 40 min train journey i have to di to manchester basically has no connection, still watch youtube fine and instantly uploads pics i take to cloud, for me cloud is just superior at this point or I'd go portable SSD which can be hooked up to a pc, laptop, tablet, TV etc (for me personally, i want easiness now, why i prefer BT headphones).

            It would be nice IF all phones gave the option but at this point it honestly isnt much of an issue anymore (unless your country/area is that bad for cloud/data connection). It is good samsung offers the option wuth this and some of its devices still 😊

              • R
              • Reality...
              • IWT
              • 23 Mar 2024

              Bodygard, 23 Mar 2024What good is a lot of OS updates if after the 2nd year the ... moreI think it's the security updates that matter more than the software (android version) updates.

              I'd rather have a slow but secure phone with many years of updates than a fast but compromised phone in which case I'd be forced to upgrade anyway if I wish to use any banking apps.

              This is based on my use case though, which is where I use a device for a good 4 to 5 years at least before even I think of upgrading.

              As for the lagging after a major OS version update, backup all data beforehand and do a factory reset after upgrading to the new OS version. Then once reset, restore the old data and redownload the apps.

              Now I know it's easier said than done and that it's quite a loathsome process but in my case I've noticed a night and day difference after i started doing that post major updates :)

                • R
                • Reality...
                • IWT
                • 23 Mar 2024

                Anonymous, 23 Mar 2024Oh and flagships should start at 512GB or actually 1TB. At ... moreAgreed on 512gb starting point for internal memory 🙌🏻.
                It doesn't have to be the latest UFS 4.x kind, even 3.x is good enough for me.

                  • R
                  • Reality....
                  • IWT
                  • 23 Mar 2024

                  Anonymous, 23 Mar 20241) The one I bought was from the biggest electronics retail... moreThat's most unfortunate.

                  Regarding the speed though, what was the speed class and video class of the card you had?

                  A UHS-1 + V30 standard SD card should have sufficient sustained write speeds for 4k recording in a mobile phone these days and have more than decent read speeds too ( for smooth scrolling etc).

                  I personally use an A54 with a 256gb SD card of the above speed class and so far so good, no laggy scrolling etc in my case ( also while the card is 50% filled).

                  Anyways yeah, SD card slot is no excuse to skimp on the internal memory capacity in this day and age 👍🏻.

                    • R
                    • Reality...
                    • IWT
                    • 23 Mar 2024

                    Anonymous, 23 Mar 2024I shared many thoughts in two other comments. For your case... moreHi there, thank you for that well thought out reply and I agree with you on all accounts, that the manufacturers have no excuse to skimp on the internal memory these days given how low decently fast flash storage prices have fallen.

                    I do backup both my internal and SD memory to my HD periodically. This data loss happened during an in-between period, within 24 hours under the most unfortunate circumstances (not even having a data cable or a laptop/ any external storage at hand).

                    In my haste I misunderstood you to be one of the "SD cards are dead, cloud is the future" zealots, my sincere apologies for that✌🏻.

                    More internal storage + SD card slot ftw! 🙌🏻

                      • ?
                      • Anonymous
                      • 3SI
                      • 23 Mar 2024

                      Anonymous, 23 Mar 2024Oh and flagships should start at 512GB or actually 1TB. At ... moreIf that was true, it would actually make sense to use the 4k60 video recording capability, out of the box. But even at 256GB, 4k60 is just a gimmick if it fills up the storage in no time. Same argument could even be said about 4k30. Just using 1080p30 or 1080p60, depending on the preference, seems like a good middle ground as long as manufacturers are scalping storage instead of giving the amount of storage that fits the money spent.

                        • ?
                        • Anonymous
                        • 3SI
                        • 23 Mar 2024

                        Anonymous, 23 Mar 2024I shared many thoughts in two other comments. For your case... moreOh and flagships should start at 512GB or actually 1TB. At $1000, it should not be a problem to fit $40 worth of storage into it.

                          • ?
                          • Anonymous
                          • 3SI
                          • 23 Mar 2024

                          Reality..., 22 Mar 2024Well, the reverse of your experience happened to me. My old... moreI shared many thoughts in two other comments. For your case, you would have been able to keep all your data and didn’t need cloud storage (I don’t use it either other than the free tier because I don’t like monthly subscriptions) if you backed up your entire phone to external storage. I‘ll say for backup purposes an HDD is okay but SSDs are so cheap now that it should not be a major investment to get like a half terabyte external SSD (at least not in first world countries).

                          Using a microSD as a help for too small internal storage (Btw I personally do this on my laptop but I hate it and would rather have bigger internal storage. As said previously, it‘s a bandaid solution) is not a good solution in any way except cost. It for sure is the cheapest way to get big storage. But as I said in my initial comment, flash is so cheap now that manufacturers should just put enough of it into the phone in the first place. If I can get a 1TB SSD for $40, why do some $500 phones still ship with 128GB? Why are storage upgrade prices like $100 in the case of high end phones? It’s the phone industry (and many others like laptops as well) ripping off people and then for the lower end (those who can’t afford overpriced storage upgrades) they proclaim slow, unreliable microSD as the solution even though they could just put more storage in the first place.

                          What I‘m trying to say is that when people say stuff like „I don’t care if it only has 64/128GB as it has microSD support“ on phones of the price class of A35, that’s actively helping the companies scalping the storage prices. On super low end sub $100 phones, sure, more 128 GB might not realistically fit into the budget (yet) and microSD can be used (for the time being). But anything higher and 256GB and more should be standard or at least an option at not much more cost. And especially at this $400-500 mark, 128GB should straight up not exist in 2024 and the 256GB should be sold at the price the 128GB is sold now.

                            • ?
                            • Anonymous
                            • 3SI
                            • 23 Mar 2024

                            Firefox, 22 Mar 2024Internal storages are not 100% safe either. Due to software... moreBest on-device offline solution would be (big enough) internal storage for all files and SD for backup. But also the SD would have to be encrypted well enough that it’s not possible for someone to take it out and steal all data. The backup part is nowadays often handled by cloud. And the advantage of cloud is that the data is still there even after the phone is lost or stolen. Disadvantage is the cost of a cloud service. That can be circumvented by manual backups, but they are not as reliable or convenient as cloud, and you have to buy and manage your own hardware. I personally store everything on internal and backup on a external drive (which is SSD, so the backups don’t take ages even though they are incremental).

                              • ?
                              • Anonymous
                              • 3SI
                              • 23 Mar 2024

                              AnonF-1006353, 23 Mar 20242 things: 1) only buy reliable and genuine microSD cards... more1) The one I bought was from the biggest electronics retailer in Europe so I think it should be genuine and reliable enough
                              2) I have backups. Still an unnecessary hassle and I bet you the average non-techie does not create backups of everything. And I did not mention the horrible performance when scrolling through images and videos. Video playback didn’t even work smoothly sometimes, because again the SD card or the phone decided they didn’t want to access the files as fast as they could at this moment, because an update broke something or some other weird reason I just don’t want to deal with. And even when an SD card works at the specified speed, it‘s way slower than internal storage, which again means scrolling is slow, like a HDD. I don’t want to deal with HDD-quality storage (speed and reliability wise) in 2024 anymore.

                                What good is a lot of OS updates if after the 2nd year the phone is slow and laggy? Because if the Soc isn't powerful enough, granted it will be slow opening apps, transitions etc

                                  This is a great all round device and a real winner. I'd be happy to replace my device with this.

                                  Remember that this phone will get 4 OS updates and has the excellent One ui. Plus you'll easily get official repairs and there will be no shortage of accessories like cases.

                                    • F
                                    • AnonF-1006353
                                    • JBi
                                    • 23 Mar 2024

                                    Anonymous, 22 Mar 2024After having all my photos corrupted on the SD card on my o... more2 things:

                                    1) only buy reliable and genuine microSD cards
                                    2) always create backups, no matter what storage the "productive" system is running.

                                    Works like a charm using syncthing in a local network.

                                      I read gsmarena's long term review of the galaxy A54 in which they said the A54 was the choppiest phone they've ever tested long term, i wonder what will happen to this phone since it uses the same chipset. Also, this is in the same price bracket as the redmi note 13 pro +? Price is too high

                                        • F
                                        • AnonF-1006353
                                        • JBi
                                        • 23 Mar 2024

                                        Super Android 22, 22 Mar 2024Well this phone can't record 8k video (which is pointl... moreI don't want to walk around with a portable ssd just to be able to access media files I made 15 years ago locally. I don't want to use NAS or cloud. Keep it simple, man. Switching to new phone? Just put the microSD with your media archive in new phone, that's it. No syncing, no network lag, just have it available instantly. This is even more convenient if your old phone is broken but not worth a repair anymore, so you won't have to go lengths to get your files off of it. Some people really like to overcomplicate.

                                          3 of 6