Samsung Galaxy A56 review

21 March 2025


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  • 24 Mar 2025

Anonymous, 23 Mar 2025From now on, you'll have to get used to buying the S24... moreIf what you say is true, noone would have objected.

But you are far away from proper math.
A series has always been released for 450-480, true, but shortly after it was going to 300-320 euro.
FE was released for how much?600+?
Now we're like 1 generation later, 24fe is outdated and costs almost 500€.. e.g. far above a55 , which was in same generation and available for 300.


So get your facts. FE is 50% overpriced A series.

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    • 24 Mar 2025

    Nik, 23 Mar 2025A55 and s24 fe have 25w charger but less charging time than... moreThe 45w on the A56 only works at early stage of charging and slows down significantly as it nears 100%. Not sure why Samsung feel the need to handicap the charging speed but I guess advertising the "45W charging over 25W on older models" is more important because the A56 really is just very small upgrade over the A55

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      • Anonymous
      • Tiu
      • 24 Mar 2025

      Real world performance and user experience matter more than benchmarks.

        It's high time Samsung brings back the telephoto on mid-rangers, after it disappeared together with the Galaxy A72.

          Luke, 21 Mar 2025What? 5+h game time?!? GSMArena, are you sure????? That... moreEverytime i read reviews, my first go to is the battery life, thermal throttling, then camera.
          Seeing the battery life on gaming is a no here, though the rest are geat i would say

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            • Anonymous
            • J}w
            • 23 Mar 2025

            the s24fe gets bypass charging, which is a very big deal for some users like me. e1480 -> e1580 is a very big step up in terms of gpu power however, pretty cool to see (even if it does pale in comparison to 7+g3, it does compete well with the 7g3)
            its honestly a shame reviewers dont mention bypass charging properly, and at most just write it off as "the same thing as setting a charge limit" when theres a massive chasm between the two things.

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              • 8pJ
              • 23 Mar 2025

              stalha97, 22 Mar 2025Hey guys, what do you recommend between A56 and Oppo Reno 1... moreI'm also wondering which is better between A56 and Reno 13. For me the Reno is about $70 more but I think it's lighter , slimmer and has better battery and charging speed and a better chipset so I am thinking I'll probably get that. Anyone else agree?

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                • Anonymous
                • XUC
                • 23 Mar 2025

                MidrangerPhones, 22 Mar 2025Consider the Xiaomi 14T It has: -Excelent display 144 Hz... moreMy biggest gripe with the Xiaomi 14T is that the main camera suffers from focus hunting while recording videos. Which is a deal breaker for a $370 camera focused phone.

                It's disappointing since the rest of the 14T is very solid and
                it still trumps the A56 by a good mile. Oh well, guess you can't expect perfection in anything.

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                  • A14 User
                  • 7X9
                  • 23 Mar 2025

                  "The virtual proximity sensor for turning off the screen during calls is not as good as a physical one."

                  This is exactly why I haven't upgraded from my A14. All the new mid rangers since A15, A16 until this A56 has THIS problem. Why can't Samsung just give us a proximity sensor?

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 23 Mar 2025

                    Luke, 22 Mar 2025Of course it does. If last year model is already produced a... moreFrom now on, you'll have to get used to buying the S24FE for ten euros more than the A56. The S25E for ten euros more than the A57, and so on. With your magnificent logic, they'll have tons of A56s on their hands in a year's time and will have to sell them for less than 300 euros, if not 250 (which will compete with the future A27s and A37s), that's a net loss of value.

                      zillion, 23 Mar 2025I think not only xiaomi but samsung and iphone either also ... moreSome of them only trolling and doing that for fun, better not take them seriously.

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 23 Mar 2025

                        eveeeve, 23 Mar 2025It can work, but the price will be increased by $100+ becau... moreBetter asking $100 for better phone than current ones

                          Anonymous, 23 Mar 2025How to fix A series 1) kill A0x and A1X 2) A27 with... moreLol and then you wake up in a sweat.. Samsung wont even put a decent sensor into their flagships let alone their mid range phones

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                            • 23 Mar 2025

                            reemaaxxll, 22 Mar 2025As expected, this phone is destroyed by its CPU Exynos 1580... moreThe CPU is quite good, actually, for a midranger. The downfall is in the poor camera.

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                              • 23 Mar 2025

                              Barry Egan, 23 Mar 20254 stars for this pathetic device????? seriously?¿-4 is what actually i see.

                                And so much for its 4.0 rating. At the moment, Realme GT 6T costs 599 SGD compared to 658, both of which are 12+256. It has LTPO, much better performance, UFS 4. Camera doesn't seem to be the winning factor of A56 anymore either - the only reason I wouldn't pick GT 6T is because of the 3d curved screen, and that it has only 2 more OS updates and 3 year security updates left.

                                Which moves on to another superior alternative: OnePlus Nord 4. Also 539 SGD for 12+256. You also get a lot of AI features, and even a metal back. It also has 3 more OS updates and 5 more years of security updates left. It has all, but Circle To Search because of stingy Oneplus limiting it to the 12R.

                                There's also Reno13, if you do care about Circle To Search for 699 SGD, with better selfie camera of 50MP, at the cost of only 3 OS updates and 4 year security updates from Android 15.

                                The OnePlus Nord 4 seems to be the best one of all.

                                  4 stars for this pathetic device????? seriously?¿

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                                    • Nik
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                                    • 23 Mar 2025

                                    A55 and s24 fe have 25w charger but less charging time than this one with 45w???
                                    How's that even possible?

                                      this is pretty surprising to see.

                                      I was kind of expecting a CPU that really chumps battery life (because that's basically what Exynos is), but all I got was a decent CPU, with a GPU Equivalent to the Radeon 740M spec-wise but with half the performance of it.

                                      Exynos finally no longer sucks.

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                                        • Abhishek
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                                        • 23 Mar 2025

                                        The A series has been losing its relevance from the A53. For a comparably weaker processor from the 778G the price kept on creeping up and the new A56 is quite expensive for what it offers. Benchmarks are good though but for a few bucks more you get the S24FE so there is overlap.
                                        I would still be skeptical of the Exynos's ability to last a good 3 years and more. The competition in India is amazing with the Iqoo Neo 10R and Poco X7 Pro at a much lower price with better performance.
                                        Only reason to stick to Samsung would be the brand value and support which is evident from the comments count in comparison to the other equivalent phones.

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