Samsung Galaxy A15 5G
- atichko
- mwg
- 28 Dec 2023
Although I do agree that it would be nice to have a more compact phone, a smaller size in the budget or lower midrange I fear that it's something that isn't economically feasible. I saw a YouTube film explaining why not and it made sense as I didn't understand either why it doesn't exist in these segments. The few compact phones are only available in the premium segment, even if sometimes they aren't equipped with premium hardware. Why? It costs too much to make a smal compact phone as everything has to be engineered and made especially for it. The few examples that exist or did exist all failed at delivering the expected sales for two reasons, too much compromises and too expensive while not delivering a convincing experience. Non of the remaining lineup of compact devices are selling well enough to justify the investment of making successors, except from some examples where the laker persists. The iPhone mini's failed (I have one), the vanilla S22/23 line (that isn't that compact) fails to gain the expected sales, the Asus Zenfone who are equally somewhat compact are a kind of niche with reasonable sales but nothing mind-blowing, the Edge 30 neo also failed to make an impact resulting in the successor to be a lot bigger. It'all comes down to the cost of engineering, designing and choice (more like compromises) that have to made to make and sell a truly compact phone while still delivering the same experience as a "normal" (enormous thus) phone. They all have either cheaper hardware or much smaller batteries or casings of a lesser quality. The laws of physics don't allow to make a compact phone with stellar chipsets and big batteries without making it very bulky and thus less attractive and less compact at the same time. That review made me understand why compact isn't something that will happen any time soon in the lower segments, especially when everyone is mainly consuming multimedia and social media instead of normal old school usage meaning that bigger is better and most of all cheaper to make with bigger margins on each sale. Too bad because I would love to have a sub 6 inch device with a decent but not over the top chipset, a 4500 to 5000 mAh battery (even if it would result in a thicker device) in the budget or lower midrange lineup. Maybe one day when the YouTube generation has moved on true compact phones will come again. Who knows, maybe the good old button phone will come again but smarter and faster than the Grandaddy's of cellular phones.
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- Anonymous
- na1
- 28 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 22 Dec 2023Same here. I would also buy a smaller budget phone.5.75x2.80x0.30 inch Galaxy A15e 5G (and lighter than 6 ounces) would be amazing!
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- Anonymous
- yJt
- 28 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 28 Dec 2023Only if you're rich will Samsung give you a compact option.Maybe if everyone who wants a compact budget phone calls greedy Samsung and tells them directly, they will decide it's worth it to start doing it once again, since they'll make money from it.
But it can only happen if they hear from enough customers directly.
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- Anonymous
- 64i
- 28 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 27 Dec 2023Ha! You think Samsung is going to make a compact budget pho... moreOnly if you're rich will Samsung give you a compact option.
- justasmile
- vjq
- 28 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 27 Dec 2023-2x 2.4ghz A78 cores to 2x 2.2ghz A76 cores -Mali G68 MP2 ... moreOops, my bad. But it's fine, they're almost the same anyway.
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- Anonymous
- JQ1
- 27 Dec 2023
justasmile, 27 Dec 2023E1330 to 6100+ isn't a downgrade, it's an upgrade.-2x 2.4ghz A78 cores to 2x 2.2ghz A76 cores
-Mali G68 MP2 to Mali G57 MC2
https://nanoreview.net/en/soc-compare/samsung-exynos-1330-vs-mediatek-dimensity-6100-plus
Isn´t it a downgrade?
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- Anonymous
- 64i
- 27 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 21 Dec 2023I would buy a smaller size budget phone too.
I wish they... moreHa! You think Samsung is going to make a compact budget phone for people who can't fork over a week's worth of salary for it?
Dream on!
- justasmile
- vjq
- 27 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 27 Dec 2023Probably he mean why did they downgrade from E1330 to D6100... moreE1330 to 6100+ isn't a downgrade, it's an upgrade.
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- Anonymous
- JQ1
- 27 Dec 2023
justasmile, 27 Dec 2023And why should they?Probably he mean why did they downgrade from E1330 to D6100+ or why isn't a E1430 available
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- Anonymous
- D02
- 27 Dec 2023
You must add smartphone version like v7a 32bit or v8a 64 bit
- justasmile
- vjq
- 27 Dec 2023
Senn Lens, 26 Dec 2023Why they didn't use Exynos instead for Galaxy A15 5G?And why should they?
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- Anonymous
- U3M
- 27 Dec 2023
reminds me of redmi 13c 5g
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- Anonymous
- pku
- 26 Dec 2023
Compact budget phone, 20 Dec 2023Can Samsung please make a budget phone that’s compact (arou... moreThey won't do it.
They only believe in giving rich customers choices in the device size (and how heavy).
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- jzz
- vxh
- 26 Dec 2023
nice phone, now is not one ui core!💖
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- Raj India
- 7tW
- 25 Dec 2023
shared sim slots are worst idea i always love dedicated sim slots as it was a great success in samsung a14 5g
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- Anonymous
- 8pJ
- 25 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 22 Dec 2023Same here. I would also buy a smaller budget phone.Same for me.
- LosEstupido
- 6sE
- 24 Dec 2023
OpposedScroll75, 15 Dec 2023As someone who's using a phone with a Virtual Proximit... moreAlmost every phone has that.
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- Anonymous
- AAs
- 24 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 22 Dec 2023Same here. I would also buy a smaller budget phone.Me too.
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- Anonymous
- ps8
- 22 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 21 Dec 2023I would buy a smaller size budget phone too. I wish they... moreSame here. I would also buy a smaller budget phone.