Samsung Galaxy A55
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- 14 Aug 2024
JN, 14 Aug 2024You've used a Note 4 for 10 years? Wow. You must ow... moreaddition, giving excellent comments for Samsung phones from the past is only possible from people who are as if under oath until the end of their lives faithful to this brand, which is no better than the others, even worse, and those stories that indicate that with every update they solve software problems, that is a clear indication that they are swimming in problems, it's a shame that the update can't fix the buttons that fall out, replace the plastic frame that peels and falls apart, and that the batteries don't fail every year or two, I can only complain about my previous Samsung phones, they all look like they are survived the war and work as a 3 cylinder engine last chance with the A55
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Kurrt, 14 Aug 2024Shopping for a new phone, its gotten so confusing. I was lo... moreDo not buy the A55, instead buy the S24 Ultra or wait for the S25 Ultra. If you are dead set on gaming then you can pull the trigger on a gaming centric phone such as the Asus Rog phone.
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- 14 Aug 2024
Kurrt, 14 Aug 2024Shopping for a new phone, its gotten so confusing. I was lo... moreWhen it comes to COD a pocket calculator can run this game so don't worry, even phones marketed as entry-level phones can run this game well, let alone true mid-range phones.
If you want a phone that'll serve you ten more years, this phone and Samsung phones in general aren't recommended. Exynos chips in particular and chips manufactured by Samsung in general get very hot, especially in the summer while using heavy tasks such as gaming. The hotter a phone gets, the shorter its lifespan. Apart from that, today Samsung is a company that chases every jeon and such a company is looking to save on the expense of its customers, therefore the Galaxy phones are produced cheaply which further shortens their lifespan.
Want to simplify your search for a new phone? This is what you need to do - Watch this video and follow the relevant instructions in it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JutLITgxGj4&pp=ygUZSG93IHRvIGNob29zZSBzbWFydHBob25lcw%3D%3D
Once you have selected a phone from the list, type in Google nanoreview+*the name of the phone you selected*. The link will take you the phone's page on nanoreview.net website. Go down the page until you reach SoC, where it'll be written what type of chip is in the phone and who's the manufacturer of that chip. If the chip is called Snapdragon and the manufacturer is TSMC then the it's a good chip.
In order to make sure that the phone you have chosen in general is a good phone, search this site for the name of the phone, go to the phone's page and read the users' opinions about it(read a lot of opinions). People won't complain much about a good phone. Good luck.
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Kurrt, 14 Aug 2024Shopping for a new phone, its gotten so confusing. I was lo... moreYou've used a Note 4 for 10 years? Wow.
You must own several spare batteries and treated your phone incredibly well to achieve such feat, considering most apps no longer work with Android 7 and below, and it only has 32GB of storage.
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- 14 Aug 2024
Shopping for a new phone, its gotten so confusing. I was looking for one that lets me play COD and similar at high fps, has esim capability, preferably with fm and offers os upgrades. I see most brands now stopped including earphones in the box, so thats something to look out for. This seems to get the closest. Its finally time to lay my Samsung Note 4 to rest after 10 years of faithful service. Sadly, its no longer exchangeable as no seller is willing to accept it on exchange. Will look a bit further before I decide to settle for this.
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- 13 Aug 2024
I wouldn't mind the bezels if they were the same size and symmetry as the iPhone 15 Plus.
At least the bottom chin is a lot thinner than the A25, that thing is just horrific to look at.
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- 12 Aug 2024
Anonymous, 12 Aug 2024Yes, return it, buy a non-Samsung phone.The same person, the same provoke and bull5hit
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- 12 Aug 2024
BlahBlah, 12 Aug 2024Yeah, but there is a difference in "designed in...&quo... moreIt's easy to get swayed by other brands like Xiaomi and Nothing when they can offer better hardware for bargain prices, but there's always the classic saying that you can't simply judge anything based on whatever's written on paper. In other words, better hardware does not always equal a better phone.
There's other things you should consider when you buy a phone, like user experience, software stability, update span, reliability, customer service, etc.
I've been a Samsung user for 12 years. Couple of weeks ago, my A7 2018 broke, so I bought the A55 and I'm really loving it, despite its average hardware compared to the likes of the competition. It's a great phone with no pointless gimmicks, excellent build quality, stable software with no intrusive ads, long update span, decent cameras, and decent battery life. The micro SD slot is also a nice bonus that's sadly missing on more expensive Samsungs.
People can make fun of the thick bezels, 25W charging, Exynos processor, and lack of headphone jack all they want. Let's just all get along and respect each other's preferences, shall we? There's no need to show off how much better your phone's specs are, just like people who like showing off their iPhones simply for the sake of them owning an iPhone.
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Ramzy, 11 Aug 2024I've just bought new A55 for my wife, before she was u... moreYou can use Samsung's built-in photo editor in the Gallery app and tweak properties like Contrast, Light balance, Exposure, Brightness, etc. for each individual photo until you get your desired results.
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BlahBlah, 12 Aug 2024Yeah, but there is a difference in "designed in...&quo... moreI accept your story because somehow I find myself with similar experiences and where you found quality in One Plus phones, I found in Honor phones, I have not even looked at this brand One Plus until now and it looks very interesting and the prices are incredible,I'm from the Balkan 2 , if it's ok 4 you will ask for more info for One Plus, cheers
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Ramzy, 11 Aug 2024I've just bought new A55 for my wife, before she was u... moreYes, return it, buy a non-Samsung phone.
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BlahBlah, 12 Aug 2024Yeah, but there is a difference in "designed in...&quo... moreHey Samsung Watch6 Owner! What's up buddy? New profile eh?
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Ramzy, 11 Aug 2024I've just bought new A55 for my wife, before she was u... moreReturn it and get something else :(
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pane, 04 Aug 2024that's right, everyone has their own opinion and it�... moreYeah, but there is a difference in "designed in..." and "made in..."
I live on Balkans in Europe and i was amazed how affordable phones from China are. We start buying first Xiaomi's then some other brands and they all got one thing im common. They were super cheap with their offerings in contrast to Samsung, Motorola, Nokia, Sony or any other non-Chinese brands, but we made it even cheaper because there was no official Xiaomi shop in here or in Europe, so we had to order it from a specialized site which oppened every new phone to iplement a Global ROM so it can use GOOGLE PLAY STORE, because we basicly ordered a phone which was not meant for sale globaly the price was even more affordable.
I remember Samsung Galaxy S7 and its price of a 650€ when it was brand new and Xiaomi had their Mi 5 with almost the same spacifications but selling for 200€ price. That's how they get the traction in the first place and people loved it!
I personally had a few Chinese brand phones so far and my experience with them is a mixed bag. More often then not i would be happier with some non-Chinese brand if i was looking for a longer term use.
The only Chinese phone that is still working as ittended and almost as it was like new ... except the battery life of course is OnePlus 7 Pro. All other phones i had like Xiaomi Mi 8, Redmi Note 8 Pro, Xiaomi Mi 9T and OnePlus 5 all let me down with something more often then not was a software issue but i don't know im not a super techy guy. But i must say, OnePlus 7 is still my favorite touch screen smartphone I have ever use. Almost perfect in every way except camera results which were lagging but if you wanted a reliable, powerfull phone without too many compromises for the price it was hard to overlook the OnePlus 7 Pro. With 8 Pro they changed the philosophy of "flagship killer" and with that move i was never seriously looking at OnePlus again. Now, Nothing is what interest me the most from all Chinese brands. My wife has Nothing Phone 2 and it's a very solid phone for the price if you ask me.
In short, i only have a trust in higher tier OnePlus and maybe Nothing from Chinese brands as some of them like Redmi, Poco, Xiaomi lost my trust a long time ago, but i still reccomend it for a budget consious buyers who for example wants to extract as many preformance per buck from a phone without braking the bank account and and in that field all Chinese brands are hard to beat especially Poco. But for me nah. I gave up on them a couple of years ago. For example, i don't play games on a phone, i just need it to be reliable in a longer use like 3-4 years at minimum. Performance per buck On Chinese brands is very tempting and can't be easily ignored.
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- 11 Aug 2024
I've just bought new A55 for my wife, before she was using A71 for many years. It was lovely phone, slim, great camera, lots of gadgets. But it got old. So I've taken the best A series on the market. And I received a big brick taking sad photos. Both - front and back camera take washed out, colour less photos. They look like from album from 80'. No life, not vibrant colours. And I can't change that with any filter or pro settings. It kind of looks like the white balance is off but manual setting help only a little. The warm filter helps more, but colours are still not right. Does anyone has this kind of issue and if there's any solution for it ?
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- 11 Aug 2024
pane, 11 Aug 2024Good thinking, because the goal of all smartphone manufactu... moreI don't agree with that. Chinese manufacturers gave Samsung and Apple a big competitive boost, but even without that Samsung's and Apple's high-end phone prices were what they are now - big, if did not became actualy more bigger. I only agree with the fact that the Chinese manufacturers just forced to made middle class which is now in Apple's and Samsung's segment. In other words, if it weren't for Chinese manufacturers, Samsung and Apple might not have continued to create such a mid-range products which is now. A class some models is comparing with some high end models by some experts. I think the Chinese manufacturers have not lowered the price, they are already raising it themselves. For price, i think, Chinese manufacturers did not did any bigger effect.
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Anonymous, 11 Aug 2024The prices of the materials that smartphones are made of ar... moreGood thinking, because the goal of all smartphone manufacturers, especially for the middle class is how to be more attractive than other offers with a small investment and it's good that Chinese manufacturers are pushing Samsung and IPhone in that direction, because today they would charge double the price for the same product if it has no competition. And it certainly hurts when I suffered for this A55 at the very beginning for 128/8 Gb, 400 euros for which after only 3~4 months it drop to 300 euros, I'm not even a fan of Samsung, but I had to buy it for my child, who did not accept the other brands, I personally have been using Honor for 5.5 years, it is a battle tank that is much better than the other 3 Samsung phones I bought for my child, and their power buttons fall off, the battery life is short,etc, I hope this A55 will lasts longer , cheers.
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- 11 Aug 2024
JN, 10 Aug 2024Not everyone is comfortable with buying used phones because... moreThe phones sold there are also sold in the rest of the world.
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- 11 Aug 2024
pane, 10 Aug 2024Samsung A55. PWM 120Hz Samsung S 24 Ultra ... moreThe prices of the materials that smartphones are made of are going up and up, and a company like Samsung that chases every jeon, maintains its profit margin by among other things, reducing the quality of their products. That's why the screen of the A55 is worse than the screen of the A54.
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Sd971, 10 Aug 2024Why should I waste that much money buying a boxed midrange ... moreNot everyone is comfortable with buying used phones because their conditions can be uncertain depending on how the previous owners treated them.
Besides, the S20 and Note 20U are infamous for the bright green/pink/white lines issue that has affected an uncountable number of units:
https://r2.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-S/Resolved-green-line-on-S20/td-p/11855526
https://r1.community.samsung.com/t5/galaxy-note/note-20-ultra-vertical-green-line/td-p/17990896
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRVwNm3CCrGmIusCxt52F8U90zGPFgBR4HgqSm_nRYx1R4I29WNhVOXd5Q&s=10
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTDBGl_33z8o5GSap_O2SzdOZiNLAiiqYaefpVWSTnpe9blH4JU0Ye4Aism&s=10
I'm well aware that this issue can occur on other models too, like the S21 and S22 lineups. In fact, all phones with AMOLED displays in general can suffer from this issue, regardless of brand.
But I'm not sure how common this 'green line' issue is actually. Most of the users complaining about it I've seen are from India and Indonesia. Do they have terrible QC there compared to countries like the US and South Korea, which results in more faulty phones compared to other parts of the world? Or are these people just more vocal than everyone else?