Samsung Galaxy A55
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- 12 Jul 2024
Anonymous, 12 Jul 2024You’re very confused on what we’re talking about. Let me tr... moreFor those who can't read this fellow’s brilliantly written piece because it’s too long, here’s the short version:
Obviously many consumers want a compact/lighter pocket-fitting phone that doesn’t fatigue their hands. Many of them buy the base S phone, while many others can’t afford its astronomical price, but would buy a similarly sized phone for less with a mid-range chip in it.
Instead of Samsung creating ten spin-off versions of the A55 (each with one small difference in the specs) for just three and a half people, they would be smart to create one additonal version of a mid-range phone that’s the same size as the S24 and make it available universally. It would sell millions of more units than these identical M/F/C/XYZ stuff.
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- 12 Jul 2024
Spaceship, 08 Jul 2024Its like every time i make my decision to buy this phone, I... moreJust get it. it's a good phone you won't regret buying. If you think it's too expensive. There's the A35 which is almost the same as A55 but with worse GPU, low-light photo, a plastic frame, and no e-sim for some region.
If you care about gaming, camera, and e-sim. Get the the A55.
If you don't care about those. Get the A35.
My only regret is that there's no headphone jack. But what can I do. Other similarly priced phone with headphone jack is probably worse in some area compared to A55/A35.
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- 12 Jul 2024
Samsung Watch6 Owner, 12 Jul 2024I buy mid-range phones like the A70 from Samsung and the cu... moreYou’re very confused on what we’re talking about. Let me try to simplify it.
The OP requested a phone the same SIZE as the S24 but with a mid-range chip because he can’t afford to pay $800 but still wants that SIZE. You responded that this SIZE is “niche” which is ludicrous because the small S24 sells really well, which means a significant percentage of consumers want it. The problem is it’s very expensive and many more people who want a smaller phone can’t afford the S24’s price, but they would buy an identically SIZED phone if it had a mid-range chip which would bring the price down to $400-$500. Nothing “niche” here.
On the other hand, when Samsung takes the A55 (among many others) and creates an almost identically spec’ed spin-off and calls it the “M55”, and then creates another almost identical spin-off and calls it the “F55”, and then creates another almost identical spin-off and calls it the “C55”, and now rumor has it that they’re about to create another almost identical spin-off and call it the “M55s”, and all these silly almost-duplicates are intentionally only made available to a small segment of this planet’s consumers ("specific markets" as you call it), that is the DEFINITION of “niche”, and Samsung does this every year with multiple models. So if they can create multiple almost-clones of a budget phone for just one or two countries, they can certainly (if they wanted to) create at least one version of a budget phone that is the same SIZE as the S24 and make it available for everyone. Let’s say in 2024 that would be the “A55e” with an Exynos 1480 but the same size and battery as the S24. Or a compact "A35e" with an Exynos 1380, etc. If such a phone were produced, it would be purchased by many more people than the silly “F55”, “C55”, “M55s”, and (possibly coming soon, who knows) “C55s” or “MFCXYZ55”.
If you don’t understand the above then I really can’t help you any further.
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- 12 Jul 2024
Anonymous, 11 Jul 2024I had same problem had to return it although i was liking i... moreThe size of A55 isn't noticeably bigger than A52. But it's noticeably heavier.
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- 12 Jul 2024
Let's be honest there is no such thing as the perfect phone cause everyone will have their own opinions on every phone which is fine cause everyone has their own opinions.
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- 12 Jul 2024
ugly looking phone! if samsung wants to stay in business they need to let go of their garbage exynos chip and pay their employees right!
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- 12 Jul 2024
Anonymous, 12 Jul 2024Maybe because he isn't as rich as you and can't s... moreI buy mid-range phones like the A70 from Samsung and the current A55. These are not expensive phones. It's not about money at all. There is simply a group of people who are more interested in compact and small phones. They fit in your pocket, easily fit in your hand, etc. This is the point, not the price and who has how much money. Sony 1 VI, if i remember right, is a small screen phone and costs over 1000 euros. I'd call it niche because it's like dedicated for video and audio people, but fundamentally it's not that different from the mid-range 10 VI in my eyes. It's what Sony fans call niche. It's hard to disagree with them. This is not a price conversation. You are wrong just based on sales there are probably more phones sold with larger screens than small ones. It's kind of hard to discuss with you, because you have misrepresented the information and I don't even know what to write back to you next time, because everything is the opposite or at least interpreted differently than what you say. Your last sentences are almost out of some kind of nonsense, I don't know what to answer to a person who probably lives in a parallel world and understands everything differently than everyone else. Check stat, then write something. Small screen phones these days is not most selling phones. Most people want big screen. https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2023/08/29/top-10-selling-smartphones-all-from-2-companies-apple-and-samsung/ from 10 phones more as a half is big screen model. Do you disagree with statistic? Then i don't know what to say you further. And even in this stat is just Apple phones, which like Samsung S class is specific class and is not niche models. Just some variant like Samsung doing with S class.
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- 12 Jul 2024
Anonymous, 12 Jul 2024The small S24 customer base isn't "niche" by... moreThe S class is unique because it is Samsung's top class phones that comes in several options including screen size. I didn't quite understand why you thought I classified it as a niche phone? Niche phones, in my understanding, are those that are made for a certain group, not for the general public, or at least that's what the device itself becomes. And this is perfectly reflected by the small screen models today. There are not many of them across all manufacturers, compared to how many devices with larger screens are made. The models you mention are for specific markets, so I don't think they become niche. Like the M model you mentioned, this year's M35 has a 6.6-inch screen and very similar specifications to the A35. And the A35 is not a niche model. M35, if we talking baout it, is a model made for specific markets. It is exactly the same with the F model, which you classify as niche. The F15 also has a 6.6-inch display, with similar specifications to the M15. These are not niche phones. For example: I would probably call the Sony 10 VI as a niche phone, because it has a small screen, has a specific buyer and is certainly not interesting to most. Sony even sells it more not as a phone for everyone, but more for video and audio users. Here I think there is a niche device. Samsung has created several specifically phones for certain markets, which are really little different from the global models, albeit with different letters. But they for this reason, i think, do not becoming niche phones.
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- 12 Jul 2024
Samsung Watch6 Owner, 11 Jul 2024So why you are so upset? Here yours small screen phones, le... moreMaybe because he isn't as rich as you and can't shell out $800 for a phone. Ever thought of that? Or maybe you never met anyone who's not in your wealth bracket.
The base/small S phones are very successful. This means its size isn't niche at all. A massive portion of phone consumers like smaller and lighter phones for their hands and pockets. Those who can pay $800 get the S24/S23/etc. And those who can't afford that much would certainly buy a phone that size if there was a more affordable option with a mid-range chip. You think for rich S24 customers it’s not niche, but for those who can only afford $400-$500 it is niche all of a sudden? That’s the dumbest idea of the year!
And your idea that a "country has a need for a phone" doesn't even make sense. The M/F/C phones are the very definition of niche. And Samsung just spits tons of those out each year. In fact, Samsung is the king of niche phones!
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- 12 Jul 2024
Samsung Watch6 Owner, 11 Jul 2024I think people love big screens. Now imagine you are a grou... moreThe small S24 customer base isn't "niche" by any stretch of the imagination. Conversely, these spin-off M and F phones are by definition niche since they're not available in most markets. Purposely so.
Samsung constantly produces niche phones. But a mid-ranger with the size of the wildly successful S24 which many mid-range consumers would buy... THAT they won't make!
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- 11 Jul 2024
Anonymous, 11 Jul 2024Buddy, you didn't read the full message you're re... moreSo why you are so upset? Here yours small screen phones, let's buy it, where is problem :)? I'm talking about world wide niche circle, not specific countries, where probably is the need for these kind of phones. For world wide loves BIG SCREEN, S-class exclusivity, because anyway they can't buy every user for big price. Samsung haven't not small screen for low price probably because in all world people love BIG SCREENS.
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- 11 Jul 2024
Samsung Watch6 Owner, 11 Jul 2024I think people love big screens. Now imagine you are a grou... moreBuddy, you didn't read the full message you're resonding to, "niche circle"? Are you kidding? Who are the duplicate M55/M55s/F55/C55 being produced for if not a "niche circle"? Most countries don't get them.
The "niche" group that wants phones that don't tire their hands and fit into their pockets is bigger than the two countries that get the M55/F55/C55. That is why the small S24/S23 sold in amazing numbers.
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- 11 Jul 2024
ONE compact phone, 11 Jul 2024Why in the name of Sam Hill can’t Samsung make at least ONE... moreI think people love big screens. Now imagine you are a group of people, a niche circle, who like small screens, how do you think it is worth the company spending its money on a production that will probably be unprofitable for the sake of a few people? Would you make a product yourself that maybe only a few people would buy?
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- 11 Jul 2024
ONE compact phone, 11 Jul 2024Why in the name of Sam Hill can’t Samsung make at least ONE... moreI had same problem had to return it although i was liking it cause phone was very big for me compared to a52 😑
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- 11 Jul 2024
Why in the name of Sam Hill can’t Samsung make at least ONE mid-range phone that's the same SIZE and WEIGHT as the base S24/S23/S22 for customers who don’t have big hands and pockets? Just ONE!?
Instead, they waste their time making these stupid redundant and almost-identical A55/M55/M55s/F55/C55, A54/M54/F54...
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- 10 Jul 2024
Got myself this phone awhile ago and so far it's been great. I upgraded from the galaxy a04.
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- Samsung Watch6 Owner
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- 10 Jul 2024
Hello Moto, 09 Jul 2024ok:)
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- 09 Jul 2024
Samsung Watch6 Owner, 09 Jul 2024Do you working for dollhouse companies? You act like never ... moreok
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- 09 Jul 2024
Dave Granger, 09 Jul 2024Apparently the UK verision will be called the AR5EIn UK this version have the same name like in others world's places https://www.samsung.com/uk/smartphones/galaxy-a/galaxy-a55-5g-awesome-iceblue-128gb-sm-a556blbaeub/
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- 09 Jul 2024
Hello Moto, 09 Jul 2024Do you work for Samsung? You act like I've personally ... moreDo you working for dollhouse companies? You act like never been grown up yet, dollhouse looks like your life's sense.