Samsung Galaxy A55
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- 23 Jan 2025
Anonymous, 23 Jan 2025Disagree, Samsung with most models these days can be compet... moreThose have carl zeiss lens and can take clear photos than smartphones.
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- AssailantLF
- 7yh
- 23 Jan 2025
I've had this phone for about a month now and am loving it. Given the price, it has very smooth performance (for now), shockingly good battery life, and a nice feeling high quality build with aluminum+glass. I've always had relatively cheap/mid-range phones (Motorola Defy 2010, Galaxy J7, & LG Velvet), so this is the nicest/fastest one by far. Also Samsung's OneUI is pretty great compared to how bad TouchWiz was back in the day, so that was also a pleasant surprise.
My usage is almost entirely YouTube played usually while the screen is off, almost always with bluetooth earbuds connected, and when it's not YouTube, it's audiobooks or podcasts. My daily screen-on time is anywhere from 1 hour to 5 hours, and I occasionally play very light games (like NYT games, Bejeweled, Suika game) but not for longer than like 10 minutes at a time usually.
Given my usage, the battery life is pretty awesome. Because I have "Battery Protection" at Max, the battery only charges to 80% to prolong battery health over time. Despite this, I always end a day (24 hrs since last charge) with 20%-40% remaining! If I ever need it to last EVEN LONGER, I can always re-enable that last 20%.
The biggest downsides for me so far are:
- It's pretty dang big+heavy (at least for my smallish hands)
- No proximity sensor, so if you have no screenlock, your leg will turn the screen on and tap it while in your pocket. However, with a screenlock, this isn't much of a problem
- The finger print reader is fast, but not one-tap instant fast. You need to keep your finger in place for a fraction of a second, which is still perfectly fine, just slower than a lot of other devices even in this price range.
- Comes with the classic Samsung pre-installed software and ad/bloatware, but it can easily be disabled, uninstalled, hidden, and/or ignored with a little doing.
So for me, pretty minor downsides and a lot of positives. I'm hoping it keeps running this smoothly until March 2029 when it gets its last security update, and I can move on to my next phone. If $300 phones are this good in 2024, how good will they be in 2029?
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- Anonymous
- 0xN
- 23 Jan 2025
s35ym., 22 Jan 2025The photo monsters Nokia N8 and 808 pureview are still ahea... moreDisagree, Samsung with most models these days can be competitor for some compact photo cameras. I don't talk about PRO devices, but for some high end compact photo cameras, i think, can be.
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- Anonymous
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- 23 Jan 2025
s35ym., 22 Jan 2025As a normal user, I just need the following jobs to work fa... more For gaming a little bit, browsing, to do some call or to write some messages, some time for news to read, sometime some photos or video to capture and etc. For daily works and entertainment for me is enough this model. This is phone in a first place, others just a small things to spend time and to check most need it information that moment. I like S class, but without memory card like Huawei without Google's service - this is not for me. But i have to agree with these which saying that S class in Samsung is something unbelievable.
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- s35ym.
- CbI
- 22 Jan 2025
The photo monsters Nokia N8 and 808 pureview are still ahead of all current and previous smartphones today in terms of picture / photo clarity (not resolution).
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- s35ym.
- CbI
- 22 Jan 2025
Anonymous, 21 Jan 2025It's my first exynos, but not first Samsung phone. I d... moreAs a normal user, I just need the following jobs to work fast in my phone :
> time to update each app
> video cutting anf joining
> open the non force stopped apps (mesaaging, x plore file manager, whatsapp, my files, gallery etc) without much delay
I don't maintain more than 10 to 15 numbers in the recent call list in any of my phone including the Symbian phones during 2005 to 2015.
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- Anonymous
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- 21 Jan 2025
s35ym, 21 Jan 2025Many are simply bashing all Samsung phones with exynos chip... moreIt's my first exynos, but not first Samsung phone. I don't have any problem with that, like and you i heard many critic's opinions about exynos and i did not wanted to buy A55 because it's exynos. But i tried and i'm happy and understand that not in all situation public is right. As i understand i'm not alone, many people was surprised how good working exynos in this model. Draining battery, heat up and etc.? I don't have any of this problems. If someone have - try Chinese devices which you so love it and who tried these devices now running away from it, maybe one day brightness will come to your head too, wish you that.
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- CbI
- 21 Jan 2025
Anonymous, 21 Jan 2025Others is not normal users of this beast? :) I agree, do no... moreMany are simply bashing all Samsung phones with exynos chip blindly. Yes. I did have little hesitation. But that all flew away. A55 won my heart. I still use my S20 FE 5G (2 phones), A52s 5G. After Samsung Note 2, this (A55) is my second phone with exynos chip.
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- Anonymous
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- 21 Jan 2025
s35ym., 21 Jan 2025I am a normal user of this beast (A55 12 GB RAM variant). I... moreOthers is not normal users of this beast? :) I agree, do not listening Chinese fanboys here, they always writing nonsenses here, because jealous success of this model. Theirs Chinese crap on paper looks maybe good, but in reality Samsung A55 is much more better.
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- s35ym.
- CbI
- 21 Jan 2025
I am a normal user of this beast (A55 12 GB RAM variant). It is working fine without any problem.
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- Anonymous
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- 20 Jan 2025
Anonymous, 20 Jan 2025For gaming, look for phone with Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 like th... moreSpecial right now set NBA 2K25 MyTEAM Ultra video settings, enabled all video option fps is set no limit, game working fine. Call of Duty is set in ultra settings too. This phone is not gaming phone like making Asus, but this one can run many popular games on highest settings, i think. So try it. I have not a lot of apps like: Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp up and etc. which "eating" ram like children candy, so maybe that's why on my A55 there is no any trouble to run some games on highest level.
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- Anonymous
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- 20 Jan 2025
Anon, 20 Jan 2025silicon carbon is more expensive afaik, so I'm not sur... moreI think Samsung better know what will add into future A series models, some here just living in fantasy.
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- Anonymous
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- 20 Jan 2025
Anonymous, 20 Jan 2025For gaming, look for phone with Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 like th... moreAre you not tried to advertise here Poco? :D
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- Anonymous
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- 20 Jan 2025
Anonymous, 20 Jan 2025I played Star Rail on high. Very low fps. Also phone gets r... moreI found video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDZLhEDCc2o, i hope will helps. I using Samsung A55 transparent case - https://a.scdn.gr/images/sku_main_images/051612/51612564/20240326115832_samsung_soft_back_cover_anthektiko_diafano_galaxy_a55_ef_qa556ctegww.jpeg. My phone do not head up. In my Samsung A55 8GB RAM + 256 GB ROM working like ice at summer when i playing Call of Duty Mobile with highest settings
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- Anon
- 7yh
- 20 Jan 2025
Anonymous, 19 Jan 2025I don't know if you have 0 reading comprehension or yo... moresilicon carbon is more expensive afaik, so I'm not sure it will be in the mid-range A series phones this year
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- Anonymous
- xhm
- 20 Jan 2025
Anonymous, 19 Jan 2025Can anyone tell me how the gaming performance is on this phone?For gaming, look for phone with Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 like the Poco F6.
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- Anonymous
- xhm
- 20 Jan 2025
Anonymous, 20 Jan 2025It's lie, not all game impossible. As i mentioned i pl... moreI played Star Rail on high. Very low fps. Also phone gets really hot even when playing light game so I need a cooler to not degrade the battery. I don't know how you said it's like "ice in the summer". You probably used a thick case so you don't notice how hot the phone gets when gaming.
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- Anonymous
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- 20 Jan 2025
Moni Mokshith, 20 Jan 2025Say no to Virtual Proximity sensor phoneshttps://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a55-12824.php
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- Anonymous
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- 20 Jan 2025
Anonymous, 20 Jan 2025Look at you, still salty just because I mentioned a Chinese... moreLet's cry somewhere who care your tears. Have a nice day. P.S. This is Samsung A55 section, respect Samsung A55 users. If you wanna to talk about Chinese devices they have own section. If you do not respect Samsung A55 user why they have to respect you? Be friendly and others will be friendly too.
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- Anonymous
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- 20 Jan 2025
Anonymous, 20 Jan 2025Average. You're not gonna be playing game with high gr... moreIt's lie, not all game impossible. As i mentioned i playing Call Of Duty on highest settings, also NBA 2K MyTEAM 2024 and etc.