Samsung Galaxy A55 Review: A Worthy Upgrade!
Another all rounder device from Samsung is already here, and this time it’s the popular A-series category, which is none other than the Galaxy A55. Now as for last year’s A54 there’s slight changes in terms of design and overall performance.
Since the last upgrade, which is to be precise around a year ago back in March 2023, Samsung released their new mid-range devices including the Galaxy A34 and the upgraded Galaxy A54, having greater quality display and performance that won’t disappoint a casual user.
While the excitement is over now, as you will be surprised by what new exciting upgrades Samsung made for their latest galaxy A55 5G device, beside the naming 5G, you will get an upgraded chipset, improved design and a larger display.
So, without waiting any more time, let’s talk about all the features today in detail in today’s review about the Samsung Galaxy A55.
Table of Contents:
1. Samsung Galaxy A55 5G: New Key Features
While before diving into the detailed Samsung Galaxy A55 5G review. Here are the short key features of the device:
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2. Samsung Galaxy A55 5G: Pros & Cons
Before jumping into the overall Samsung Galaxy A55 5G review, here’s a quick heads up about the Samsung Galaxy A55 5G’s good and bad sites:
| Pros: | Cons: |
| 👍 New Exynos 1480 processor performs better than last year’s model ;
👍 Great design changes with Aluminum Frame; 👍 Larger display with HDR10+ for rich contents; 👍 Four years of on-time OS updates ; 👍 Capture great photos with 50MP camera; |
👎 Similar Camera Lens Like Last Year;
👎 Wireless Charging is not there; 👎 No 3.5mm headphone jack; 👎 Upgraded price tag. |
Latest Price of Samsung Galaxy A55
3. Samsung Galaxy A55 5G: Design & Build
- Gorilla Glass Victus+
- 8.2mm Slimmer Profile
- IP67 Dust & Water Resistance
Design
First and foremost, you get the design features at first glance, which comes with pretty different factors from last year’s Galaxy A54. Which is of course the new sculptured shaped design beside the power and volume buttons, looks quite nice compared to last year’s Galaxy A54.
You also get a brushed shiny finish from the upgraded aluminum material that looks quite premium on hand.
Colors
As for colors, you get a Iceblue which is a sort of light sky blue, a Lilac which is a pink sort of color, a lemon colored and a Navy color.
Build
Durability is one of the core features of the product, as you will face all the day to day obstacles for the device, like drops and scratches.
There’s a protective glass which is more durable from last year’s model with the Gorilla Glass victus at the front along with a aluminum frame that makes it greater durable than last year’s Galaxy A54 which had plastic framing.
You also get a similar IP67 water resistance, which will give you up to 1 meter of submerge in water for 30 minutes at peak no more, so make sure you don’t run around with water after that time period.
4. Samsung Galaxy A55 5G: Display
- 6.6’’ Super AMOLED (HDR10+)
- 120Hz Refresh Rate
- 1000 Peak Brightness
- Gorilla Glass Victus+
Moving on to the display section, you get a larger display now from last year’s model, which is the 6.6-inch Super AMOLED panel that looks quite great while interacting with.
Due to the larger display Samsung also had to minimize the bezel, which is a good choice they made that makes content viewing a little better. Although the bezel is still there, unlike the flagship S24 which has a minimum bezel for the display.
There’s also HDR10+ with a 120Hz fast refresh rate, now that makes your streaming and gaming quite colorful and rich with vibrant colors. Faster refresh rate makes it easy to scrolling and gaming smoothly. While viewing content or reading a pdf in direct sunlight the display goes bright enough for around 1000 nits.
For protecting the glass and overall phone, you get a Gorilla Glass Victus+, which is pretty good to avoid any smudges or sudden scratches. There’s also a fingerprint scanner on the display for protecting your device, now it’s just like last year with “Optical Sensor” not like flagship Galaxy S24 which has an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner.
5. Samsung Galaxy A55 5G: Camera
- Tri-Camera Lenses (50MP+12MP+5MP)
- 32MP Front Camera
- 4K @30fps Recording | 4K Front
Main Camera (Wide)
As for the camera qualities, you get pretty good results for daylight photography from the main camera of the Galaxy A55 5G, which is a 50 megapixel sensor with OIS.
Now portraits shows quite good in the natural lighting, while low-light images are appreciable. You do have digital zoom for up to 10x, although after 2x zoom, things get pretty noisy the more you go further. It’s better to shoot up to 2x or 3x zoom to not lose any sharpness with your photos.
Ultrawide
Similar lens like before, with 12 megapixel ultrawide, that shows greater photos during daylight in the further wide lens. You get around 123-degree field of viewing, which lets you capture group photos better.
Macro
Shooting close-up objects like coins and flowers are as usual, with the 5MP camera sensor you get quite sharp results.
Recording
Recording includes 4K recording for both front and rear camera lens, all the rear camera is capable of shooting at this resolution.
Front
Selfie camera comes with a 32 megapixel sensor with similar 4K recording capabilities like the rear lens does. The aperture and resolution is similar to last year’s Galaxy A54, with f/2.2.
There’s a useful tone selection for the users who love having different effects on their photos, which lets you choose warm or natural tones. You can also make your photos have bokeh or blur effects, if you want to edit further of your selfies.
6. Samsung Galaxy A55 5G: Performance
- Exenos 1480 (4nm)
- Octa-core (2.75 GHz)
- Up To 12GB RAM
Here comes the most vital section of a smartphone, which is none other than the performance section where we will discuss further about the chipset, ram, processing power, gaming performance and more.
Chipset & Storage
For starters, you get a Exynos 1480 chipset with 4nm Octa-core processor and effortlessly multi-task, game, and stream content in platforms like Netflix or Amazon Prime. Day to day multi tasking is easier as well with the Octa-core processing power that gives you up to 2.75GHz performance.
Now this is around 15% improvement from last year’s Exynos 1380 which had 2.4GHz processing power. After testing the benchmark scores, you get around 700K+ antutu scores, which is really impressive from last year’s 500K score.
Gaming
As for the gaming portion, you get quite good results while playing casual games, although Galaxy A55 struggles with high fps for heavy games. Thanks to the new GPU in the house, which is the Xclipse 530, that delivers appreciable gaming performance while playing games like Subway Surfers, Mini Militia and Special Forces Group 2.
Do remember, while playing heavy games like the new Call of Duty: Mobile or PUBG Mobile, the fps during gameplay showed for around 35 to 45 fps. That is a little low compared to other mid-range devices like the OnePlus 10 Pro or even the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE, which gives you about 50 to 60 fps.
Multimedia
In terms of multimedia section, you get super HDR video support along with HDR10+ content viewing capability. Now watching movies or tv-shows directly from your Galaxy A55 looks pretty good.
There’s also stereo speakers and up to UHD 4K video support, which gives you better audio and video listening while you watch your favorite shows or movies. You will miss the AKG tuning here though, as this is only available in flagships like the mighty Galaxy S24 Ultra.
Connectivity
At the connectivity section you get one of the stable Wi-Fi features with wi-fi 6 and dual band. Now for the bluetooth connectivity, there’s the version 5.3, making your earbuds or wireless headphone activity quite smoother.
7. Samsung Galaxy A55 5G: Software & UI
- Android 14 | One UI 6.1
Right out of the box Galaxy A55 5G comes with One UI 6 based on Android 14, now it looks and feels pretty smooth to use with the usual interface. And Samsung knows best with the UI, the rounded icons and customizable themes all look just fine to use.
As for the software updates, you get pretty good numbers right here, there’s a four year software update which is the OS update of your device, and around five years of security updates from Samsung. Now that’s really appreciable as other brands like Google or Apple are really catching up with the software updates that user’s need.
The Knox vault security feature is there as well, designed to keep your sensitive information safe. And it’s one of the best security features Samsung provides with their new devices, that helps you protect your sensitive data.
8. Samsung Galaxy A55 5G: Battery Life
- 5000mAh Battery
- 25W Wired
Moving on to the last part, we have the battery test information. As like all the other mid-range devices you also get a 5000mAh battery. You get a decent amount of battery, like watching the movie Tenet for about 1 hour when it was 100%, the battery went down to 47% from a full charge.
Mostly your battery consumes through the higher display technology that comes with Galaxy A55, like when you watch the HDR10+ contents, which pretty much consumes most charge along with the faster refresh rate and Super AMOLED display viewing also thirsty for battery.
Charging is quite good with the 25-Watt charger capability, you get around 50% charge for about 30-40 minutes of charging from the adapter. Which is still a lot more time, compared to other mid-range devices like the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro or the Realme 12 Pro+ which offers higher wattage adapters like 67W. And as there’s no charger in the box. So do remember to have one already or keep your older charger.
9. Overall Specs
While still understanding all the major details inside the Samsung Galaxy A55 5G review, here are the more technical specifications of the Samsung Galaxy A55 5G down below:
| Specs | Samsung Galaxy A55 5G |
| Display | 6.6-Inch | 1080 x 2340 (FHD+) Resolution | Super AMOLED Display Technology | 16 Million Color Depth | 120 Hz Refresh Rate | Always-On Display |
| Body | Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+ (Front) | Gorilla Glass Back | Aluminum Frame IP67 Dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 min) | Dimension: 161.1 x 77.4 x 8.2 mm | Weight: 213 Grams |
| Camera | 50 MP, f/1.8, (MAIN CAMERA) (wide), PDAF, OIS
12 MP, f/2.2, 123˚ (ultrawide), 5 MP, f/2.4, (macro) Features: LED flash, panorama, HDR | Video: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS | 240fps @HD Front Camera: 32 MP, f/2.2, (wide), Video: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps |
| Platform | OS: Android 14, One UI 6.1 | Chipset: Exynos 1480 (4 nm) | CPU: Octa-core (Up to 2.75GHz) | GPU: Xclipse 530 |
| RAM & ROM | 8/128GB | 8/256GB | 12/256GB | microSDXC Supported |
| Audio & Video | Yes, with stereo speakers | Super HDR video support | UHD 4K Video Playing |
| Battery | 5000 mAh, non-removable
Charging: 25W wired |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, compass |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Bluetooth: 5.3, A2DP, LE |
| Features | Samsung Knox Security Support | Image Clipper | 70% Larger Cooling System | Eye Care Certification | Quick Share | Dual-SIM |
| Colors | Iceblue, Lilac, Navy, Lemon |
10. Verdict
Long story short, the Galaxy A55 5G from Samsung this year gave you pretty good results from all aspects. In terms of newer design and build quality there’s the new aluminum build and curved framing.
You do get upgraded results in performance, that is pretty comparable from last year’s Galaxy A54. While the camera and battery qualities remains no change from last year, as you are still stuck with the triple camera lens and a 25W charging for that 5000mAh battery.
Multimedia viewing on that large Super AMOLED and HDR10+ screen is really fantastic when you watch greater contents. Day to day productivity and social media browsing is just fine as usual.
Although if you are a heavy gamer, then the Galaxy A55 won’t be as ideal as you are expecting it would be, as during the game test this device struggled with higher fps gaming. Though you can do casual gaming for day to day.
Get the Samsung Galaxy A55 5G, if
- You really need a Galaxy midrange design with newer design and aluminum frame;
- You want to day to day productivity, casual gaming and satisfied with minimum fps;
- You need a triple camera sensor with 4K recording for both front and back camera.
Mohammad Shariful Islam is the CEO and MD of Apple Gadgets, a leading e-commerce and retail chain for gadgets in Bangladesh. He has a passion for technology, entrepreneurship, and holds a decade of experience in gadget E-Commerce. He’s committed to providing the best possible shopping experience for customers by delivering the latest and trendy gadgets.
