Samsung’s midrange Galaxy A55 has a bigger screen and new security features

Samsung has launched its 2024 midrange telephone lineup, which mixes weaker specs and have units with extra alluring costs than its flagship handsets. The Galaxy A55 and A35 have 6.6-inch Tremendous AMOLED shows. For the primary time in its finances handsets, the corporate included Knox Vault, a walled-off safety part that debuted within the Galaxy S21.

Each Android 14-running telephones have FHD+ (2220×1080) shows (374 pixels per inch) and variable refresh charges as much as 120Hz. Like final 12 months’s Galaxy A54, each embody Samsung’s Imaginative and prescient Booster characteristic, which adjusts the display screen’s tone mapping primarily based on ambient lighting situations. Their 6.6-inch diagonal measurements (not accounting for rounded corners) are a slight bump up from the A54’s 6.4 inches.

Samsung’s official supplies didn’t checklist the telephones’ processors, however Android Police reports the A55 makes use of an Exynos 1480, whereas the A35 settles for a slower Exynos 1380. RAM is available in totally different configurations: 8GB or 12GB within the A55 and 6GB or 8GB within the cheaper A35. Your storage choices are 128GB or 256GB in every handset, however solely the A55 has a microSD card slot.

The Samsung Galaxy A35 against a plain white background. The phone has a pink wallpaper and back.

Galaxy A35 (Samsung)

Along with efficiency, cameras can be one of many main variations between the 2 telephones. The pair has three rear cameras, every with a 50MP most important digital camera and a 5MP macro lens. However the costlier A55 makes use of a 12MP ultra-wide sensor, whereas the A35 has a extra pedestrian 8MP ultra-wide lens. As well as, the A55 has a 32MP front-facing digital camera, in comparison with the A35’s 13MP entrance shooter. Each use optical picture stabilization (OIS) and video digital picture stabilization (VDIS) to offset digital camera shake.

Unsurprisingly, neither telephone seems to incorporate the generative AI options Samsung makes use of to distinguish the Galaxy S24 sequence (and older flagships, through software program updates). The closest it’s possible you’ll get on this worth vary is the corporate’s “superior AI Picture Sign Processing (ISP)” for higher images in low-light situations, included solely on the A55.

Samsung didn’t checklist the telephones’ construct materials in its press launch and official specs, however Android Police says the A55 is the corporate’s first midrange telephone with a metallic body. (Final 12 months’s Galaxy A54 used plastic.) Engadget reached out to Samsung to make clear, and we’ll replace this text if we hear again.

The handsets every have a 5,000mAh battery. Samsung estimates two days of battery life, however this might range vastly relying on utilization.

US pricing and launch dates aren’t but accessible. Nonetheless, Samsung says the A55 will begin at £439 (US$562) within the UK, whereas the A35 will start at £339 ($434). Samsung lists a March 20 launch date for each handsets within the UK.