Samsung doesn’t usually sell accessories for Galaxy devices that are no longer on sale, but the Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23+ are still available online, and so is the wide range of accessories with which they’re compatible.
And it’s a good thing, too, seeing how these two flagship phones offer some of the best and most diverse mobile accessories you can think of.
Best Galaxy S23 and S23+ accessories in 2024
Here are some of our favorite Galaxy S23 and S23+ accessories that are still available for purchase as of this writing. They may not be for much longer, as the 2023 flagship phones will eventually be phased out of the online store, but right now, you have a lot of choices. Starting with:
Galaxy S23 / Galaxy S23+ Frame Case — available for $39.99 in Black or White. This case is quite unique, in that it offers two looks. You can use the frame element attached to a clear backplate, or use the frame together with a thicker backplate that also has a credit card holder.
Galaxy S23 Clear Gadget Case — available for $44.99. You might be familiar with the Gadget Case concept. If not, it’s better explained as a standard transparent case that has a rear-mounted socket to which you can attach various accessories, which are sold separately. For example, you can attach a Tripod Camera Grip Gadget ($44.99) or a Tripod Slim Gadget ($34.99).
Galaxy S23 Silicone Grip Case — available in black or White for $39.99. This silicone case offers a soft silky texture and a strap that prevents you from dropping your phone The strap is also interchangeable with others you can buy separately. There’s even an Adidas Original Strap you can attach to it.
The Otterbox Symmetry case is not manufactured by Samsung but it is available through Samsung’s website. It costs $49.95 and it is available for both the Galaxy S23 and the Galaxy S23+. It comes in the Desert Sage color and offers DROP+ protection (MIL-STD-810G 516.6) and flawless functionality for the side buttons. This case is slim and durable.
Another Otterbox case worth picking up for the Galaxy S23 or Galaxy S23+ is the Defender Pro Series, available on Samsung’s website for $64.95. It has a multi-layer defense against drops, dirt, scrapes, and bumps. It’s highly resilient against wear and tear, and it has covers blocking dust and dirt from entering the phone’s ports. The Defender Pro Series is available in three colors: Aquifer, Kombu Green, and Legion Blue.
Lastly, if you want to protect your phone’s screen for years to come, you can buy a Samsung screen protector. It’s available for $14.99, and Samsung says it’s fully transparent and offers great touch accuracy for your Galaxy S23 and the on-screen fingerprint sensor.
After launching the Galaxy A35 and the Galaxy A55, Samsung is preparing for the launch of two new Galaxy M series phones. One of those phones has as much RAM as Samsung’s current flagship phone, the Galaxy S24 Ultra.
It is the Galaxy M55, and it will be launched in India alongside the Galaxy M15 5G.
Galaxy M55 to feature Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 and 12GB RAM
The Galaxy M55 could be launched in India soon, and it has 12GB of RAM, according to tipster Mukul Sharma. That is as much RAM as the Galaxy S24 Ultra and the recently launched Galaxy A55. He has also confirmed that the Galaxy M55 has a Snapdragon chip. According to previous reports, the mid-ranger will come equipped with the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 processor, which is more powerful than the Snapdragon 778G. This chip is as powerful as the Exynos 1480.
The phone will be available in Black and Sky Blue colors. It will also come in an 8GB RAM + 128GB storage variant. The Galaxy M55 will run Android 14 out of the box and may get a promise of four major Android OS updates. It will be powered by a 5,000mAh battery and have 45W fast charging. It will be Samsung’s first non-flagship phone to have 45W Super Fast Charging 2.0.
The tipster revealed that the Galaxy M55 is quite slim. It has three cameras on the rear. Since the leaked images showcase that it doesn’t have a side-mounted fingerprint reader, it may have an in-display fingerprint reader. It may also feature a 6.6-inch or bigger screen with Full HD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate.
The phone may run Android 14-based One UI 6.1 out of the box, and you can watch One UI 6.1 features in our in-depth video below.
The Galaxy A55 is Samsung’s latest mid-range phone to promise a flagship-like experience without a flagship-like price, and in some ways, it really is the most premium mid-ranger from the Korean giant yet.
From a design that includes Gorilla Glass Victus+ and a metal frame to a new Exynos chip that has a GPU based on the same AMD architecture as Samsung’s high-end Exynos chips (though the A55 lacks ray tracing support) and up to 12GB of RAM, the A55 feels more of an upgrade than the A54 did compared to the A53.
Testing has revealed that the Galaxy A55 even brings some improvements that aren’t being highlighted by Samsung. For example, while the A55 has a marketed maximum display brightness of 1000 nits like the A54, it can reach upwards of 1600 nits in high brightness mode, 200 nits more than the A54 and around 150 nits higher than even the Galaxy S23 FE!
Better yet is the fact that the Galaxy A55 is cheaper than the Galaxy A54 in some markets for the entry-level variant. Even in other markets, like India, the starting price is not all that higher than its predecessor, and the difference can be negated by taking advantage of Samsung’s deals and discounts.
So should you buy the Galaxy A55? Is the user experience it provides across various metrics, such as display, camera, performance, battery life, and software, worth your hard-earned money?
Design
The Galaxy A55’s flagship inspirations are nowhere as apparent as in its design. Samsung has gotten rid of plastic entirely for the A55’s construction. The frame is an aluminium one, and the front and rear are covered by Gorilla Glass Victus+.
Compared to Gorilla Glass 5, used on the A54, Victus+ provides around two times better scratch and drop protection. This is the first time Samsung has equipped a mid-range phone with a version of Gorilla Glass Victus – even the Galaxy S23 FE has Gorilla Glass 5 on both sides.
Like the Galaxy S24 and S24+, the metal frame on the Galaxy A55 is completely flat, with no curves on the edges of the display or the rear panel. But there are no rough edges to be seen or felt, and you won’t feel any discomfort in either one-handed or two-handed use.
The Galaxy A55 feels incredible in the hand and during use
The Galaxy A55 also has what Samsung calls Key Island. As the name suggests, it helps the area around the volume and power buttons stand out from the rest of the frame, which it does by slightly raising the frame. However, it just seems like a way for Samsung to separate the design of its mid-range phones from its flagship devices.
The buttons on Samsung’s phones have never felt hard to reach or use. The Key Island may be useful on devices with recessed fingerprint sensors built into the power button, but that’s it. Samsung has also opted for a textured finish for the entire frame excluding the Key Island area, which shines more than we would have liked when light hits it directly.
But, overall, the Galaxy A55 feels incredible in the hand and during use. It is water and dust resistant as well, and there’s nothing here that you can really fault. Well, except for the bezels around the display, which are as huge here as they were on the Galaxy A54. They look ugly, and since Samsung has increased the display size, the bezels just serve to make the phone larger than it has to be.
Display, audio
The Galaxy A54 had a 6.4-inch display, slightly smaller than the 6.5-inch display on phones that came before it, but for the Galaxy A55, Samsung has gone the opposite way. It has a 6.6-inch display, and since Samsund did nothing to reduce the bezel size, the A55’s dimensions are larger than previous devices.
The viewing experience the Galaxy A55 provides is excellent
Except for size, the A55 has the same display specs as the A54. It’s a Super AMOLED panel with a rated max brightness of 1000 nits, a 120Hz refresh rate, a resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels, and HDR10+ support.
The viewing experience the Galaxy A55 provides is excellent, with mostly natural color reproduction (which you can change in the display settings) and wide viewing angles. The screen gets plenty bright, both indoors and outdoors, and is great for watching both SDR and HDR videos.
However, the auto brightness algorithm needs some work. Indoors, it is a little conservative and makes the display dimmer than expected. It’s something we noticed on the Galaxy S24 series as well, so Samsung may be deliberately tuning the algorithm this way on all 2024 smartphones.
The auto brightness algorithm needs some work indoors
The A55 has an optical fingerprint reader embeded in the display, and it performs the same as it did on the Galaxy A54. It has good accuracy and is pretty quick, but not as quick as the ultrasonic sensors on flagship Galaxy phones.
For audio, there is no 3.5 mm headphone port, but the stereo loudspeaker setup is sufficient for the occasional bout of gaming and watching movies, though it’s a little light on the bass and sometimes sounds like it’s almost at the brink of distortion at the highest volume.
Camera
The Galaxy A55 has the same camera hardware as the Galaxy A54 (a 50MP primary rear camera, a 12MP ultra-wide camera, a 5MP macro camera, and a 32MP front-facing camera), so the improvements Samsung is touting, such as better night photos and video stabilization, come through changes made to the camera algorithms.
But it appears that most of it is marketing speak, as the only improvement we noticed was better night and low-light performance. To achieve that, Samsung has tuned noise reduction to be more aggressive, and it works wonders as far as removing noise from photos is concerned. That also has the effect of making pictures a tad soft in Night mode, though that’s more of an observation than a complaint.
Unlike previous phones in the lineup, the Galaxy A55 supports electronic stabilization in 4K@30fps video recording, which has garnered some attention from those who love capturing videos while on the move. Unfortunately, the results are not impressive, with videos showing a lot of jitter, particularly at night.
Overall, performance of the primary camera is perfectly fine. Pictures have good detail and dynamic range during the day, while nighttime pictures are cleaner thanks to the aggressive noise reduction that we mentioned earlier.
Check out a bunch of photos from the Galaxy A55’s primary camera in the gallery below.
The A55 has a tendency to not automatically turn on Night mode in every situation where it would be beneficial, and we recommend switching to Night mode manually in these instances. The camera also struggles with bokeh in Portrait mode when the separation between the subject and background isn’t as clear, which wasn’t an issue on the Galaxy A54 or A53.
Here are some portrait/bokeh photos:
Samsung also continues to use what are clearly outdated ultra-wide and macro cameras on the A5x lineup. The ultra-wide camera does an okay job during the day but is a soft, noisy mess in low-light and nighttime conditions.
In the gallery below, you can see ultra-wide captures next to the same scenes shot with the primary camera.
The macro camera, meanwhile, is hamstrung by the low resolution and the lack of any sort of stabilization, which makes it hard to take non-shaky photos unless your elbows have something to rest on. It’s embarrassing that Samsung still doesn’t provide zoom cameras in the mid-range segment. The Galaxy A73 had a 3x camera two years back, and while the A55 is similarly priced, it doesn’t have one.
The selfie camera has not seen an upgrade in four years either, but it does an admirable job for the most part. It gives you shaky photos in low-light conditions, especially when it uses the screen flash and automatic Night mode, but selfie quality during the day and in well-lit indoor settings is more than decent.
Check out selfies captured normally and in portrait mode in the gallery below.
There are lots of camera modes available on the Galaxy A55, including a Pro mode for videos and photos, super and standard slow motion, hyperlapse, Single Take, Food, and panorama. Dual Rec mode lets you record videos from the front and rear camera at the same time, and the Fun mode gives you access to Snapchat filters in Samsung’s Camera app. You also have a number of AR modes, with the option to create AR stickers, doodling in real-time while recording videos of a person, and more.
Performance
Performance-wise, the Galaxy A55 took us by surprise. We have been disappointed many times by Samsung’s Exynos-powered mid-range phones that sound powerful on paper but are an unoptimized mess in practice, an issue that was most apparent on last year’s Galaxy A54.
But the Galaxy A55 doesn’t have those issues. We know the Exynos 1480 that sits inside this phone has some powerful specs, including a new GPU that uses AMD’s RDNA graphics architecture, but it also seems like Samsung has begun taking software optimization seriously this year.
The Galaxy A55 offers a smooth and snappy experience in general use
Whatever the reason, the Galaxy A55 offers a smooth and snappy user experience. There are some instances where the UI animations are a bit choppy, like when opening an app or switching between two apps. But when everything is running fine, the A55 can feel as smooth as a Galaxy S23 or Galaxy S24.
Our review unit had 12GB of RAM, but we have heard from our peers that the variant with 8GB of RAM works just as well. That’s good, as the 12GB variant (which features 256GB of expandable storage) isn’t available in all countries.
Our only major gripe is with the performance in the camera app. Switching modes can take a second or two, and we also noticed lag when switching zoom levels during video recording. This has long been an issue on mid-range Galaxy phones, and the A55 does nothing to change it.
As far as GPU performance is concerned, the Galaxy A55 brings up to a 40% improvement over the Galaxy A54 thanks to the AMD-powered Xclipse 530 GPU, at least in benchmarks. Thanks to a 70% larger cooling system compared to the A54, the A55 is impressive at keeping temperatures in check even when you run intensive benchmarks on a loop, and heating in day-to-day use is practically non-existent.
The Exynos 1480 is a new chip so demanding games like Call of Duty limit you to low or medium graphics
However, we were unable to test the A55 to its limits in games. The Exynos 1480 is a new chip so demanding games, like Call of Duty, limit you to low or medium graphics out of the box. Based on benchmark performance, the A55 will probably do well in all kinds of games, but this is something we will have to revisit in a few weeks when popular games have been updated with official support for the phone’s Exynos chip.
The Galaxy A55 has a full suite of connectivity features, incluing Wi-Fi 6 and 5G. The phone has a hybrid SIM tray, which can take either two physical SIMs or one SIM and one microSD card. Thankfully, the phone supports eSIM in many markets, so you can still get away with using two mobile networks and external storage at the same time.
Software
If you were expecting the Galaxy A55 to offer software features similar to the Galaxy S24, you will be disappointed. While it runs One UI 6.1, based on Android 14, like the Galaxy S24 series, not a lot is different than what you get with One UI 6.0 on a Galaxy A54 or A53.
Of course, it’s not surprising Samsung wants to keep some things exclusive to its flagships, and in that context, the Galaxy A55 offers a mostly fully-featured One UI experience. One UI is arguably the best custom user interface in the Android landscape, and while it is known to stutter and lag on mid-range devices, that’s not the case on the Galaxy A55.
The Galaxy A55 is also the first Samsung device to support seamless updates. Installing updates no longer locks you out of the device for a few minutes. Updates are now installed in the background, which means you can continue using the phone and can start using the updated software after a 1-2 minute reboot.
For more details on the Galaxy A55’s software, you can check out the videos above and below.
Battery life
Battery life on the Galaxy A55 is simply fantastic. It has the same 5,000 mAh battery as the Galaxy A54, but it’s far more efficient, likely thanks to the new Exynos chip and optimization on the software side of things.
Battery life on the Galaxy A55 is simply fantastic…
With regular use, including 3-4 hours of watching videos and an hour or two of gaming at high brightness levels, with a mix of Wi-Fi and 5G connectivity, the phone can last a full day off the charger. With light use, and with features like Always On Display turned off, you can get away with only charging it every two days.
Just don’t expect super fast charging, even if Samsung uses those exact words to describe the 25W charging speeds its phones support. You can achieve nearly 40% battery charge in 30 minutes and somewhere between 65-70% in an hour, but a full charge takes nearly 85 minutes.
…just don’t expect super fast charging
That’s fast if you live in a market where Samsung doesn’t face much competition, but here in India, where our device was tested, there are plenty of Chinese phones that cost less and take less time to charge.
To add insult to injury, that 25W charger is a separate purchase if you don’t already own one that works with Samsung devices. Other manufacturers are making the charger a separate purchase as well, but at least you get charging that actually feels super fast.
Verdict
The Galaxy A55 is a true return to form, especially when it comes to device performance. For what seems like the first time, we have a mid-range Galaxy phone with an Exynos chip that is optimized out of the box and will not need months of updates to perform like any phone in its segment should.
Battery life is excellent out of the box as well, unlike the Galaxy A54, which had underwhelming endurance at launch. It also addresses complaints some Samsung fans have had for years about its phones not feeling as premium as less costly Chinese devices, with a metal frame and high-quality Gorilla Glass Victus+ surrounding the entire device.
It’s only the camera setup that feels a little out of place here considering the Galaxy A55’s price point. That macro camera needs to die, the ultra-wide and selfie cameras are due for an upgrade, and we wouldn’t say no to a newer, better sensor for the primary camera.
Samsung is clearly keeping some things for later, such as slimmer bezels and improved cameras, and we get it. The company cannot afford to bring huge upgrades to its devices every year, not without affecting the asking price.
We’re pleased with everything the Galaxy A55 does offer and can recommend it to anyone in the market for a new mid-range phone. It’s also the first phone we can recommend as an upgrade for Galaxy A52, A52 5G, and Galaxy A52s owners.
However, we would also suggest checking prices for the Galaxy S23 FE. In some markets, like India, it’s available at prices similar to the Galaxy A55 on third-party retailers like Amazon. The S23 FE came out six months earlier with an older version of Android and One UI, but overall, it’s easily the superior device.
For whatever reason, Samsung has been avoiding Android’s seamless update feature for the past eight years now. Not anymore! The Galaxy A55 is the first Samsung phone to use Google’s seamless update feature, and it will likely come to more Galaxy phones soon.
Seamless updates work by installing an update to a secondary system partition instead of the primary one, and then booting from that secondary partition the next time the device is restarted. The primary and secondary partitions are essentially switched upon reboot, and this is a process that is repeated every time a new software update is available.
Today, the Galaxy A55 became the first Samsung phone to receive a seamless Android update, consisting of a new security patch. Incidentally, this is also the first firmware update for the Galaxy A55, and we’re guessing future updates will be just as seamless.
Users can and will be able to tell that their Galaxy phones are installing a seamless update judging by the new split progress bar. It consists of two sections named “Downloading and installing…” and “Verification.” We were also able to confirm seamless updates are present via the use of Android’s developer tools.
The first reboot after a seamless update might take up to 90 seconds to finish — or at least, it did on our Galaxy A55 — but there are no more update processing loading screens and spinning cog-wheels that lock you out from using the phone for a few minutes.
Support for seamless updates requires two system partitions and, therefore, more storage space, but on the Galaxy A55, it doesn’t look like the storage space available to the user is affected in any way compared to Galaxy phones without seamless updates.
Samsung’s new Galaxy A55 is now getting its first firmware update. The phone ships with the February 2024 security patch, but now, Samsung is already releasing the March update for the new mid-range hero phone.
The update is rolling out in India, at the very least, and carries firmware version A556EXXS1AXC1. It weighs a little under 210MB. And judging by the firmware version, the update consists only of the newer March 2024 security patch.
The changelog does mention “New and/or enhanced features,” and “Further improvements to performance,” but this is just what Samsung’s generic copy-pasted changelog looks like. There’s no guarantee that the generic changelog reflects the real update.
The Galaxy A55 already ships with the latest version of One UI you can get, i.e., One UI 6.1, which means it will take a while before the phone will receive any new and meaningful software features.
One UI 6.1 is the same update that shipped with the Galaxy S24 series, although it doesn’t contain any clever Galaxy AI tools for the mid-range A55 phone. Its chipset likely couldn’t handle Samsung’s Advanced Intelligence suite.
If you happen to own the Galaxy A55, you can keep an eye on our firmware page or try downloading this update manually on your phone by opening the Settings app, accessing “Software update,” and tapping “Download and install.”
Samsung could announce a new affordable tablet any day now. The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, originally launched in 2020 and then refreshed in 2022, will debut once again with the same design and updated internals. The tablet will come in a new color, as revealed in the newly leaked images you can see below.
Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024) will come in Mint color
The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024) will be available in three colors: Chiffon Pink, Mint, and Oxford Gray. While the Chiffon Pink and Oxford Gray colors were already seen with the 2022 version of the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, the Mint color option is completely new. The tablet’s design stays the same as its 2022 version.
The upcoming affordable tablet has a 10.4-inch LCD screen with 2,000 x 1,200 pixels resolution and a bundled S Pen. Previous reports indicate that the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024) will come equipped with the Exynos 1280 processor, 4GB RAM, 64GB/128GB internal storage, and a microSD card slot. It will run Android 14-based One UI 6.1 out of the box.
On the front, the tablet has a 5MP selfie camera. On the rear, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024) has an 8MP camera. It will be powered by the same 7,000mAh battery as its predecessor and have 15W fast charging. It will be available in 5G and Wi-Fi-only variants. Other connectivity options include GPS, Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.3, USB Type-C port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
According to previous reports, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024) will have a starting price of €429 for the Wi-Fi-only 64GB variant and go as high as €519 for the Wi-Fi + Cellular 128GB variant.
They have only been around for a matter of weeks, but Samsung Galaxy S24 smartphones are already on sale for record-low prices in the Amazon Big Spring Sale. Perhaps you’ve been waiting for a solid deal on the top-end Galaxy S24 Ultra, which usually starts at $1,300 for a version with 256GB of storage. That variant is currently $150 off at $1,150.
Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget
The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra has dropped to its lowest price to date of $1,150.
We gave the Galaxy S24 Ultra a score of 89 in our review. We found it to be very expensive (this sale helps mitigate that!) and the design and lack of Qi 2 support were drawbacks. However, we appreciated the camera upgrades and felt the S24 Ultra delivered great performance and offered terrific battery life. It often had a 50 percent charge remaining after 24 hours of regular use, thanks to the large battery and power efficiency gains afforded by the new processor.
One other major thing the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset powers is a host of on-device generative AI (GAI) features, the big selling point for the Galaxy lineup this year as Samsung tries to compete with Google Pixel devices on that front. An interpreter mode can translate languages during calls, while the Chat Assist tool can check the grammar, spelling and tone of your messages before sending them. There are also AI-powered options for image editing and search. While the AI tools more or less work as expected, we felt that they’re not quite as polished as Google’s versions. Nevertheless, the Galaxy S24 Ultra is our pick for the best premium Android phone.
The Galaxy S24+ is also $150 off. That too marks a record low for a version with 256GB of storage — the handset currently costs $850. Like its smaller sibling, the S24, the S24+ earned a score of 87 in our review. We appreciated the battery life and (for the most part) the GAI tools, though we felt that low-light photography performance was somewhat lacking.
The prices of several other Samsung products have dropped as part of the Amazon Big Spring Sale. Those who prefer foldables may be more interested in the Galaxy Z Flip 5. Again, that’s $150 off at $850 for 256GB of storage. However, it’s $50 more than the lowest price we’ve seen for the handset thus far.
Galaxy M55 processor confirmed by Google Play Console listing
Google has confirmed (via 91Mobiles) that the Galaxy M55 will come equipped with the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 processor. The phone was found listed in the Google Play Console database. As you can see in the image below, the SM-M556B and the SM-C5560 appear to be the same phone, and it could be launched in China with the Galaxy C55 branding.
As per the Google Play Console database, the Galaxy M55 will feature 8GB RAM and run Android 14 out of the box. It also appears to feature a screen with Full HD+ resolution. Previous reports revealed that the Galaxy M55 has a triple-camera setup on the rear, but its specifications haven’t been revealed. Last year, the Galaxy M54 debuted with a 108MP camera.
It has also been revealed that the Galaxy M55 has a 5,000mAh battery and 45W fast charging. The phone could have a Super AMOLED Infinity-O screen with a 120Hz refresh rate, an in-display fingerprint reader, and a primary camera with OIS and 4K video recording.
Samsung’s new Galaxy A55 brings several improvements over the Galaxy A54, but looking at the official spec sheets, you would think the display isn’t one of them. Granted, the A55 has a slightly larger 6.6-inch panel instead of a 6.4-inch one, but that results in a lower pixel density. Otherwise, the two phones share the same Super AMOLED display type with HDR10+, a 120Hz refresh rate, and up to 1,000 nits — on paper, at least.
It turns out that the Galaxy A55’s display is vastly superior to the Galaxy A54’s and considerably brighter, too. And, in fact, according to tests conducted by DxOMark, the Galaxy A55’s display is the best in its class, beating even the Galaxy S23 FE. The Galaxy A55’s display ranks 1st, the Galaxy S23 FE’s ranks 9th, and the Galaxy A54’s panel ranks 17th.
For an even better sense of perspective, here’s how the Galaxy A55’s screen compares to the Galaxy A54’s and S23 FE on the global scale. The new model is good enough to rank 27th on the global ranking ladder, beating even the iPhone 14 Plus by one point.
And where do you think the Galaxy A54 is on the same chart? Well, it’s in the 123rd position. And the Galaxy S23 FE? It’s 84th.
Yes, according to DxOMark, the Galaxy A55’s display is even better than the more expensive Galaxy S23 FE’s, despite the Fan Edition phone claiming to have a higher brightness level. So, what gives?
Samsung underpromises and overdelivers
How can the Galaxy A55’s 1,000 nits Super AMOLED display be that much better? What’s the secret to beating even the Galaxy S23 FE, whose panel can reach 1450 nits of brightness (according to Samsung)?
That’s just the thing. DxOMark tests show that the Galaxy S23 FE’s display maxes out at 1,421 nits. However, the Galaxy A55’s display peaks at a whopping 1,638 nits, which is considerably higher than advertised.
Even the Galaxy A54 beats the official figure in these tests and tops $1,344 nits — impressive in its own right, just not enough to beat the S23 FE or A55.
All in all, the Galaxy A55 punches way above its weight class, and surprisingly so. It goes to show that even though its on-paper display specs place it right next to the Galaxy A54, real-world usage might tell a different story. Stay tuned for our upcoming review.
Samsung makes some of the best wireless earbuds in the segment, and the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro is currently its most high-end pair of flagship earbuds. The company has released a new Galaxy Buds 2 Pro update to improve their stability and reliability.
Galaxy Buds 2 Pro gets a new update to fix connection issues
The South Korean firm has just started rolling out a new software update to the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro. It comes with firmware version R510XXUOAXC2 and has a download size of around 6.01MB. While the changelog mentions improved stability and reliability, reports indicate that it fixes Bluetooth connection issues that some users have been facing.
We got this update in India, but it should be available in all the countries worldwide. If you haven’t received the update for your Galaxy Buds 2 Pro yet, you may need to wait a few days before the OTA update hits your device. To download the new update on your Galaxy Buds 2 Pro, open the Galaxy Wearable app on your paired Android smartphone, navigate to Earbuds settings » Earbuds software update, and tap Download and install.
Samsung is expected to release a new pair of Galaxy Buds later this year alongside the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and the Galaxy Z Fold 6. It could be the Galaxy Buds 3, bringing Bluetooth LE Audio with LC3 codec.
