mid-range mobile phones now more powerful

At Samsung, they don’t stop. They started the year very strong, with the presentation of the Galaxy S24 and its exclusive Galaxy AI functions, but that was only the beginning; The company wants to regain the throne of the smartphone market, by bringing forward launches in all ranges.

Now it’s the turn of the best phones in the Galaxy A range. Being a notch below the Galaxy S line, these are highly sought-after phones by users looking for a great experience at a more moderate price. And in this new generation, it looks like it will continue.

And the new Galaxy A55 and A35 5G are very complete mobile phones with cutting-edge hardware in many respects, and everything indicates that they will be very solid alternatives in this sector of the market. Although they don’t have Galaxy AI, if that doesn’t interest us, these are mobile phones to consider.

New Galaxy A55 and A35 5G

The Galaxy A55 and A35 5G attract attention because they are very similar phones; to the point that they are difficult to distinguish in the official images released today by Samsung. Both are based on the same 6.6-inch screen, based on a Super AMOLED panel resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels and a refresh rate of 120 Hz. This also means that the A35 5G also has a hole in the screen for the front camera, a big improvement over the A34 5G which still used a “drop” on the screen.

The design is also practically identical, with both models adopting the branding that Samsung uses in the Galaxy S and now also in the rest of the ranges. They also have the strange ‘island’ of controls on the sidel, which houses the power and volume buttons and should make them easier to use blindly.

The big difference in terms of design lies in the materials: The A55 has a metal frame, while the A35 5G is plasticor something to be expected given the lower price. Therefore, if we want to have the feeling of “premium”, we will obviously have to pay more. However, the colors are the same and both phones are available in “Awesome Iceblue”, “Awesome Lemon”, “Awesome Lilac” and “Awesome Navy”.

Continuing with the common components, the A55 and A35 5G both use a 5,000 mAh battery, with 25W fast charging. They also share the same hardware protection, using Samsung Knox Vault to store critical data on our device, such as passwords and credentials, like the unlock PIN. This is the first time that this technology is present in the Galaxy A range of mobile phones.

It’s in the rest of the “material” that we start to notice differences; for example, in the processor, although both bet on Samsung chips. The Galaxy A55 launches the new Exynos 1480, which stands out for being the the brand’s first mid-range processor to use AMD graphics, based on the same RDNA architecture as its computer graphics cards. It will also be the first model in the Galaxy A line that can be purchased with 12GB of RAM (although it comes with 8GB by default); You can choose between 128 and 256 GB of storage. Therefore, we expect a lot of performance in games and applications when we test it.

In exchange, the Galaxy A35 5G inherits the same Exynos 1380 used on Galaxy A55; This should mean a jump in performance compared to the last generation, although it remains at 6 GB of RAM in its base version, with the possibility of upgrading to 8 GB of RAM. You can also choose between 128 GB and 256 GB of storage.

The main camera is the same in both models, with a 50 Mpx sensor and f/1.8 aperture in addition to the 5 Mpx macro camera. In the Galaxy A55, the wide angle is 12 Mpx, while in the A35 5G it is 8 Mpx; The front camera is also different, 32 Mpx in the most expensive model and 13 Mpx in the cheapest.

Samsung promises 4 years of new versions of Android and One UI on Galaxy A55 and A35 5G, plus 5 years of security updates; two years younger than the high-end models, the Galaxy S.

The Samsung Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A35 5G will be available in Europe from April 8. The price of the Galaxy A55 will start at 480 dollars for the 8/128 GB version; while the 8/256 GB version will cost 529 dollars. The 12 GB version does not yet have a price. For its part, the Galaxy A35 5G will start at 379 dollars in its 6/128 GB version, and the 8/256 GB version will cost 449 dollars.

In Europe, and as a pre-purchase offer, users will be able to obtain the version with double the storage for the same price; In other words, the 256 GB version will cost the same price as the 128 GB version. Added to this, and as an introductory offer, buyers of the A35 and A55 will benefit from Galaxy Buds FE headphones as a giftUntil April 28.