I have bought the Samsung A55 2 weeks ago and am in love with it. For a budget phone, any ordinary customer will never be able to discern this from Samsung's flagship 'S' series. Not only does it have very similar features to the 'S' series for only half the price it has a plethora of customisation options which you cannot find for phones of this price point, such as being able to assign a specific function by double pressing the power button such as a launching the camera app or flashlight. Of course, if someone does want the higher camera resolution, faster snapdragon chip in comparison the Exynos 1480 chip, by all means purchase one of the flag ship phones. However, for any ordinary user who still wants high camera resolution when taking pictures and a fast phone, just not top of the line, the Samsung A55 is an excellent choice.

Additionally, the very feeling of the phone feels very premium, considering it is just a budget phone. Based on looks alone it could easily be mistaken for a samsung flag ship phone. With the phone being Gorilla Glass Victus+ on the front and back, it ensures the phone is protected to a high degree. Additionally, the side island Samsung decided to implement makes turning the volume up/down and finding the power button so much simpler -. Finally, the metal aluminum is the cherry on top for making this phone feel more premium for half the price.

I highly recommend this phone for someone new phone but not wanting to pay a lot of money for very premium features. I also recommend this phone for someone looking to switch to Samsung but does not want to spend a lot of money as its a trial. Me personally, who went from an S10 to buying this phone as their first phone, I am in love with and think it's the best phone at this price point.

It's a good phone but the customer service of Samsung's incompetent troubleshooting bucks big time. My phone is only weeks old and had problems from the day I received it, the problem is that this a55 5g phone has problems recognising a tethering conection to my one year old desk top with the latest software and I tried 2 premium usb-c to usb-a cable's and the phone had the same problems! I contacted Samsung's customer service and all you get is a support centre in Asia with people who hardly speak English and don't even understand the question that one has to ask to resolve the issue or troubleshooting the phone or settings etc. I was told to take it to a service centre in Sydney even though that I mentioned that it is 800km away from my place and the other closest place being in qld over 2 hours drive away. The person on the phone was going to send me an email so that I could send in the phone, the email got never sent! So much for incompetency from Samsung which is absolute disgrace. The fe earbuds that came with the promotion are absolutely useless and have the worst sound I ever experienced, basically you can't watch a movie or listen to music with them because they sound like a tin can and if I would have had to buy them I would've returned them because they're not worth your money because they are absolute rubbish! Why not have as well as wireless a 3.5mm ear phone jack and let people decide what they want to use because I really preferred my old plug in headphones! Another thing to mention is that this phone because of it's square design is harder to hold in my hand and I have quite large hands compared to my old Samsung which had the same overall width but with a more rounded frame. Also no charger comes with this phone another $39 on top of the phone price, chargers used to be included with phones also that useless usb-c to usb-c cable that one can only use for charging but to transfer data to your desktop you need to buy another $20 cable! I can tell you that my next phone won't be a Sumsung phone I will take my money somewhere else especially for an overpriced phone that I had problems with from day one and the incompetency of Samsung and it's customer service and troubleshooting

This purchase was an upgrade from the A52. I only upgraded as my old handset was getting irritatingly slow and the battery had lost some power, but otherwise still most useable.

So the A55 is a big improvement, yet familiar. The camera is far better. I like the overall design with a large screen and importantly, it responds quickly - no more waiting some seconds before the camera is ready to shoot, meaning I lost out on many photo opportunities where speed was of the essence. I do have a lot of apps and it was a pain to sign into all of them again (considering I forgot a lot of the passwords!) Then of course with banking apps and the likes, you have to register a new handset, which is all a bit of a pain and time consuming. But I would have had that issue with any model. The Samsung Smart Switch copies over all of your phone settings, which gets your basic needs set up quickly.

I actually previously ordered from my network provider, the flagship S24 Ultra (amazing camera), but after having it on approval, decided I did not want to be committed to paying so much on a monthly basis, and wonderful as it is, also found it too heavy for my liking. I decided I preferred to pay upfront for the more than adequate A55, so there is no financial tie for the next 2 or 3 years.

To summarise, the A55 is a very satisfactory mid-range phone with a good camera (important for my business), a lively interface, a decent battery life (although I drain it quickly as like to listen to podcasts on YouTube whilst I am working) and seems like an all-round better version of an old and trusty friend!

I opened up the box , transfered over my data from my old phone to the a55. Very smooth, very responsive for a mid range phone, I've played a few mobile games on this, again, very smooth performance while playing.

The screen or device itself has 120hz refresh rate, you can lower it to 60hz for power saving purposes to extend the batteries life.

To change the devices refresh rate, go to settings - display - motion smoothness - select 120hz for a faster more responsive and smoother experience, 60hz for lowering battery consumption /life.

The a55 also has a Microsd slot, but it's in the same area with the phones sim, the sim is one side of the slots, the microsd slot is the other. It's another reason to pick the a55 up, the flagships is very recent memory don't have this expandable storage, it goes up to 1tb for micro sd cards. If you have loads of apps or if you shoot loads videos and photos, it all adds up over time, so the microsd slot is incredibly useful.

Bixby is also a feature, I have used it a couple of times to try out, it's okay, definitely responsive. I mainly used it to power off the a55, it does that okay.

The screen colors do feel more washed out than previous phones, even when adjusting the screens colours from natural to vivid, it feels a bit washed out too. So that's a bit of a downside.

Other than that, the a55 is a very solid phone and great alternative to a flagship phone , IF you can pick it up for under £300.