Samsung somehow thinks it's okay to charge $499 while delivering no tangible upgrades.

It is a half baked review, IMO. The author says that despite having 45 W charging, the phone takes 75 mins to charge. Samsung really slows down it’s charging speeds post 80%, so testing from 0 to 100 is not a good criterion at all.

Plus, he forgets to mention that Samsung skips on a microSD card for A56 which was present on A55. Though in Samsung’s favor, they are offering 6 OS upgrades and I doubt any other OEM except Google matches it.

  • Synapse@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    16 days ago

    My personal experience with Samsung phones is that they are rubbish, slow, full of bloat you can’t remove. Maybe the high end are good, but the A-series have no business being so bad for the price.

    • COASTER1921@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      16 days ago

      They’ve gotten a bit better with this lately I think. Although it has certainly gotten slower over the years, my A52 4G is definitely still usable despite being released over 4yr ago as a mid-range phone.

      • Synapse@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        15 days ago

        A bit better maybe, but still the worst phones you can possibly buy, in my humble opinion.

        I had a Samsung A50 for some time. Worst phone I’ve ever see in my life. Terrible build quality, the thing came apart all by itself, and it’s my work phone that I really use at a minimum. And the worst is how slooooow this phone as always been.

        Last year I got it “upgraded” to a A35 5G, it’s a little faster, but the build quality still seems to be rubbish and the bloatware is through the roof !

    • bstix@feddit.dkEnglish
      2·
      16 days ago

      I hate the mandatory “updates” which is only a prompt to install “suggested” apps. Even when deselecting everything, it still starts downloading TEMU. Fuck that.

      • Synapse@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        15 days ago

        Yes ! I’ve got the exact same experience, it was mad ! Pop-up to update a bunch of baggage apps I would never ever want, I dismiss it for it to appear again exactly one week later. I untick everything and press next. It installed the stuff anyway ! This should be illegal.