Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
Better than your average…
22/05/2023 11:02
I was looking for a phone that closely matched my requirements for replacing my old phone but could also function as a work phone when needed. With Samsung this is easy with Secure Folder creating that separation between work & play. Here is a summary of what I’ve enjoyed so far / not so much.
Battery – This has been great so far, I had it on for over 2 days with medium use without having to charge. With turning on the battery saver mode (limits to 85% charge), this is around one – one and a half days.
Screen – Extremely bright and vivid display, flows great with the adaptive screen refresh rate of up to 120Hz. This seems to be more like the display on recent flagships from Samsung (S22/ 23). Get some occasional screen tearing when using the phone at speed, but this is normal with adaptive screen refresh rates. Only other complaint would be that the screen is quite reflective when off, but otherwise great screen.
Rear-facing Cameras – From experience from utilising indoors / outdoors, the performance varies. Indoor low-light photos are really good for the fact the phone is a mid-range phone from Samsung. The scene optimiser as-per other Samsung phones blows out specific colours when taking photos outside, i.e. green grass in the sunlight, therefore I’d recommend disabling scene optimisation setting from within the camera. The zoom is good and provide ability to get decent zoom for lecture halls/ conference events to see text clearly. The image stabilisation as noted by Samsung is decent and works very well for the price range this phone is within.
Front-facing Camera – Good quality camera but would recommend adjusting the smoothing function to your preference. Otherwise, the camera provides accurate, decent quality selfies and deals well with multiple people in the photo.
Build-Quality – The phone itself it a lot thicker than I expected, but that doesn’t distract you from the fact it is a well-built and solid phone with decent water-resistance (so I won’t worry about the phone getting a bit wet when navigating in Scottish weather)
Audio Quality – Both Bluetooth and physical speaker are good and consistent. The audio quality isn’t too blown out at mid-range to mid-high, full volume on the speaker however can be a little bit distorted.
Phone features – The fingerprint reader so far has been quick, accurate and easy to set-up (much easier than the A53 previous generation phone).
martinglow
Edinburgh , Spojené království
Age: 32
Gender: Female