![]() ![]() The only issue is that the A53 5G isn’t certified for HDR playback, although rivals such as the Realme 9 Pro Plus aren’t HDR-compliant, either. It’s an OLED screen, too, so contrast is effectively perfect. There are a few discrepancies in red tones, but everything else is bang on the money.īrightness is also significantly improved, with a measured peak luminance of 706cd/m² with the auto-brightness setting engaged. It also covers 93.7% of the sRGB colour space, with a total volume of 96%. In this mode, the Samsung Galaxy A53 5G achieved an average Delta E (colour variance) score of 1.18, which is miles better than the A52 5G. The overall quality is rather good, though, especially if you switch off the default Vivid mode and enable the phone’s Natural display setting instead. Samsung’s screens typically favour saturation over outright colour accuracy, and the same is true with the Galaxy A53 5G. The screen to body ratio is roughly 85% and the display has a not-so-bad pixel density of 405ppi. Samsung Galaxy A53 5G review: DisplayĪs for the display, this is yet another Super AMOLED number, with an adaptive refresh rate of up to 120Hz and an FHD+ (1,080 x 2,400) resolution. ![]() New UI and settings additions for this year include extra themes and colour palettes, as well as new privacy controls, including a green indicator in the top-right corner of the screen that appears whenever an app is using your camera or microphone. Naturally, the A53 5G comes with Android 12 from the get-go, with Samsung’s OneUI 4.1 skin placed on top. If you’re after a Samsung that supports wired audio connectivity, you’ll have to go much cheaper and get the Samsung Galaxy A13 instead. In fact, the only real downside is that the Galaxy A53 5G doesn’t have a 3.5mm headphone jack. I was sent the white model for testing, which you can see in the pictures dotted around this review.Ī small hole punch notch sits at the top of the A53 5G’s display, which houses the 32MP selfie camera, plus there’s an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner embedded under the screen, which can be used for unlocking the phone and authorising contactless payments. The chrome-tinted edges are a nice touch, and the phone comes in four “Awesome” flavours: Awesome Black, Awesome White and the new Awesome Blue and Awesome Peach colours. It’s a big handset, with a 6.5in display and narrow bezels, and I particularly liked the way the rear camera housing blends neatly with the rest of the phone.ĭespite the plastic construction, it doesn’t feel cheaply made, and it also comes with IP67-rated water and dust protection. The A53 5G’s design is certainly eye-catching but there are hints, on closer inspection, that it isn’t quite as lavish as the Galaxy S22. Samsung Galaxy A53 5G review: Design and key features It’s a 5G-capable mid-ranger but for the same price as the Redmi ( £329) it shares the A53’s Exynos 1280 chipset, with the only downsides being a 90Hz refresh rate and slightly weaker cameras. Not to mention that Samsung’s own Galaxy A33 5G also gets in the way a bit. The Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G is £80 cheaper, and is perhaps the best-value smartphone on shelves today, equipped with a capable Snapdragon 732G processor, 120Hz OLED screen and 67W fast charging. There’s plenty of choice for less money, too. It incorporates Apple’s flagship A15 Bionic chipset, which nothing comes close to for performance, but it isn’t the most attractive phone and poor battery life lets it down. The latest iPhone SE (2022) is £70 more than the Samsung and also a decent alternative. The Realme 9 Pro Plus, for instance, is our favourite and comes with a similar set of features, although it’s powered by a different chipset – the MediaTek Dimensity 920. That’s the sort of price that makes you wonder why Samsung decided to charge almost double the price for the Galaxy S22 – especially when they’re not that dissimilar when it comes to features.īut this is what we’re coming to expect from mid-range smartphones in 2022 and there are plenty of options at around this price. You get all that for the relatively low price of £399. Samsung Galaxy A53 5G review: Price and competition It also happens to be one of Samsung’s cheapest 5G handsets and it comes with Android 12 pre-installed. This is accompanied by a 12MP ultrawide plus a 5MP depth and a macro camera. The A53 5G comes with a total of four rear cameras, with the highlight being the primary 64MP (f/1.8) lens. ![]() Samsung’s mid-range Exynos 1280 chipset can be found inside, promising big performance improvements compared with the previous A52 5G, and this works alongside 6GB of RAM and 128GB of expandable storage. To begin with, you’re getting a 120Hz FHD+ AMOLED display for almost half the price of the Galaxy S22, and it’s bigger, too, at 6.5in to the S22’s 6.1in. ![]()
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