Samsung’s Galaxy A54 and A34 telephones get a Galaxy S23-inspired facelift

Samsung’s Galaxy A34 and A54 are the most recent additions to its well-liked midrange A-series. Though each telephones supply plenty of upgrades over final 12 months’s fashions, probably the most hanging factor for me is how a lot they each seem like this 12 months’s Galaxy S23 and S23 Plus.

The digital camera bumps of the A33 and A53 are gone, leaving three easy digital camera lenses per cellphone of their wake. It makes each look extra premium to me, and Samsung is promising flagship-level assist durations of as much as 4 generations of main Android updates and 5 years of safety patches.

The Galaxy A54 will go on sale on April sixth within the US beginning at $449.99 with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. Within the UK the A54 is releasing this month beginning at £449 for 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, or £499 for 8GB RAM and 256GB of storage.

In the meantime, the Galaxy A34 will even be obtainable this month within the UK beginning at £349 for 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, or £399 for 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Samsung will not be asserting a US launch for the Galaxy A34 presently. We’ve adopted up with the corporate for precise European pricing and launch data.

Maintain them in your palms and the flagship phantasm disappears, these are clearly midrange telephones. Each really feel a bit of thick (8.2mm, presumably to make room for his or her giant 5,000mAh batteries), and the A34 particularly has a plastic-feeling again panel. Each telephones assist fast-charging at as much as 25W.

The telephones every include a major, ultra-wide, and macro digital camera on their again — although their precise specs differ. The A54 has a major 50-megapixel sensor, which is joined by a 12-megapixel ultrawide, and 5-megapixel macro. Samsung boasts that this major sensor is larger than the one present in its previous-gen mannequin, which ought to make for higher low-light pictures. The A34, in the meantime, has a 48-megapixel major, 8-megapixel ultrawide, and 5-megapixel macro digital camera.

Round entrance the telephones are extra visually distinct. The A34 has its 13-megapixel selfie digital camera in a small teardrop notch, whereas the A54 has a hole-punch cutout containing its 32-megapixel front-facing sensor. Each have 120Hz, 1080p OLED shows with a peak brightness of 1000 nits, although the A34’s display is barely greater at 6.6 inches, versus 6.4 inches on the A54.

Internally, the A34 is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 1080 processor, whereas the A54 has considered one of Samsung’s in-house Exynos 1380 chips. Each telephones have microSD card slots that assist as much as a 1TB playing cards.

Rounding out the specs, each telephones characteristic a comparatively sturdy IP67 score for mud and water resistance (that’s technically sufficient for full submersion, although we’d suggest not placing that to the take a look at your self), 5G, and in-display fingerprint sensors. Precise colours range by market, however within the UK the A34 is accessible in black, silver, lime, and violet, whereas the A54 can be bought in white fairly than silver along with black, lime, and violet.

Keep tuned for our full evaluate of the Samsung Galaxy A54.