Samsung Galaxy A54
Samsung’s Galaxy A-series of smartphones are a decent mixture of performance and affordability.
In March 2022 the company unveiled the latest iteration of the series, including the Samsung Galaxy A53 5G and Samsung Galaxy A33 5G. But we’re already seeing rumours appear about the A53’s successor.
So, here’s all we know so far about the Samsung Galaxy A54.
Samsung Galaxy A54 release date
There’s no official release date for the Galaxy A54 as yet, but we can get a good idea of when it might appear by looking at the previous models. Here’s when they made their debuts:
Samsung Galaxy A53 5G – March 2022
Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G – September 2021
Samsung Galaxy A52 5G – March 2021
Samsung Galaxy A51 – April 2020
As you can see, the usual release time is around March/April for the main numbered entries in the A-series. So looking ahead, it looks likely that the Galaxy A54 will arrive in March/April 2023.
Samsung Galaxy A54 Price
As with the release date, there’s no confirmed pricing for the Galaxy A54 at the time of writing. Once again, we can look to its forebears to see the cost that may be involved. Here’s how they lined-up:
we’d expect the Galaxy A54 to arrive at around the same mark as the A53 5G.
The Samsung Galaxy A54 specs and features
As you’ve probably worked out by now, Samsung has yet to make any kind of announcement about the Galaxy A54, so we are left in the realms of rumours and past performance to work this out. We have seen some news creeping out though, with suggestions of what may be planned for the new device.
Camera & Design
A break from OnLeaks and 91Mobiles shows a render of the supposed A54 with triple back cameras and a focused poke hole camera, however no camera island, only three knocks where the focal points are - aping the S22 Ultra plan, as most would consider to be normal to be seen across the impending Cosmic system S23 series.
Display
The leaker adds that he’s expecting the phone to have a 6.4in display, and measure roughly 158.3 x 76.7 x 8.2mm.
Concerning specs, we've proactively seen the A54 show up on the benchmark Geekbench, where it scored 776 in the single-center test and 2,599 in the multi-center benchmark - respectable scores for a mid-officer, and a critical improvement from the 1,833 multi-center score we recorded while checking on the A53.
RAM & Chipset
The posting uncovers that the phone is running Android 13 (no enormous shock) and has 6GB of Smash - however we'd hope to consider basically a 8GB choice to be well at send off. The chipset is recorded as the S5E8835, which is no doubt the replacement to the Exynos 1280, and probably called the Exynos 1380. The computer processor evidently has four 2.4GHz execution centers and four 2.0GHz productivity centers, with a Mali G68 GPU.
Camera
Galaxy Club reports on a few more details about the phone’s specs. First up, it will apparently move to a 50Mp main camera – something you could see as a downgrade from the A53’s 64Mp shooter, but in practice it’s likely to be a better sensor and lens.
Larger Battery
The site likewise says that the phone ought to have a marginally bigger battery, with an evaluated limit of 4905mAh. The A53 battery was evaluated for 4860mAh, and promoted as a commonplace 5000mAh battery, so it presumably implies the A54 will be formally recorded with either 5050mAh or 5100mAh. Not a major distinction, but rather hello, each and every makes a difference.
As far as different details, we've seen no strong reports up until this point, however this is the very thing we desire to find in the new Samsung A54:
Better processor
In our review of the Samsung Galaxy A53 5G, the number one complaint was the performance, which we put down to the Exynos 1280 chipset. If Samsung wants the next model to be competitive in an increasingly aggressive section of the market, then the processor needs to be a lot better.
We’ve seen reports lately that Samsung is working on developing bespoke processors specifically for its Galaxy range. While doing this, it’s thought that the company will limit the development of the Exynos range, as its resources will be deployed elsewhere. This means we might see Qualcomm processors in the all the Samsung devices next year, which could mean improved performance for customers in Europe and India – though the Geekbench listing above does suggest we’re still stuck with Exynos for now.
The A52 and A52s both came with Snapdragon 7-series processors, which were fine, so if Samsung can return to something like that then things could improve dramatically. XDA Developers has already reported that Qualcomm has new Snapdragon 7-series chips on the way, so maybe the Galaxy A54 will benefit from improved performance with that silicon.
More RAM
Depending on the configuration that was available in your region, the A53 5G either came with 4, 6, or 8GB of RAM. In these days of demanding apps and high-quality photo/video capture, we would hope that the higher end of that selection was made the default in the Galaxy A54.
Faster charging times
While the battery life on the Samsung Galaxy A53 5G was impressive, the recharge times were not. Limited to only 25W, this meant you were looking at around two hours to return a discharged battery to 100%. Even at the lower end of the price scale, this is poor, especially when some cheaper Android phones can be completely replenished in just over 30 mins.
We definitely want to see improvements in this area for the Galaxy A54. Plus, putting a decent charger in the box would also be a real benefit to customers.
That’s all we’ve gathered together so far, but of course we’ll be updating this article as more details emerge. Be sure to check back regularly to see what we uncover. Until then, why not peruse our roundup of the best mid-range phones to see what other options are available.
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