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.
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.
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.
$500 for an A series is insane. You can get a refurbished S24 for $100 less with a way better processor.
Remember when it was a joke that the iPhone cost that much? “It’s $500, you have no choice of carrier, the battery doesn’t hold a charge, and the reception isn’t very…”
Do they really have no microSD card slot or is it one of those that you can use 2 sim or 1 sim + 1 microSD?
No card slot according to GSM Arena
Samsung dropped SD Card support a while back, and it’s fucking stupid. The EU should find a way to go after them.