Samsung’s new finances telephones mimic the Galaxy S24 however value a whole lot much less

Samsung has introduced two new mid-range Android smartphones quickly to hit the UK that take the design and software program of the Galaxy S24 sequence however provide it at extra budget-friendly costs. The long-rumoured £339 Samsung Galaxy A35 5G and £439 Galaxy A55 5G will go on sale on 20 March and will show to be two of the bestselling telephones of the 12 months.

The Galaxy A55 is the newest telephone in Samsung’s extremely widespread A sequence, a spread of smartphones that tends to outsell its pricier S sequence. The A55 boasts a big 6.6-inch OLED display with clean 120Hz refresh charge and triple rear cameras with a 50MP primary lens main the way in which – Samsung says it has improved night time time pictures to take clearer snaps in low mild.

“Galaxy A55 5G’s advanced AI Image Signal Processing (ISP) produces stunning low-light images never seen before on Galaxy A series,” the corporate mentioned in a press launch. “It’s not just scenery that looks amazing. Night Portrait mode and 12-bit HDR video ensure the people in every image look great so that capturing memories with friends and family is never dependent on the perfect lighting.”

Available in Awesome Ice Blue, Awesome Lemon, Awesome Lilac and Awesome Navy colors, the A55 stands out greater than the plain colors of the costlier Galaxy S24, whereas packing in an enormous 5,000mAh battery that ought to make sure you by no means run out of juice earlier than the top of the day. The £439 telephone comes with 128GB storage, or you will get a £489 model that bumps that as much as 256GB, superb should you take a great deal of images, obtain your music, or have a whole lot of apps.

The even cheaper Galaxy A35 will set you again £339 however is available in all the identical colors and has the identical dimension show and similar primary 50MP digital camera. In truth, a variety of the specs are equivalent on paper, so that you may not see a lot distinction and will save your self £100. The A55 is more likely to have a extra premium construct high quality and higher chipset, the latter of which Samsung has not instantly specified for both telephone.

Both the A55 and A35 have Samsung’s Knox Vault function in-built, the primary time it’s been seen on any A sequence telephone. It’s a particular subsystem inside the telephone you may retailer delicate info and recordsdata, Samsung says, fully securely.

“A hardware-based and tamper-resistant security solution, Samsung Knox Vault offers comprehensive protection against both hardware and software attacks by constructing a secure execution environment that is physically isolated from the system’s main processor and memory. It can help protect the most critical data on a device, including lock screen credentials, such as PIN codes, passwords and patterns.”

The telephones run Android 14 with Samsung’s One UI software program excessive. Samsung says it’s going to present 4 generations of updates to take each telephones to Android 18, plus 5 years of safety updates to maintain the gadgets updated till 2029.

If you desire a new Android telephone however cannot stretch to greater than £1,000 for the Galaxy S24 Ultra, these new Galaxy A telephones might be the reply. They face competitors from the wonderful £449 Google Pixel 7a with its excellent cameras, and the recently-launched £319 Nothing Phone 2a that has nice design and software program.