The Samsung A54 is the Best Phone For 99% Of People (But It Has 1 Problem)

What's happening guys? My name is Wade with Everyday Tech, so for the past few years Samsung's top-tier A-series

phone

s have been some of the

best

sub 500

phone

s you can buy and this year's a54 is no exception, It really is 90% of what I would buy a flagship S Series phone for almost half the price and I really think it's the

best

Android device for the vast majority of

people

. It has a large screen that is as good as the S23. It takes stills and videos that, as long as you're not a professional filmmaker, look great too, the a54 was also redesigned to look identical to the flagship S Series, so if you're a bit vain you can rest assured that No one will notice that you opted for the cheap Samsung phone.

Honestly, it's a near-perfect smartphone that oozes value, but with a small exception in terms of performance, it could be a little better and if you're even vaguely familiar with the innards of this smartphone, you already know what it's all about. Samsung's new exynos processor once again. fails to deliver the fast and smooth user experience that it probably should to put things into perspective when I tested this a54 against the a34, a phone that is supposed to be a step below, their speeds were almost identical and in some cases the a34 It was even a little faster, so we definitely need to talk about that, but if you're considering the a54 right now, even with my complaints about performance, I still think you should get it.

I have really enjoyed it over the last few months using it. In fact, I've taken it basically all over the world and I think it's a very good device for the price, speaking of travel last week when I was in Oregon. I received a notification that someone was trying to purchase action figures online with my credit. card seriously, I was lucky enough to have my transaction cancelled, but I quickly realized that my carelessness with public Wi-Fi in airports and restaurants could have been to blame for my personal information being compromised and that's never a good feeling to help combat that. now I use a VPN from private internet access, we are kind enough to sponsor this video.

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I got feedback suggesting this wasn't actually a big deal, but we live in a world where status is all people scoff at for things they perceive as cheap or obsolete, phones from a series previously felt a bit cheap tacky and also looked a little dated, but not the a54, it's a glass and aluminum build with exactly the same front and back design as Samsung's 800. or 900 flagships and I even like the color selection for these phones better than the Series S, they are more fun and interesting again, as silly as it sounds, it's also something that people care about, yes you still have black edges more noticeable around the screen, but in my opinion this phone is a decisive departure from the obviously budget of a series of years past, it looks very good, unfortunately it is still missing a few things that would otherwise put it on par with a smartphone the S series, there is still no wireless charging, there is no headphone jack, although that is not unusual, the phone is also technically not as dust and water resistant nor as resistant and robust as in a serious phone, it is a pipe blower on the IP certification scale and the front and back glass are not Gorilla Glass Invictus but you still get an SD card slot which is a point in favor of the a54 and the in-display fingerprint sensor is much better than the one we used to have on previous 50's and 70's phones, although again it's not the ultrasonic one. sensor that the Series S phones had, so it's not as quick to unlock.

It also has dual stereo speakers for a better loud listening experience, so overall its physical characteristics are almost what you would like to see in a mid-range or high-end phone and I personally have nothing to complain about, the The a54's display is also probably better than you'd expect, it's a 6.4-inch 120 hertz Super AMOLED display with a full 2340 by 1080 resolution, spec for spec, it's almost the screen you'd get on the s23, the Flagship phones have a better AMOLED panel and are also quite a bit brighter, but everything else that really matters makes this a54 the best phone for its price when it comes to display. experience visually, you get a very bold and colorful display with vibrant colors, deep blacks and has the exact resolution it needs to look sharp.

Samsung really spared no effort here; It's also a 120 Hertz high refresh rate adaptive display, so it's fast and responsive when needed with your taps and taps, but otherwise actively limits the refresh rate to conserve battery life and al less sometimes pay attention to any performance issues, but the 120 hertz display alone is a flagship spec you'll notice Although this phone definitely still has plenty of brightness, I think it's a product of the cheaper Gorilla Glass 5 and higher levels of brightness that are still below what you'd see on a flagship Android or iPhone, the screen isn't exactly dimmed. either way, except with a thousand nits of maximum brightness via the adaptive auto brightness option, which is 200 nits lower than the s23's user-controlled brightness and 750 nits lower than maximum auto brightness, so in In that sense the a54 is far below a flagship phone, but it is not. one

problem

, it doesn't necessarily give you a bad viewing experience, it's not a Motorola phone, it's just the only thing to remind you that in fact this is still a mid-tier phone within Samsung's budget line on the surface, the a54 seems to be the complete one. nice package nice build good add-ons I saw a screen, but as I mentioned to its internal specs and performance, I think that's where it gets some well-deserved criticism: This phone is powered by Samsung's new mid-tier chipset, the exynos 1380.

You have the option of either six or eight gigs of RAM and 128 or 256 gigs of storage. I think most people, especially here in the US, will be stuck with the lower level configuration option, which in itself isn't really a bad thing. Six gigabytes of RAM is fine. Get the SD card slot anyway, like I said, but performance-wise, when you actually start playing with this phone, you quickly realize that it doesn't really perform like a Samsung 400 or 500 phone. Now let me make it clear that there is nothing specific. Obvious performance

problem

s. I didn't have to restart the phone for any reason.

I wasn't stuck waiting for random things to charge the phone. It didn't overheat. It performs the tasks you expected, but the more apps you have open, the more time you will have. Use the phone in one sitting, the more things you have to do all at once the less fluid and responsive it will become and also when I put this phone next to the Samsung a34 and that speed test phone it's supposed to be of a lower level. device in comparison and also cheaper, it was often just as fast to launch and load different apps and sometimes the 834 eats up the a54 decisively, that phone has a fan-favorite Snapdragon processor inside and my personal experience with the a54, along with that speed test comparison, it has been type In my opinion, two separate problems have been revealed for Samsung's exynos chipsets, even the most recent and updated ones still suffer from performance issues, throttling Thermal chips are underpowered in any case, they're just not as good as comparable Snapdragon chips or even with fewer blemishes and issues.

Number two is the fact that today's phones have such similar speeds and specifications that it's becoming increasingly difficult to tell them apart; There will still be a big difference between the a54 and an S Series phone, but between a couple of series phones not so much, that means if performance is the most important thing to you, you probably already have a Samsung flagship phone, If it's not, maybe the a34 for less money is the better buy here, you'll miss out on a few other things of course. With the a34, it's the lesser device, but the phones are so close this year that it's not a big deal in any case, the a54 is still a great value overall and Samsung even promised four years of Android updates and five years of patches of security.

Now it is also a long-term type of phone. You can keep this phone for the full four years or wait a year or two before buying it in the first place and know you'll be fine for a few more years. Beyond that, I think that aside from the stigma about Samsung's exynos processor, the a54 is still a good choice for your device. I just wish Samsung had done something to cement this phone as a true performance-focused device, it's not decisively better than the a34 and I still think some people will just look down on it for having an Exynos processor.

Unfortunately, I also think that overall efficiency is a minor issue with the Exynos chipset which also negatively affects battery life. The A54 does not last as long as the A34. Probably for a combination of reasons, but I wouldn't call this phone a Powerhouse device by any means, even with a 5000 milliamp battery inside it will last all day most of the time with no issues, even with above average usage and the faster charging speeds of 25 watts also help, the phone charges relatively quickly at least for an A series phone, but you still have to go out and supply the fast charger yourself, it's not included in the box, which is still somewhat annoying and unnecessary. finally affects today's smartphones when it comes to cameras.

In fact, I've taken hundreds of photos with this phone over the past few months and I have to say I was surprised at how good the images can look, but it's still not a flagship. and the more astute Among Us will be able to tell that this is an A-series camera setup, the main rear lens is a 50 megapixel shooter, but you can take full advantage of the high megapixel shooting mode and capture many more details in each shot. a 12 megapixel ultra wide angle which I think is a must and the 5 megapixel macro lens which I personally don't like very much, but I suppose it comes in handy from time to time.

The selfie lens is a solid 32-megapixel shooter and inside the Samsung Camera app presents you with most of the shooting modes and options you want and a few things you'll probably never use, although there's nothing specific here on this phone which you wouldn't otherwise find on any other Samsung phone from the last few years. In some years you can shoot 4K video, there are a few extra camera setups that take this phone a notch or two higher than most other budget devices and as I mentioned , I ended up taking some really good photos and videos with this phone that I would personally describe.

The images are bright and colorful, two characteristics that the average person would probably view as positive. The images sometimes, although they seem overly processed, the real world is not as saturated as this phone seems, but I know a lot of people just. like shocking and bold images, when you look closely you canseeing that the phone doesn't capture as much detail as it probably should and if there are cases of extreme lighting conditions, bright areas, dark shadows, things start to fall apart, it's very easy for an image. It looks dull in the sun or a backlight and some of the dark areas just disappear completely, like I said this is still a mid-tier phone with mid-tier camera capabilities but honestly the strides Samsung has made with The camera setup on these phones has been important in the last two or three years and I think that for a large majority of people who otherwise wouldn't even use the full camera capabilities of a flagship smartphone, we will see the a54 like a perfectly good image and video.

In my opinion, Samsung's a54 is absolutely the phone that 99% of people should buy for under $500 and really under $400 most days. It's a fraction of the price of a flagship phone, the ones Samsung really wants you to buy, but it pretty much has everything a normal person could want. It's very well designed. Built Well, nothing has been removed, there are very few compromises. It has a great screen. It takes solid photos, the more technologically inclined among us will certainly criticize the performance a bit, it's probably the only real weakness of this phone, but it could be. More subjective than anything else, if you're picky about processors and get mad at the site of an Exynos chip, you probably won't have this phone anyway, but for everyone else looking for a solid Samsung smartphone for a much more acceptable price, The a54 is without a doubt the phone for you.

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