Samsung’s Galaxy A54 has a vivid 1,000-nit show and appears extra like a flagship cellphone

The show is now barely smaller at 6.4 inches (the predecessor had a 6.5-inch display screen), however it retains the identical 2,400 x 1,080 decision. This yr, nonetheless, Samsung has boosted the utmost brightness to 1,000 nits. That must be noticeable in daylight and the corporate goes additional, including Imaginative and prescient Booster to boost visibility when your surroundings is a bit of too vivid. The display screen additionally reaches as much as 120Hz, although the variable refresh price helps to maintain battery life in examine. It’s one other attractive display screen from Samsung, which continues to shrink the hole between flagship and mid-range. It’s solely the bezels that kinda give the sport away right here.

Samsung has additionally upgraded the A54’s processor, working on the 5nm octa-core Exynos 1380 – the corporate’s newest in-house chip. Samsung claims that this could supply 20 p.c efficiency enchancment on CPU duties, and 26 p.c enchancment relating to GPU duties. Whereas it was onerous to push the cellphone to its limits throughout hands-on time, we’re hoping the A54 is a bit more succesful than final yr’s A53. Samsung has stored the battery the identical dimension as final yr, which is an effective signal: two-day battery life was one of many stronger factors once we reviewed the machine.

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With regards to imaging, It’s one other triple-camera array for this yr’s A-series. There’s a 50-megapixel predominant digicam with optical picture stabilization and an f/1.8 lens, which is flanked by a 12MP ultra-wide digicam, and a 5MP macro digicam. Samsung has additionally stored the 32-megapixel selfie digicam for the 2023 refresh. The corporate says the adjustments to the digicam system embody bigger pixels (extra element, much less noise) and enhanced optical stabilization, from 0.95 levels of stability as much as 1.5 levels – that’s a notable enchancment, particularly when you’re capturing loads of video. Samsung has additionally embedded Snapchat filters into the native digicam app, which you’ll be able to see in the principle picture on the prime of this story. It will sync together with your Snapchat account, giving you quick access to filters throughout all of the cameras.

Within the US, the Galaxy A54 arrives in two shiny shade choices: black and violet. Elsewhere, you’ll have the ability to select white and lime colorways. A couple of of our pictures embody the Galaxy A34, which has a notch selfie digicam, a barely bigger display screen and a hypnotic, familiar, pearlescent end, which I feel is definitely nicer than the costlier A54. Nonetheless, solely the A54 is heading to the US, which can be obtainable to preorder on March thirtieth earlier than launching on April sixth for $450 – the identical worth as final yr’s mannequin.