SAMSUNG Galaxy A54 5G A Series Cell Phone, Factory Unlocked Android Smartphone, 128GB w/ 6.4” Fluid Display Screen, Hi Res Camera, Long Battery Life, Refined Design, US Version, 2023, Awesome Violet

Okay, so, let's talk about this phone. I really needed a mid tier phone with a good quality camera. I take pictures of products for work and need stunning images, so this was the #1 most important feature to me... and I'm blown away. These are near-flagship quality images for a fraction of the price. Here are some images I took with it:1. A comparison between my older Moto G Stylus 5G (left) and the A54 (right). I consider the Moto G to have a pretty decent camera and I've taken some stunning shots with it, but this is a level up. Notice that the Moto G really struggles with underexposure of the subject when trying to compensate for the brightly lit window behind it. The A54 photo is definitely overexposed in that spot too, but the main subject doesn't lose any detail.2. Same 2 pictures but zoomed in. The loss of fine detail and underexposure is even more apparent in the Moto G Stylus photo. The A54 photo is crisp and retains some fine details here which is impressive.3. 3:4 50MP mode.4. Same photo, zoomed in. The resolution here is phenomenal. If you zoom in even further, you can see the individual pixels on the can label.5. Macro mode. Again the fine detail here is stunning.6-8: 3:4 50MP mode. Notice the clarity, fine detail, vividness and crispness of these images. I love how vivid the colors are.9. 32MP selfie camera. This camera is powerful and picks up details I'm not sure I even want it to, to be honest. Thankfully, though, it also has the skin smoothing effect to mitigate this. 32MP on a selfie camera in general is new to me and very impressive.Overall I give this phone's camera a 9.5/10. The only thing it lacks is a telephoto lens, but I wouldn't expect this in a $325 phone. Also, some of the images do come out slightly oversaturated which could be a problem if you want "natural" looking, slightly less vivid photos. Personally, though, I actually prefer this vibrant, enhanced look, so for my needs it's a straight up 10/10.Now that I've written an entire novel on this phone's camera, which is probably the most underrated aspect of anything in the world of consumer electronics today, let's talk briefly about the phone itself.1. I love that it's IP67 water resistant. I do not plan to test this, but I've ruined many phones by dropping them in the toilet or taking them in the rain so I like that I don't have to worry as much about that.2. Battery life is decent. Today, I charged it overnight to 100%. I had a video call with my therapist and after that I've been editing images on full brightness for a few hours. Then I wrote this review, which took like 45 minutes. I have not plugged it in again and at 4:30pm, I still have 68%. This is impressive.3. Love the size. My Moto G Stylus 5G was a bit too big to hold comfortably in my hand. This phone is just a tad bit smaller and easier to hold, but still has a big beautiful display.4. The awesome purple color is just the cherry on top of an amazing phone.Overall: Vastly underrated phone for a phenomenal price.

I purchased this model as a compromise because I could not afford the new S-series Galaxy to replace my old one. I am blown away by this phone! I have waited some months to review this so I could truly report on its functionality and quality. First of all, the screen and sound quality is top notch! The screen brightness is easily dimmed or brightened with a simple swipe. I ordered a higher memory capacity model, and have had absolutely no issues with it and as many apps as I have, and as many photos, etc, I am not even at the halfway mark for the memory. I was reluctant to use biometrics at first, but eventually decided to use the fingerprint scanner. It works extremely well and makes entrrig apps that require it simple and faster to access. The charging speed is average, but the charge holds for what seems like forever. Even after all these months. It connects seamlessly with Wi-Fi and has no trouble using cellular data. It also works well with the stylus and has updated to all the latest technologies offered with the more expensive phones. I wholeheartedly recommend this phone and model for everyone, and personally see no need to spend extra money on the top models Samsung has to offer.

I had bought this phone to upgrade my wife's Android phone. The hardware is great, especially the camera. The battery lasts well over a day for her usage. We don't use the facial recognition or fingerprint reader.When setting up the phone one of the first thing you're asked is to create a Samsung account. I didn't want to do this, as we've got enough cloud accounts, and didn't want yet another 3rd party gathering information on our lives. Unfortunately, the only way to automatically migrate your apps from your old phone to new is to use the Samsung Smart Switch app. This surprised us... our older phones just used Google's cloud and restored beautifully. I searched online for alternatives, but it appears you need a Samsung cloud account and this Samsung app to easily migrate apps, Samsung's "skin" software appears to have disabled the Google app backup/restore feature.. We had to manually install the apps instead. Annoying, as migrating app data one at a time is tedious.I'd rate this phone 5 stars if it wasn't for the required Samsung cloud to migrate apps. We will see in a few years if we'll stick with Samsung or go with another phone manufacturer.

There is no "best phone" for everyone, because we use them differently, but this one works for me. Price reasonable, screen sharp (403 ppi), cameras good-enough, and it runs on Android. Battery life is a little over four days of light use between charges using the 80% Maximum option for battery protection.

I got this for my mom for her birthday because she wanted to get a newer Samsung. She had an older Samsung and it was getting slow and was starting to get on her nerves. she wanted to stay with samsung because "she knew how they work". found this one and it has a lot of great features that their flagship don't. Why don't phone manufacturers let you upgrade your storage space with SD cards?? that was one of the major selling points for me on this phone because her old one she filled up with pictures and videos of my two nephews and being able to put in a 1TB SD card in there to give her way more space is GREAT! No real reason for them not to put this into every phone.so far she is really liking this new phone. it was a bit of a hassle moving her stuff from her old phone to this one, im not sure why they have made it so difficult and requiring you have a google account/gmail account, that was the biggest pain. but once you get all that taken care of the phone seams to be really good.