Samsung Galaxy A23 5G Review: A Great Bargain

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00:00 - Introduction
00:54 - Design overview
02:13 - Display overview
03:51 - Performance overview
05:20 - Battery life overview
06:06 - Extra features
06:39 - Camera overview
08:24 - Major dealbreaker (or not)
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[engelsseele]

I actually like having more of a plastic case than glass. Plastic is more durable and is sccratched... oh well... if dropped a little scuffed. But if it's glass, it generally just shatters and looks and feels horrible. Some cases can actually make the heat dissipation worse for the phone.

[ashwell]

My first time seeing someone on YouTube doing an honest review on phone

[ELPCOTILLION-SD]

An Absolutely Splendid Phone Indeed...I Was Originally Considering Purchasing The SAMSUNG GALAXY A53~But It's Rather Above My Budget...So I'm Considering This SAMSUNG GALAXY A23... Ironically It Has A Slightly Larger Display Than The SAMSUNG GALAXY A53...6.6 Inch Display Is Rather More My Preference...6.5 Is The Lowest I'll Accept...One Other Review Did Mention The Absence Of The Proximity Sensor... Quite Disappointing...But Whatever Type Of Sensor This Phone Seems To Work Rather Well...

[BigHouseProductions]

Got this phone through Boost mobile for $9.99 with a $40 plan. Worth every penny imo.

[farze]

Got mine for 10.99 bought it since I have been using my iPhone 8 for years now. Really enjoy it

[chillspot]

Update. It finally came in mail. Threw a case on it, who gives a shit about the bezels. Great processor, awesome refresh rate, the display is bad ass. Memory sucks, but I bought SD card. And it was FREE, as a fucking bird. Had pixel 6 pro and s22 plus, the pixel had issues and the s22 feels like a godamned brick in your pocket or hand. Oh, and it's $1500 bucks. This phone is an absolute steal.

[yelenapivovarova]

Still using it. Along with crappy a20. These things are immortal😂. A23 still holds up good today. Gaming on it alot. Never got any problem, money well spent

[Irish]

What i love about it is it has smart view similar phones dont a14 for example

[donotneed]

My Motorola has a 60Hz refresh rate and I don't have any issues with it. TVs with picture tubes have a 60Hz refresh rate.🤷🏼‍♂️ Today's youth are used to flat-screen TVs with a refresh rate of 250Hz or higher so they're lost looking at a screen with 60Hz.🤷🏼‍♂️ In the 1980's I learned and worked in Consumer Electronics Repair and did so until I changed fields in 1991.

I agree with you on high priced phones lacking in the things I look for in a smartphone. I'm considering getting A23 this week but will miss the stereo speakers on my Motorola. It will also be my second Samsung. If I had not discovered the UI of LG phones I probably would have stayed with Samsung.

[vornamenachname]

Thanks for the info on the virtual proximity sensor. This never got mentioned anywhere. It was not highlighted on Samsung's page. It helps to know why the phone is behaving differently.

[pablogilberto]

I'm about to get one for 220 $ and for the price I think I'm won't mind that it's LCD and the proximity sensors behave differently, and I prefer the plastic over the glass anyways. I'm just glad it won't have annoying bloatware and ads every time you download an app like my current Redmi Note 9s. That and the fact that it has Dolby, I've used Samsung A50 for along side my Redmi and always notice that there is very large gap in audio quality between them. Can't wait to get my A23 this holiday season, already ordered 25 watt Samsung charger, and cases too.

[ninjanerdstudent]

It seems like the Samsung phone is lacking because they want to push people to the $1000+ phones. The smaller companies seem more likely to give non-compromising phones, like OnePlus and Moto.

[deeznutzgamer]

But one thing to not it's not a regular lcd display at a tft lcd with gives it better image quality than traditional lcd and better response time than regular lcd

[DominicJONES-yois]

I was thinking about picking it up today cuz I shattered my and I can get it cheap I'm going to do that I can't believe I just watch this you did a very good job selling to me

[Charliemmafan]

You never even mentioned how big the internal memory is or if the phone has Smart View which I heard it does have but all the other top-of-the-line Samsung devices don't have Smart View anymore sadly since 2020 when they discontinued it because they want everyone buying the Wi-Fi from them and not just phones or tablets or whatever but that's my favorite feature to mirror whatever is on my phone directly to a Samsung TV without having to worry about going through Wi-Fi so I think it's a big deal if a phone still has that when most don't anymore or at least most Samsung devices don't anymore.

[tarshiaalston]

I just need a decent phone with smart view....is smart view on this phone?

[oida]

Personal for me the lack of an SD-slot is a mayor deal breaker for me if it is not a 1 TB+ Ultra-Model in return and even there it will feel like a downgrade so much that I rather get a mid ranger with SD and save the money, so glad for any phone which has it. I can live very well without a headphone jack now (though it is a nice have) and replacing it with a dangle is easy (there might be even split versions if you have to charge it on the side) for a SD card there is no such elegant replacement.
It is a pitty. In my option the 6 was biggest step up and biggest step down
simultaneously for the Pixel line up for this reason.

[kaoticmess]

I was scrolling Boost mobile sales on phones a few days ago and picked up 2 of these on their website for under $10 each on a typo they caught only after I paid $20 for 2 phones that should of cost $200 on sale lol! hopefully this is the best $20 I've silent in a while!

[antworker]

got it for 80$ open box. mind you sd695 5g is pretty decent in most scenarios. loving it.

[BigHouseProductions]

I'm interested in this. I didn't hear you mention the speakers. Does it have stereo speakers or just one?