Galaxy A23 5G – key specs and US rivals
Presumably powered by Android 12 out the box, the budget-friendly handset is also guaranteed to receive (at least) two OS upgrades and four years of regular security patches, which you’re unlikely to get from many other devices in this price bracket.
By no means premium-looking due mainly to that outdated (V-shaped) notch, as well as the relatively thick side bezels and fairly sizable chin, not to mention the “cheap” all-plastic body, the A23 5G does come with two key features Samsung’s most “premium” phones no longer offer as standard.
We’re talking about a good old fashioned 3.5mm headphone jack and an always handy microSD card slot, while the side-mounted fingerprint scanner is perhaps not as “modern” as its under-display counterpart, often however shining a lot brighter in terms of reliability.
Should you buy it?
But compared to some of Samsung’s arguably overpriced and undercooked Galaxy A-series devices released in the US in the last few years, this thing does hold a couple of important advantages over its aforementioned rivals made by Motorola or OnePlus.
Carrier availability might be another such key advantage, as AT&T and T-Mobile are already allowing their customers to order the Galaxy A23 5G in a single black color in exchange for $299.99 and $312 respectively. Knowing the two operators, it shouldn’t take long for Magenta to make this phone free (under certain conditions) or for AT&T to drop its monthly charge with three-year installment plans from $8.34 to just a couple of bucks or so.
