The time has finally come for T-Mobile to follow Verizon and AT&T’s suit with Galaxy Tab S8+ 5G availability of its own, and alongside Samsung’s 12.4-inch powerhouse, the mid-end Galaxy A53 5G handset is also ready to go on sale at the nation’s leading “Un-carrier.”
The $449 retail price of the 6.5-inch Galaxy A53 5G with an Exynos 1280 processor under the hood will go down to a measly $99 if you’re willing to add a new line to an existing account or open an altogether new one on “ANY” plan whatsoever.
There are no device trade-ins or number port-ins involved here, mind you, although your savings will be applied to your account as monthly bill credits over a period of two years, which is slightly inconvenient… and completely standard practice in these types of situations.
Meanwhile, if you don’t have a problem to switch from your current carrier to Metro by T-Mobile, the prepaid operator will be able to hook you up with a 5G-enabled Galaxy A53 unit in exchange for an even humbler $49.99.
Obviously, this is an absolutely heavyweight contender for the 2022 title of best mid-range phone, squeezing a hefty 5,000mAh battery with 25W fast charging support into a reasonably compact body and featuring among others a quad rear-facing camera system with a 64MP primary shooter.
By no means a bargain by, well, the A53’s standards, for instance, the Galaxy Tab S8+ 5G is set to make its T-Mobile debut at $899.99 after 24 monthly bill credits with a new tablet line and $1099.99 with zero strings attached.
This is technically not Samsung‘s most advanced Android slate to date, but it is slightly easier to maneuver than the 14.6-inch Tab S8 Ultra while still giving Apple’s newest iPad Pro giants a run for their money with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, silky smooth 120Hz Super AMOLED display, 12MP ultra-wide-angle front camera, massive 10,090mAh battery capable of blazing fast 45W charging, and perhaps most importantly, a built-in S Pen.
