Samsung Galaxy A22 5G review

 These days you often see the lower end

phones with both a regular

lte model and a 5g model which brings

that extra connectivity

but cuts some of the other features in

order to stay within the same budget

this is pretty much the case here with

samsung's galaxy a22 5g

how does it compare to the regular a22

or the more expensive a325g

I'm will for gsm marina and let's find

out in our full review, the galaxy a22 5g

is a phone meant to fill a very specific

niche 5g connectivity on a budget

as 5g networks expand we should expect

even more of this kind of devices to

show up

as you might expect from a phone in this

price range the galaxy a22 5g

is all plastic the back surface has a

matte look

and is grippy but collects plenty of

fingerprints

the phone is a bit larger than the lte

only version and feels thick and chunky

which is strange since it also seems

hollow when you tap on it

the display is a 6.6-inch IPS LCD

with a 1080p resolution and a 90hz

refresh rate

despite the rather large bezels you

still get a notch for the selfie cam

and unlike the a32 5g, you don't get

gorilla glass protection here

this display does offer advantages over

those of his cousins

the 4g galaxy a22 has an AMOLED screen

but a lower 720p resolution

and a 325g has a 720p LCD

that doesn't have a high refresh rate

the refresh rate here is controlled

quite simply

it's either 90 hertz or 60 hertz

depending on what you choose in settings

it might use up more energy since it

isn't adaptive but it still offers you a

smoother experience

when swiping scrolling and even playing

games

the screen itself is just okay but still

decent at this price point

there's a good contrast for an LCD and

it's nice to have the higher resolution

The colors aren't very accurate though

trending toward bluish

and there aren't any color settings to

tweak them with there's no hdr support

and brightness is nothing special we

measured a maximum of 385 nits with the

slider

and there's no additional boost

available on top of that the a225g

has both a headphone jack and a bottom

firing loudspeaker it scored just

the average on our loudness charts

and audio quality from the speaker is

nothing too impressive either

you have the choice of either 64 or 128

gigs of storage onboard the a225g

and that's expandable through a MicroSD

slot and waking up and unlocking the

phone can be done with the fingerprint

reader built into the power button

it's speedy and reliable some of the

the appeal of getting a Samsung phone

even a budget one is the long-term

software support

but that's not quite the case with the

a225g

the phone still runs on one UI 3.1 based

on android 11

but Samsung has scheduled support for

two major os updates here

in contrast, the higher tier models get

three as well as four years of security

updates

there are a couple of features missing

here too like music share

and smart view but besides that this is

pretty much the same interface you'd get

on Samsung's flagship phones

you get features like pinning apps to

the top of the sheet with share options

you also get the advanced media playback

controls that came with android 11

which sit within the notification shade

and there's notification history

available in settings

in case you missed something or want to

double-check

Samsung Galaxy A22 5G review

you get edge panels which are a

convenient place to store shortcuts

and there's a game launcher that acts

as a hub for your games as well as

providing options for things like

notification alerts

behind all of these features is a

MediaTek density 700 chipset

built on a seven-nanometer process

CPU-wise it's about on par with the

snapdragon 732g

and the galaxy a22 5g holds its own on

the charts

but as far as the GPU goes it's no

powerhouse

especially since many rivals at this

the price point is running a less demanding

720p display

still in the real world use the interface

and regular tasks are smooth enough

and light games run quite well the a22

5g has a large 5000 milliamp-hour

battery and was able to score an

endurance rating of 118 hours in our

battery life tests

this is quite a respectable following just

behind popular rivals

charging is a different story though the

the phone comes with a 15-watt adapter

and can charge from zero to just

23 in half an hour

one of the slowest speeds around let's

move on to the cameras

the a22 5g has a 48-megapixel quad Bayer

main camera

a 5-megapixel ultra-wide cam and a depth

sensor

this setup is a downgrade

compared to the regular galaxy a22 which

has ois on the main cam

a higher-res ultra-wide and a macro

camera too

anyway during the day and with the

default settings 12-megapixel photos

from the main cam are good

with plenty of detail and good sharpness

colors are not too vibrant

and dynamic range also leaves more to be

desired

the dedicated portrait mode works quite

well for this price range

with a nice looking background bokeh 5

megapixel shots from the ultra-wide are

nothing to write home about

the photos have poor contrast and even

more subdued colors

but also a narrow dynamic range

selfies are taken with the 8 megapixel

front-facing cam and these are decent

there's an adequate amount of detail and

colors look alright

dynamic range is rather narrow though in

low light the main cam's performance is

unimpressive

yet still okay for a budget device

there's plenty of resolved detail

but these photos are generally soft and

noisy with narrow dynamic range

turning on night mode has a pretty big

the effect of these photos are sharper with

better definition and fine details

shadows and highlights both get

noticeable improvements too

the ultra-wide camera is barely usable

in low light conditions

the shots are blurry and dynamic range

is not very good with blown out

highlights

there's no night mode support here

either

one quirk about video recording on the

a22 5g

is that while the chipset should

technically support 4k capture

you're limited to a maximum of 2048 by

1152

Samsung Galaxy A22 5G review

which Samsung calls 2k it's not very

impressive

delivering the same amount of detail as

1080p video

and at times it looks even softer colors

are also quite bland

1080p video from the ultra-wide cam

looks rough with a low level of detail

and a general softness throughout the

frame the dynamic range is limited too

there is electronic stabilization

available on either camera

and it works surprisingly well smoothing

out all the small bumps and shakiness

we did notice some focus hunting

introduced with the main cam though

so that's the Samsung galaxy a22 5g you

get a high refresh rate 1080p LCD

good battery live a Samsung software

experience and decent photo quality from

the main camera

and of course, there's a solid chipset

for the class which offers 5g

connectivity

like all the devices we've seen recently

that offer 5g on a budget

there are compromises and shortcomings

compared to 4g phones at the same price

but within this niche, the a225g offers a

nicer display than the a325g

while still offering Samsung's UI and

software features

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