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Samsung’s new midrange Galaxy A55 arrives with improved

security and materials / Announced alongside the Galaxy A35, the
A55 now features a metal aluminum frame, and both phones see
Knox Vault appear on Samsung’s midrange phones for the first time.

By Jon Porter, a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech
policy, online platforms, and mechanical keyboards.
Mar 11, 2024, 7:52 PM GMT+8

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Samsung’s Galaxy A55, which reportedly features a metal frame. Image: Samsung

Samsung’s new Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A35 are the latest additions to its
midrange A-series lineup, which often contain the company’s bestselling phones.
Both the new A55 and A35 include Samsung’s Knox Vault, a security feature
designed to protect sensitive data like your lock screen credentials and
encryption keys from software and hardware attacks by physically isolating

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them from the phones’ main processors and memory. The company boasts that
this is the first time the security feature has appeared on its A-series devices.
The Galaxy A55 specifically also includes a metal frame, Android Police reports,
which would be an upgrade over the plastic used in last year’s Galaxy A54.

Samsung has announced European pricing for the two models, which are due to
be available on March 20th, but exact availability of the different versions varies
between markets. The Galaxy A55 starts at €479 (£439, around $524) with 8GB
of RAM and 128GB of storage, rising to €529 (£489, around $579) for 256GB of
storage.

Meanwhile, the Galaxy A35 starts at €379 (around £322 or $415) for 6GB of RAM
and 128GB of storage, while the 8GB/128GB model costs £339 (around €398 or
$435), and the 8GB/256GB model costs €449 (£389, around $491).

Samsung’s Galaxy A35. Image: Samsung

Many of the key specs of the A55 and A35 are consistent across the two devices.
Both come with 6.6-inch OLED displays with 1000 nits of peak brightness and up
to 120Hz refresh rates, and both will be supported by four years of Android OS
updates and five years of security patches (slightly lower than the seven years of
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both Samsung promises for the Galaxy S24 lineup). Per Android Police, both
have IP67 ratings for dust and water resistance, 5000mAh batteries that can be
fast charged at up to 25W, and support up to 1TB microSD cards.
The biggest differences between the two phones come down to their processors
and camera setups. The Galaxy A55 is powered by a newer Exynos 1480, while
the A35 uses the same Exynos 1380 seen in last year’s Galaxy A54. There are also
camera differences between the two. Both have 50-megapixel main sensors and
5-megapixel macros, but the A55 has a 12-megapixel ultrawide and a 32-
megapixel selfie camera versus an 8-megapixel ultrawide and 13-megapixel
front-facing camera in the A35.

We’ve followed up with Samsung to ask if or when the phones could launch in
the US like other A-series devices including the Galaxy A54.

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