Samsung Galaxy F23 5G First Impressions: More Powerful and 5G-Ready

Samsung appears to be trying to make amends for its poorly executed Galaxy F22 (Evaluation) smartphone from final 12 months with the launch of the Galaxy F23 5G. This new mannequin has the next beginning worth, however one look on the spec sheet and you may discover some huge updates. The Galaxy F23 5G is all set to go on sale in India on March 16 and since we have solely simply obtained our unit, we thought we would provide you with a peek at what you possibly can anticipate.

The Samsung Galaxy F23 5G is priced beginning at Rs. 17,499 for the variant with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, which is the one I’ve. For Rs. 1,000 extra, you will get 8GB RAM and the identical quantity of storage. The excellent news is that the inner storage is expandable because of the devoted microSD slot.

The Samsung Galaxy F23 5G has a 5,000mAh battery inside
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Samsung despatched me a unit within the Forest Inexperienced color, and the Galaxy F23 5G can be out there in Aqua Blue. The plastic again panel has a matte end, which does an okay job of masking fingerprints. The deep inexperienced shade is just seen at sure angles beneath gentle and it seems to be nearly black at different angles. I’ve to say, it seems to be fairly good and nearly makes up for the dated design of the entrance.

The Galaxy F23 5G is a chunky telephone, because it packs a 5,000mAh battery. It does assist quick charging (as much as 25W), however a charger is not included within the field. Similar to Samsung’s flagships, the packaging of its finances telephones has now began changing into lighter. The field solely has the a USB Kind-C to Kind-C cable and a SIM eject device.

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The Samsung Galaxy F23 5G has a minor digicam bump on the again and has the standard ports and buttons, together with a headphone jack. The fingerprint sensor is built-in into the ability button. In my transient time with this telephone, I’ve discovered the Galaxy F23 5G snug to carry because of the rounded sides of the body.

Design-wise, the Galaxy F23 positively seems to be like a finances smartphone with its thick show bezels and gaping chin. In truth, it is not too totally different from its predecessor, however the adjustments are noticeable as soon as you start utilizing it. The show now has a full-HD+ decision and a 120Hz refresh fee, that are each higher than what the Galaxy F22 supplied, however this has come at the price of dropping the AMOLED panel. The LCD display screen on the Galaxy F23 5G is alright, however lacks the vibrancy of Samsung’s Tremendous AMOLED shows.

The Samsung Galaxy F23 5G has a wide selection of ports and two slots for Nano-SIMs, together with one for a microSD card
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The following huge improve is the SoC. The Samsung Galaxy F23 5G makes use of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G SoC, which isn’t significantly new, however is a lot highly effective and we have to date seen it in higher-priced telephones such because the OnePlus Nord CE 5G (Evaluation) and Xiaomi Mi 10i (Evaluation). I am anticipating gaming efficiency to be comparatively good – this was one among our principal complaints with the Galaxy F22.

Samsung has additionally upgraded the primary rear digicam within the Galaxy F23 5G with a 50-megapixel sensor. I am hoping to see higher outcomes than what the Galaxy F22 managed, as its low-light efficiency was very disappointing. The Galaxy F23 5G additionally has an 8-megapixel ultra-wide and a 2-megapixel macro digicam on the again. Selfies are dealt with by an 8-megapixel entrance digicam.

Samsung has been on the highest of its recreation on the subject of the software program of its latest launches, and it is good to see the identical degree of consideration paid to finances choices too. The Galaxy F23 5G runs OneUI 4.1 based mostly on Android 12, and Samsung has promised two years of OS upgrades and 4 years of safety updates, which is basically good.

The pricing of the Samsung Galaxy F23 5G places it in shut quarters with the Redmi Be aware 11 Professional and the Realme 9 5G Velocity Version. The Galaxy F23 5G is at a slight drawback for the reason that others supply higher bundled equipment, together with quick chargers. Can the Galaxy F23 5G ship a adequate consumer expertise to make it price contemplating? We will probably be testing the efficiency, cameras and battery lifetime of the Galaxy F23 5G over the subsequent couple of days, so do not miss our full evaluation coming quickly.