samsung has launched three eerily
doubles as a home button is embedded on
the right frame of the phone it is
ive spec sheet in terms
of its display it comes with an outdated
teardrop notch and on top of that
features an hd resolution so if you
compare it side by side with the full hd
panel of the galaxy m32 you will
definitely notice the lack of sharpness
in the text and app logos
but i think most of us will not find it
to be much of a deal breaker since this
is a quality amoled screen the colors
look good the touch sensitivity is great
and with the 90 hertz refresh rate
that's well optimized for the most part
it's not a terrible display to look at
despite the spec sheet painting a
different picture brightness wise it is
obviously sufficient indoors although we
found it to be struggling to maintain
visibility while using the phone
outdoors on a bright sunny day
in comparison the galaxy m32's display
is slightly brighter however the ambient
light sensor works quite slowly here so
whenever i'm outdoors and i want to
check for a message it has been somewhat
of a frustrating experience
plus although the phone is wide one l1
certified the netflix app only shows l3
certification and videos are played in
580p sd resolution only i hope samsung
solves this nuisance via a software
update pretty soon additionally the mono
speaker on the galaxy a22 is not that
good either it is okay for watching
youtube videos and such but if you are a
serious audiophile you will miss the
depth and the details that we usually
see on upper mid-range and premium
phones these days but then again we have
to factor in what samsung's asking for
this phone before expecting too much
anyway i was also expecting its
performance to be subpar just like with
the galaxy m32 since it's the same helio
g80 chipset and emmc storage joining the
show surprisingly enough we found the
galaxy a22 to be comparatively more
fluid and faster than the galaxy m32
it's probably because the g80 is more
efficient to run on an hd display than
on a full hd one here multitasking
between a few light apps is great too
and samsung seems to have optimized apps
to load a bit faster than the galaxy m32
on most occasions plus the 90 hertz
refresh rate works like a charm and you
will not notice any micro lags or such
either
still like the galaxy m32
the a22 also
comes with emmc storage so loading up
apps in memory or installing them is not
as fast as you would expect from a phone
of this price range also if you play a
lot of games you should probably be
staying away from samsung's mid-range
phones including the galaxy a22 in our
test we were only able to get like 30
fps in pubg mobile under hd graphics and
high frame rates
this result is the worst fps per rupees
on a smartphone to be honest
dialing down the settings to smooth
graphics and ultra frame rates does
result in slightly better 38 fps average
though
still it goes without saying that
samsung should have included a more
capable chipset here talking more about
gaming as you can see from this chart
relatively less demanding games like
call of duty run at 60 fps with 98
stability whereas higher fps optimized
games like critical ops and mortal
kombat do not hit the 90 fps mark and
rather max out at 80 fps
the reason this phone cannot hit a
higher fps mark is most definitely a
hardware limitation moreover the galaxy
a22 simply does not stand a chance when
playing even more graphically demanding
games like gentian impact it struggles
to deliver the slightest of hint of
playability even when turning down the
graphics quality to the lowest end
turning of other visual enhancements
okay now let's move on to the cameras as
we know this is where samsung's
mid-range phones usually have an edge
over the ones from other brands and the
galaxy a22 is no exception but for this
review we tested it out against the
company's own galaxy m32 and found that
the galaxy a22 shoots sharper photos in
most scenarios thanks to the ois however
after the recent update both of them
produce nearly identical colors and
contrast levels regardless ultra wide
angle images are not that good as
they're lacking in details and come out
relatively darker when compared to the
primary images
we also found a 22's portrait photos to
be slightly better than those from the
galaxy m32 although the difference is
marginal only
overall the portrait images are quite
good on both these phones
yet there's some issue with the galaxy
a22 selfie images as they are not as
sharp as the galaxy m32s and come out
looking soft
but i think this is more of a software
issue because it happened only after a
software update
likewise thanks to the ois nighttime
images have better sharpness and details
on the galaxy a22 and it also does a
better job with the night mode turned on
plus the videos come out much stable on
the a22 while the m32 shoots jerky and
wobbly footages
but because of the helio g80s limitation
you cannot capture 60 fps or 4k videos
here either lastly the battery life on
the galaxy a22 is excellent
its endurance is almost as good as the
m32 maybe still slightly better on the
m32 we constantly managed to get around
seven to eight hours of screen on time
under heavy usage that involved at least
an hour of gaming um watching youtube
videos and using mobile data whenever we
were out so it's easily a day and a half
worth of endurance
additionally even in the summer heat we
did not notice the phone to get warm
which is something i really like about
samsung's mid-range phones you see the
company's s series is quite toasty but
the mid-range phones are not and that's
most likely because of the low powered
soc underneath anyway charging this
phone is not very fast while we've been
accustomed to crazy high speed charging
sadly the galaxy a22 only supports up to
15 watts of power unlike the cheaper f22
it does not support 25 watts super fast
charging either as a result this 15 watt
charger takes like 2 hours and 15
minutes to fill up the phone's 5 000
milliamp hour battery from 0 to 100
while it takes like an hour to get from
0 to 50 percent which is pretty slow by
today's standard
so let's wrap it all up should you buy
the galaxy a22 uh well i think the
answer is region specific that's because
the galaxy a22 costs the same as the
galaxy m32 here in nepal so in this case
my recommendation would be to go with
the galaxy a22 because it's better
optimized it has a better camera and
more importantly it feels like you're
holding a premium phone however if
you're living in india the galaxy a22 at
18 500 indian rupees is a bit on the
expensive side which makes it an easy no
for me plus samsung has also launched
the costlier 5g variant of the a22 which
is even more ridiculously priced and
like i said in my poco m3 pro review the
sad truth with almost every mid-range 5g
phone right now is that
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