Samsung Galaxy A53 in for review

Samsung introduced the Galaxy A53 a couple of weeks back and today as the phone went on sale we managed to get a unit for review. It retains a lot of the DNA of its 2021 predecessors but comes with a couple of major upgrades that we'll go over before handing the phone to our review team.

The company decided to keep the overall look of the camera bump for the quad-cam setup, and this year’s phones also have lovely colors - our unit came in Awesome Peach. It appears orange or gold depending on the lighting.

Sadly, the Galaxy A53 does not have an adapter in the retail box in most countries much like the cheaper Galaxy A13 we welcomed recently. There’s only a SIM ejector pin and a USB-C to USB-C cable.

The phone weighs 189 grams and has the same 6.5” Super AMOLED panel as the Galaxy A52s. Which is a good thing considering that it is a vibrant and bright display.

There are two significant changes in the Galaxy A53 - the first being the Exynos 1280 chipset, which is making its debut here. Samsung hasn't officially detailed its latest mid-range chipset, but we now know its CPU has four performance Cortex-A78 cores clocked at 2.4 GHz and four Cortex-A55 efficiency units clocked at 2.0GHz.

The other noteworthy improvement Samsung brought is the 5,000 mAh battery. It charges at up to 25W, which is as good as it gets with Samsung phones these days.

We are now starting work on the full Galaxy A53 review, so stick around for our findings!