The 5G variant of the Galaxy A23 was quietly released with surprisingly few changes – a new chipset to enable 5G connectivity and the screen refresh rate may have been reduced to 60Hz, but even that is still unknown.
According to Geekbench results, it is the Snapdragon 695 – an upgraded 690 with a 15% faster CPU and a 30% faster GPU.
The Snapdragon 695 was announced alongside the Snapdragon 680, which powers the Galaxy A23 (4G), and while both are manufactured on TSMC’s 6nm node, the 695 hardware is several generations newer (the CPU, for example, uses Kryo 660 cores vs. Kryo 265, i.e. A78/A55 vs. A73/A53).
The phone is available with 4GB, 6GB, or 8GB of RAM and 64GB or 128GB of storage, which can be expanded via microSD card slots up to 1TB. This phone, like its 4G sibling, comes with Android 12 and OneUI 4.1 out of the box.
The Galaxy A23 5G’s display is a 6.6″ LCD panel with FHD+ resolution, the same as the 4G phone.
That one had a 90Hz refresh rate and Gorilla Glass 5, but the specs released so far do not confirm or deny whether those features are also present on the 5G model. In any case, because this is a “Infinity-V” display, the 8MP selfie camera (f/2.2) is housed in a notch.
The rear camera configuration remains unchanged. A 50MP main module with an f/1.8 lens and Optical Image Stabilization is included (OIS). It is joined by a 5MP ultra-wide (f/2.2) lens and two 2MP modules, macro and depth.
The battery has the same 5,000mAh capacity as before, but the charge speed is not specified (was 25W on the 4G phone). The FCC documents appear to confirm that it will be 25W again. We anticipate seeing it in Europe and India. The Galaxy A22 5G launched last year at €230/20,000. The Galaxy A23 (4G) started at $24,000, so the 5G model should be more expensive.
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