Slim Yet Strong: The Unbreakable Lightness of the Samsung Galaxy M56 5G

Samsung Galaxy ‘M’ series has always been a monstrous proposition. The series has been upping the ante, introducing new features with every new iteration. With the latest Galaxy M56 5G, Samsung has done it again! At just 7.2mm and weighing just 180 grams, the Samsung Galaxy M56 5G is the slimmest smartphone in the competitive sub-Rs 30,000 price segment.

And that’s accomplished without leaving anything behind. No compromises whatsoever. The Galaxy M56 5G sports a premium design and display, offers advanced photography, a powerful processor, and the big battery with fast charging.

The phone is also built to last, not just physically, but also through updates. The Galaxy M56 5G will offer the segment’s best upgrade experience, with six generations of Android upgrades and six years of security updates.

Here’s why we think the Samsung Galaxy M56 5G is easily the best smartphone in its price segment –

Slender Monster

The Samsung Galaxy M56 5G strays from the status quo, offering a refreshing and premium look. It’s the slimmest smartphone you can get in this price segment. The Galaxy M56 5G measures just 7.2mm in width, making it easy to carry in your pockets, or holding in your hands. It also weighs just 180 grams, making it one of the lightest in this segment. The Galaxy M series has always been about meaningful innovations, and it all starts with the design and ergonomics, given that smartphones are nearly always in our hands. A slim profile and light weight make the smartphone experience all the more user-friendly.

Toughness Redefined

It’s not just slim and light. The Samsung Galaxy M56 5G is built to last. It’s the only phone, which even at 7.2mm slimness, packs a Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+protective glass cover on both the front and back. It’s as tough as it is sleek. The Gorilla Glass Victus+ is one of a kind, offering protection against both scratches and cracks. Usually, it’s one or the other, but Corning’s innovations offer the best of both worlds. Gorilla Glass Victus+ has been tested to survive drops on hard, rough surfaces, from up to two meters, while increasing the scratch resistance by up to four times better than competitors. This is really the toughest Galaxy M series phone ever.

Pro Photography at your Fingertips

Smartphones essentially double up for our eyes these days, and having a powerful set of cameras is an important factor in making that purchase decision. The Galaxy M series has always been about offering the best in its class, and the Galaxy M56 5G is no different. The Galaxy M56 5G comes with a 50 megapixel triple camera stack with optical image stabilisation (OIS) technology, allowing users to shoot high-definition photos and shake-free videos. The large sensor, backed by the stabilization technology eliminates any kind of blurriness caused by trembling hands or accidental shakes. The primary 50 megapixel camera is accompanied by an 8 megapixel ultra-wide camera offering a large field of view for those artistic portraits and landscape shots. There’s also a 2 megapixel macro shooter for when you want to get really up close to a subject.

On the front, the Galaxy M56 5G offers a 12MP HDR selfie camera, built for content creators and vloggers, and even for the occasional selfies. Content creators can take advantage of 4K video recording at 30 FPS in 10-bit HDR, which captures 1 bn+ colours with true to life output.

It’s also a camera system that works in low light just as well, thanks to Samsung’s Big Pixel Technology, Low Noise Mode, and an AI-enabled ISP, allowing photographers to take those stunning low-light shots.

For portraits, the Samsung Galaxy M56 5G supports Portrait 2.0 with 2X zoom on the rear camera, which offers a professional grade, rich and vibrant bokeh effect around the subject, making portraits stand out.

Samsung has also been pioneering AI use cases in smartphones, and the M56 5G gets a taste with AI-enabled editing tools. You can erase unwanted objects from your images, helping you finally get rid of the person photobombing your selfies. It also offers edit suggestions, making them ready to go viral on social media.

Brightest Galaxy M series Display Ever

The display is among the most important features that make or break the smartphone experience. The Galaxy M56 5G doesn’t skimp on offering a display that is as immersive as it is tough. We have spoken about how durable the display is thanks to the Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection. But it also looks stunning. The 36% slimmer bezels around the display also make it much more immersive than other smartphones in this range. The Galaxy M56 5G offers a large 6.7-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED display that simply elevates the viewing experience with its true blacks and optimised contrast. The large display comes with 1200 nits of High Brightness Mode (HBM) and has a Vision Booster technology that makes sure even the bright, summer sun doesn’t take the sheen off the visuals, making it the brightest Galaxy M ever. The Galaxy M56 5G’s display also has a 120Hz refresh rate that makes scrolling through apps and social media a breeze. Having a high refresh rate display also aids in gaming, enabling support for higher frame rates, making the gaming experience all the more immersive.

Monstrous Performance

Powering all of this in the Galaxy M56 5G is an Exynos 1480 processor based on cutting-edge 4nm manufacturing process. This is combined with LPDDR5X memory, making it one of the fastest and the most efficient in this price segment. This is a phone built for tech-savvy Gen-Z and millennial users where multitasking is a way of life, and the Galaxy M56 5G is the perfect tool for that purpose. Be it scrolling through social media searching for some content, or running processor-intensive apps for studies, or participating in intense gaming sessions, the Galaxy M56 5G has got you. The processor in the M56 5G delivers one of the most stable smartphone experiences, especially in gaming. This is thanks to its flagship level vapor cooling chamber, which is 33% bigger, which helps the processor sustain high frequencies for longer, letting games flourish.

The Galaxy M56 5G also sports a 36% faster neural processing unit (NPU), capable of running 13.1 trillion operations per second. The NPU inside makes the Galaxy M56 5G one of the few smartphones capable of handling on-device generative AI tasks.

Besides gaming, the Galaxy M56 5G supports high-quality audio making the multimedia experience all the more immersive. The smartphone is perfect as a pocket theatre. Combine that with the lightning fast speeds of 5G networks, users are able to stay connected wherever they are. 5G speeds bring faster downloads, smoother buffer-free streaming, and uninterrupted browsing.

All-Day Battery with Fast Charging

With everything that’s on offer, it would be a real shame if the phone runs out of battery in the middle of the day. Well, with the 5,000mAh battery onboard, combined with the power efficiency of the processor along with the software optimisations Samsung offers with OneUI 7, this phone will not give up on you. The Galaxy M56 5G’s large battery enables long sessions of gaming, binge watching and browsing, allowing users to stay productive and entertained without the fear of juice running out. And even when it does, the Galaxy M56 5G supports 45W super-fast charging, that tops up the battery in a jiffy!

A New Benchmark in Software Experiences

Hardware innovations aside, the Samsung Galaxy M56 also offers a host of unique software features that’s tailor-made for millennials and Gen-Z users in India. For one, the Galaxy M56 5G sets a new industry standard by offering the segment’s best upgrade promise. That’s six generations of Android upgrades and six years of security updates. By default, it comes with Samsung’s latest OneUI 7 out of the box. OneUI 7 has a simple, impactful and emotive design that blends in the background, allowing users to take control of the work they are doing. The latest software also brings a simplified home screen with redesigned OneUI widgets and an intuitive and customisable lock screen. For instance, the Galaxy M56 5G has the popular Now Bar that provides real-time updates that matter the most, right on the lock screen. Furthermore, the Galaxy M56 5G comes with deep integration of Google Gemini, opening up a plethora of generative AI-based use cases. Security is not compromised either. The Galaxy M56 5G features the Samsung Knox Valult, a hardware-based security system that offers comprehensive protection against both software and hardware attacks, keeping your private and sensitive data safe and secure.

A Monstrous Offering

The Samsung Galaxy M56 5G lives up to its name. Even with a fast and efficient 4nm processor, a stunning display that’s built to last with Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection, a pro-grade camera experience, and a big battery that’s paired with super-fast charging, the Galaxy M56 measures only 7.2mm in thickness and 180 grams in weight. It’s really a slender monster that’s finetuned for the Gen-Z way of life.

The Samsung Galaxy M56 5G comes in two storage variants and two colour variants, both featuring 8GB LPDDR5X RAM. You can pick up the Galaxy M56 5G in either 128GB or 256GB storage configuration. You can pick up the Galaxy M56 5G in Black and Light Green colours. The price starts at Rs 24,999 for the 8+128GB variant, and Rs 27,999 for the 8+256GB variant.

Samsung is also offering a Rs 3,000 instant bank discount for HDFC bank card holders. The smartphone will be available for purchase on Amazon and the Samsung India website from April 23rd, 12PM.