Samsung Galaxy F55 5G

For photography, the Samsung Galaxy F55 5G relies on a 50MP primary camera with OIS. This is paired with an 8MP ultrawide lens and a 2MP macro unit. The front camera of the device is a 50MP snapper housed in the punch-hole setup atop the screen. When it comes to quality, the 50MP snappers seem to be a likeable job in well-lit environments.Both the main and the selfie cameras capture images with sufficient detailing with good dynamic range. The colours are a tad boosted, but they are still close to reality and appear pleasing to the eye. The phone also outputs images with near-accurate skin tones. As for the portraits, they have a nice separation of background from the foreground with minimum warping around the edges of the frame. The bokeh effect looks quite natural too.

On the performance front, the Samsung Galaxy F55 5G rocks the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chipset under the hood. This is aided by up to 12GB RAM and 512GB user-expandable storage. In benchmark tests, the handset scored 522,931 on AnTuTu and achieved 953 in the single-core and 2,391 in the multi-core tests on Geekbench. The performance of the smartphone throttled to 67.8 percent of its peak performance in the Burnout test. Some rivals within the segment can deliver superior synthetic performance, but if you are looking for a device for regular usage, the Galaxy F55 5G appears as a reliable choice.In the real world, the handset smoothly managed basic activities such as browsing, social media scrolling, messaging, and multitasking. The phone can even handle games such as BGMI, Call of Duty, and Real Racing 3. The gaming experience is nothing but satisfactory. However, the thermals and battery management could have been better optimised. The handset tends to warm up by roughly 7 degrees on average after playing these games, which could lead to occasional frame drops.Software-wise, the Samsung Galaxy F55 5G boots OneUI 6.1 layered atop Android 14 out of the box. The handset comes with an array of apps pre-installed, including a few third-party ones such as Snapchat and Amazon, which are quite popular in the Indian app marketplace. These third-party apps are removable post-setup.As for the UI, it is notably user-friendly and intuitive. The phone also comes with several customisation options and Samsung's native apps, which can be highly useful and versatile for those embedded in the Samsung ecosystem. The company guarantees four years of software and an additional year of security updates, surpassing the standard 3+1 years of updates within the segment.

The Samsung Galaxy F55 5G houses a 5,000mAh battery, offering comparable battery life to its competitors. In the PC Mark test, the handset lasted 10 hours and 7 minutes. Our 30-minute YouTube video playback test, conducted at 50 percent brightness and volume, consumed just 5 percent of the battery. This indicates that the phone should easily last a full day between charges, providing around 7-8 hours of screen time. However, for gaming enthusiasts, more frequent charging might be necessary. A 30-minute session of BGMI, for instance, could consume 11 percent of the battery, which is relatively high.The Samsung Galaxy F55 5G supports 45W fast charging, which takes approximately an hour to achieve a full charge from 20 percent to 100 percent. However, the charger needs to be purchased separately. A Samsung PD charger with 45W charging support is currently selling at Rs 3,499 on the official website.