Samsung Galaxy F54 5G review: A worthy contender

Samsung is treading in harmful territory with its newest smartphone. Lucky for the multi-billion-dollar firm, its Galaxy F54 5G is price a glance. Priced at Rs 27,999, the Galaxy F54 5G makes a robust case. Can it break by the competitors? Let’s discover out.

Here’s a have a look at what the Galaxy F54 packs for the worth.

1. Display: 6.7-inch sAMOLED+ 120Hz panel
2. Cameras: 108MP (OIS)+ 8MP (ultra-wide)+ 2MP (macro); 32MP front-facing (selfie)
3. CPU: Exynos 1380 5nm processor
4. RAM: 8GB
5. Storage: 256GB
6. Battery: 6000mAh, 25W charging help
7. OS: OneUI 5.1
8. Colors: Meteor Blue and Stardust Silver

Note: Samsung Galaxy F54 5G assessment unit despatched to us is Stardust Silver, working OneUI 5.1 in the course of the assessment interval.

Design and show

Samsung Galaxy F54 5Gtakes on a contemporary design language, and that is one thing impressed from its flagships. A welcoming sight, within the funds collection specifically. The F54 is essentially the most premium within the F-series, sitting beneath the favored A-series. Samsung despatched us Stardust Silver, which has just a little little bit of glam, however Meteor Blue appears to be like extra elegant. The shiny again of the F54 produces completely different shades of colors relying on which angle the lights fall on it.

Samsung Galaxy F54 has a polycarbonate building, which does not totally convey the premium issue. But the metallic silver end conceals the plastic vibe nicely and Samsung has completed a great job at high quality building. Just want the telephone wasn’t a fingerprint magnet.

The F54 5G has a fingerprint sensor on the aspect, built-in inside the ability button, which works effectively. If the unintentional contact function is enabled, it might get a bit annoying to unlock the telephone, however when you disable it, the fingerprint sensor unlocks the telephone shortly and effectively. The quantity controls are positioned above the ability button, which isn’t straightforward to succeed in. But you type of get used to it with time.

At the underside, the telephone has a USB Type-C port, and a single speaker grille. There’s no headphone jack and the SIM card tray is positioned on the suitable aspect of the telephone, once more on the high.

The punch-hole show provides the telephone a contemporary contact and even the bezels are on the slim aspect. Samsung’s experience within the show area is clear because it continues to impress with F54’s Super AMOLED 120Hz panel. The show is shiny, vibrant and supreme for watching motion pictures and taking part in video games. The show shouldn’t be as shiny as different Samsung telephones, however it’s adequate for use below daylight.

The HDR10+ certification can also be there to reinforce the viewing expertise. It’s stunning Samsung did not go together with an under-display fingerprint sensor. But it isn’t a deal-breaker.

Camera

The cameras on the F54 are glorious. The main sensor does the power-lifting, the supporting ultra-wide sensor is nice too. Then there’s the macro sensor, which did not impress us, merely fills up the spec sheet. The 108MP sensor produced detailed pictures with good colors and dynamic vary in well-lit scenes. Low-light pictures come out fairly good, with wealthy particulars.

We examined the digital camera in numerous lighting situations. Shots taken in broad daylight are outstanding, with glorious particulars and vibrance. The colors are a tad punchy, however not oversaturated. There appears to be a great stability. The digital camera additionally takes glorious portraits, stunning for a telephone on this vary. The portraits add a pleasant depth and mushy bokeh with correct topic outlining. Even in ambient lighting, the portraits excelled.

The ultra-wide pictures held up fairly nicely. In low gentle, the wide-angle pictures had been detailed, however the noise was seen. The general pictures are visually pleasing. On the entrance, there is a 32MP selfie digital camera, which performs exceptionally nicely. The selfies are detailed, colors are punchy with a great dynamic vary. You’ll love the outcomes.

Check out the digital camera samples beneath:

Performance

Though we had our reservations in regards to the Exynos 1380 chipset, the F54 lived as much as our expectations of day-to-day operations. Paired with OneUI 5.1, the telephone performs nicely and multi-tasking is dealt with with ease. Even gentle gaming and binge-watching classes aren’t a problem for the F54, making it fairly succesful for common customers.

If you are an avid gamer, the F54 might not be as much as the duty, however gentle gaming and every day duties might be dealt with nicely. It’s a dependable telephone for many customers, who do not take pleasure in heavy duties. The graphics rendered in video games like Call of Duty: Mobile had been clean. The excessive refresh charge helped rather a lot.

There’s a variety of bloatware, which might be uninstalled. And then there are options like Glance, which isn’t everybody’s style or use-case. It’s a great factor Samsung allows you to disable it in a number of faucets.

One of the sturdy fits of Samsung telephones is its software program help. The Galaxy F54 adheres to Samsung’s dedication and will get 4 years of main Android OS updates and 5 years of safety updates.

As for connectivity, the F54 performs as anticipated. The 5G protection on Reliance Jio was good, whereas, with 4G Vodafone, there have been some community points. It is more likely to be an remoted difficulty. Samsung will get Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections proper on a regular basis, and we didn’t face any issues with that.

Battery

The 6,000mAh battery is large and positively its largest USP. The F54 can final two days with mixed-use. At the identical time, the charging velocity is simply 25W, which isn’t quick in any respect by right this moment’s requirements, It takes shut to 2 hours to cost the telephone to full, even when it’s not drained out.

The lasting battery life is the one compensation for the slow-charging speeds within the F54, one thing you will should stay with. Our resolution was to go away the telephone to cost in a single day, however should you can spare two hours in the course of the day, it will be a greater choice. Incidentally, we encountered some abrupt disruption in charging with 65W adapter, so it’s suggested to make use of a 25W adaptor. If solely Samsung shipped one with the telephone.

The telephone simply lasts an entire day and nonetheless has some cost left on the finish of the busy day. Once the telephone understands the utilization patterns, the battery life is just going to enhance. With our use, we had been left with 40 % cost on the finish of the day after having used the telephone for calls, IMs, emails, looking, social media and streaming. Even once we added an hour of gaming to the combo, the telephone did not drain out on the finish of the day. On some days, the telephone even lasted two days when there wasn’t a lot testing concerned. You can anticipate 7+ hours of display time and 24 hours of runtime.

Verdict

Samsung Galaxy F54 5Gchecks all the suitable packing containers, making it price a strong consideration should you’re searching for a telephone below Rs 30,000. No doubt, the F54 is met with sturdy competitors on this value bracket, however the telephone has some actually sturdy factors — fashionable design, nice digital camera, lasting battery, and dependable efficiency. You might should stay with the gradual charging speeds and the opposite shortcomings might be overcome or settled for. The software program help being prolonged to telephones on this vary is a bonus and the OneUI is certainly among the many higher working methods. So sure, the Galaxy F54 has received what it takes to be a worthy contender within the sub-Rs 30,000 area.