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TL;DR
- A brand new leak suggests Samsung may lastly improve the entrance digicam with the Galaxy A56, switching out from the 32MP sensor it has been utilizing for the reason that Galaxy A51 launched in 2019.
- Nevertheless, the rear digicam setup on the Galaxy A56 might be the identical as on the Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A54.
The Samsung Galaxy A55 is a strong choice if you’re on the lookout for a mid-range Android smartphone. It’s nonetheless related and excellent, however leaks have already began flowing in for its successor. A brand new report is now shedding mild on the Galaxy A56’s digicam specs, and it’s evoking pleasure and disappointment on the similar time.
GalaxyClub stories that the Galaxy A56 may include a 50MP major digicam, a 12MP ultrawide, and a 5MP macro digicam. That is fairly disappointing for the reason that specs to date are much like these of the Galaxy A55 and even the Galaxy A54. There’s virtually been no progress on the rear digicam in over two years.
Nevertheless, Samsung may exchange the entrance 32MP digicam with a brand new 12MP sensor on the Galaxy A56. This may be excellent news since Samsung has used this sensor for the reason that Galaxy A51 launched in late 2019, probably marking it as the primary improve to the entrance digicam in a number of years. The report speculates that this new sensor may probably be from the Galaxy S-series.
Whereas circuitously introduced as a leak, the report additionally speculates that the Galaxy A56 may gain advantage from Samsung’s current announcement of longer software program assist. When Samsung launched the Galaxy A16 early this month, it introduced that the system would obtain six years of software program updates. By extension, when the Galaxy A56 launches, purportedly in spring 2025, it stands to learn from this elevated software program assist promise.
As for different specs, it’s extensively anticipated that the Galaxy A56 would include the brand new Exynos 1580 SoC. It stays to be seen if Samsung will launch the system within the US, because the Galaxy A55 skipped the market. We received Galaxy A35 as a substitute.