Samsung Galaxy F55 5G Review After 2 Months: A Mid-Range Entry Into The Samsung Ecosystem! 

The Samsung Galaxy F55 5G price in India is Rs.26,999 for the base variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. Furthermore, the 8GB+256GB and 12GB+256GB variants retail for Rs.29,999 and Rs.32,999, respectively.

It is available for purchase on Flipkart, the Samsung India website, and select retail stores. You can buy it in Apricot Crush and Raisin Black.

The Samsung Galaxy F55 5G packs the following items inside the box:

• Phone
• Manual
• SIM Ejector

Before we talk in detail about the device, let’s see what the on-paper specs look like:

• Display: 6.7-inch Full-HD+ Super AMOLED+ with 120Hz
• Chipset: Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
• RAM & ROM: 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM
• Software: OneUI 6.1 based on Android 14
• Rear camera: 50MP+8MP+2MP
• Selfie camera: 50MP
• Battery: 5,000mAh
• Weight: 180 g
• Dimensions: 163.9 x 76.5 x 7.8 mm

The Samsung Galaxy F55 5G stands apart from other mid-rangers because of its design. It has a premium faux vegan leather design wrapped around a thin and lightweight body. Despite packing a 5,000mAh battery, the phone feels lightweight to hold in the hand at just 7.8mm and 180 grams.

The phone has a stitched pattern on both sides. I have the Samsung Galaxy F55 5G in Apricot for review, which looks strikingly beautiful. It is also available in Raisin Black for those who want a more minimal look. On the back, you get a minimalistic design with three camera circles and an LED flash similar to other Samsung phones. There is also a Samsung branding at the bottom etched in leather and the Samsung Galaxy F55 5G is the only Samsung phone that I have reviewed with a vegan leather finish.

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Coming to ports and placements, you get the volume rocker and power button on the phone’s right side. Similarly, the left of the phone is clean.

The phone’s top has a microphone slot, and the rest of the design is clean.

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At the bottom, you will be greeted by the USB-C port, speaker grille, and secondary microphone slot.

The Samsung Galaxy F55 sports a 50-megapixel primary camera with OIS. In addition, you get an 8-megapixel ultrawide angle sensor and a 2-megapixel macro lens. On the front, you get a 50-megapixel selfie camera housed in a punch-hole cutout.

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During the day, the phone can take decent shots with excellent dynamic range and detail. However, the colour tones are inconsistent as the phone takes natural photos at times and dull at other times.

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Another major problem was the shutter lag, as the phone often took a long time to capture the image after the shutter button was pressed. This led to many blurry or pixelated shots, and I haven’t noticed this issue in any modern phones I tested in 2024. Hopefully, Samsung can fix it with future software updates.

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When it comes to low-light shots, the output is mediocre at best and barely usable as the photos are often overexposed and have plenty of noise. Sometimes, it takes amazing photos with proper exposure and lighting, while it fails to do so at other times.

The phone’s selfie cameras take good photos with accurate skin tones and detail. Both front and rear cameras can shoot videos at 4K at 30 FPS, which is good. If the camera is your priority, then it’s best to consider other phones in this price range, like the Realme 13 Pro, Motorola Edge 50 Pro, and the Vivo V40.

The Samsung Galaxy F55 packs a 5,000mAh battery with 45W charging support. However, unlike other Samsung phones, no charger is included in the box, which is disappointing.

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The phone can easily last 5 to 6 hours on normal usage, including listening to music on Spotify, watching videos on YouTube, scrolling through Instagram reels and taking occasional photos. I also charged the phone with my 120W PD Charger, and it took almost an hour to top it up entirely. Most phones in this price range offer 80-120W charging speed with the charger in the box, so Samsung needs to improve its charging game.

The Samsung Galaxy F55 5G boasts a 6.7-inch Full-HD+ Super AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate. The phone has relatively thick bezels on all four sides with symmetrical bezels on the opposite sides. Moreover, you get a centre punch hole cutout that houses the 50-megapixel front-facing camera.

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The phone has a peak brightness of 1000 nits and a pixel density of 393ppi. The company has not clarified the type of display protection used on the phone.

Despite having just 1000 nits of brightness, it is viewable under bright sunlight, and I faced no legibility issues. You also get an Eye Comfort Shield to protect your eyes in dark environments.

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I enjoyed watching Season 2 of Marvel’s Hit Monkey as the colours are bright and vibrant. You also get Widevine L1 certification to enjoy 1080p content on OTT platforms, which is great.

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Due to the 120Hz refresh rate, the phone feels smooth in day-to-day usage. You can choose between two modes: Adaptive and Standard. Adaptive automatically adjusts your refresh rate to 120Hz, while Standard sets it to 60Hz.

For security, there is a fast and accurate under-display fingerprint scanner. In addition, there is a stereo speaker setup loud enough to fill an entire room. Unfortunately, unlike other phones in this range, there is no 3.5mm headphone jack.

The Samsung Galaxy F55 5G is powered by the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chipset, paired with up to 12GB of RAM. This 4nm chipset debuted in 2022 and is also found in phones like the Motorola Razr 40.

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The phone remained smooth During day-to-day tasks, but I encountered some occasional lags and stutters. Furthermore, it did get slightly warm and overheated while gaming. Talking about gaming, you can play BGMI at 60 FPS (Smooth and Extreme) and CODM at 60 FPS (Very High and Max). While the gameplay remains smooth, neither 90 FPS nor 120 FPS support is in either title, which is disappointing.

Regarding benchmarks, the phone has a single-core score of 911 and a multi-core score of 2396 on Geekbench. Similarly, the Galaxy F55 gets an 80 per cent stability score in the 3D Mark Wildlife Extreme Stress Test and throttles to 90 per cent in the 15-minute CPU throttling test.

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It has an AnTuTu score of 585423 and a storage test score of 50599. The benchmark scores are nothing mindblowing as you get way better-performing phones in this segment, and the Galaxy F55 is better suited for casual tasks.

The Samsung Galaxy F55 runs on One UI 6.1, based on Android 14, and will receive four years of OS and security updates. Samsung has a good track record of timely updates, so you certainly won’t be disappointed.

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However, unlike other Samsung phones, it offers no clean software experience. Plenty of preinstalled apps like Amazon Dailyhunt, PhonePe, MapMyIndia, Spotify, Netflix, TrueCaller, and Snapchat exist. You also get widgets that show advertisements, apart from annoying notifications from third-party apps. The Glance lock screen is also enabled by default, which can be helpful for some if you like seeing new wallpapers daily.

Thankfully, you can uninstall and disable these applications to get rid of them. Once you get past the bloatware, the rest of the software experience is good, as you get plenty of useful features, including Bixby, Samsung Labs, Multi Window, Gestures, One-handed mode and more.

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At this price point, the Samsung Galaxy F55 remains one of the few phones to offer four years of OS updates, so Samsung deserves some appreciation from the software department. Overall, OneUI is a featured-packed skin that provides an enjoyable experience if you look past the bloatware.