Samsung may kill one of its most popular Galaxy A-series phones next year
Samsung’s Galaxy A series bridges the gap in its portfolio between its extensive budget lineup and premium phones, offeringsome good mid-tier options. TheGalaxy A53remains an excellent choice that strikes a great balance, and can hold its own against thePixel 6a. But if recent reports are to be believed, Samsung has decided to shake up its Galaxy A series, and will likely go without an upper mid-range Galaxy A7x model entirely in 2023.
Samsung hasn’t shown much love to this year’sGalaxy A73, considering it didn’t make it to the US, unlike its predecessor. In markets where it did launch, Samsung priced it close to theGalaxy S21 FE, which probably just ended up incentivizing buyers to go for that, more capable model, closer in line to the flagships. This overlap in Samsung’s upper mid-range offerings is glaring, and it now sounds like the company has decided to do something about it.
A new report byGalaxy Clubmakes the case that there won’t be a follow-up to the Galaxy A73 next year, pointing to the utter lack of evidence for the model’s development (viaGSMArena). While other upcoming models like the Galaxy A54 have been spotted in the occasional reference, the outlet hasn’t come across anything about the Galaxy A74 through usual channels like firmware leaks or pre-launch testing. That could very suggest that the handset doesn’t exist, though it’s also still possible that Samsung’s just holding this one very close to the vest.
It appears that the Galaxy A54 is going to be the most expensive Galaxy A-series phone in 2023, both in the US and internationally. In a recent leak,we got a good look at the phonethrough CAD-based renders, suggesting a design that is borrowed straight fromthe high-end Galaxy S23 lineup.
Samsung was separatelyforced to kill the Galaxy S22 FEearlier this year as it had to divert its chip stock to theGalaxy S22 Ultrato keep its premium lineup alive. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be another Fan Edition model at all. To make up for the void left by the Galaxy A74,Samsung will reportedly release the Galaxy S23 FEsometime in 2023 — unless something changes at the last minute.
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