On 8/31/2025 at 5:14 PM, scubascuba3 said:

Samsung is on the decline, maybe because quality has gone down, perhaps caused my moving production to other countries. My AC binned, phone binned, I loathe my Samsung TV, looking forward to it dying

 

I also hate my 75" Samsung TV. For example, you have to reconnect every time you change sources, the remote control is crap, Direct TV including French channels is only in English,  it's impossible to play DTS audio files, etc.

I also wish it were broken so I could replace it.

Nothing to do with phones, you might say... Yeah, but if the same engineers design the product, we can fear the worst.

51 minutes ago, Toc-Toc said:

 

I also hate my 75" Samsung TV. For example, you have to reconnect every time you change sources, the remote control is crap, Direct TV including French channels is only in English,  it's impossible to play DTS audio files, etc.

I also wish it were broken so I could replace it.

Nothing to do with phones, you might say... Yeah, but if the same engineers design the product, we can fear the worst.

I guess it depends on how you use it. Mine is connected to a MeCool android box.

1 hour ago, Toc-Toc said:

 

I also hate my 75" Samsung TV. For example, you have to reconnect every time you change sources, the remote control is crap, Direct TV including French channels is only in English,  it's impossible to play DTS audio files, etc.

I also wish it were broken so I could replace it.

Nothing to do with phones, you might say... Yeah, but if the same engineers design the product, we can fear the worst.

Thing that annoys me is casting, since I've owned the TV I've had to specify the TV and accept the phone 600+ times, 1 time should be sufficient once default set

On 8/31/2025 at 9:40 AM, Jingthing said:

OK, I hit the wall with my old A71 which has been great until recently.

I was planning to replace this year anyway so the acceleration in timing isn't a big deal at all.

What happened was that I got the dreaded vertical green line on it. Then tried all the suggested troubleshooting things short of a factory reset with no luck.

Starting over from factory reset is a huge hassle and I strongly suspect that it's a hardware problem (phone drops, heat, age) that wouldn't fix it anyway.

So now it's time for shopping.

It's got to be a Samsung for me.

I had assumed it was time to go for a flagship this time but started to do some basic research and so far it's all pointing me to the mid range A56.

Probably makes sense as I've been very happy with my mid range A71 and can't blame it because it's aging out now after a very long time for phone.

I can afford a flagship but on the other hand why throw out money for features I won't really use (or need) and also there is the stress of carrying around something that expensive.

Of course the price comparisons depend on the market so that can influence decisions. In other words if something  higher end is not much more money in your local market, it might make more sense to spend more.

I'll probably buy on Lazada from a trusted seller as that's been fine for before.

So this topic is for people in my boat.

Wanting/needing a new Samsung phone choosing among currrent models in THAILAND. Or recent buyers.

Also for those have bought an A56, are you loving it?

 

I just bought a Samsung Galaxy A 36.Wery satisfied..big screen..clear pics.. easy to use.I had a S9 before that i used for many years.

I bought it in my country and paid about 400€.

I don't know the price in Thailand.

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Thing that annoys me is casting, since I've owned the TV I've had to specify the TV and accept the phone 600+ times, 1 time should be sufficient once default set

I had a problem with that casting feature constantly disconnecting from my newer Win11 laptop.  Pretty sure it's the TV, not the laptop.  I will probably just go buy a long HDMI cable and connect it directly next time.

I swear by Motorola Power G7.  I have had one for four years now.  Not a single issue.  Big long lasting battery.  Takes all the android apps I have used from the play store.

3 hours ago, shdmn said:

I had a problem with that casting feature constantly disconnecting from my newer Win11 laptop.  Pretty sure it's the TV, not the laptop.  I will probably just go buy a long HDMI cable and connect it directly next time.

I'm hoping and I've read that if you get android/google TV the phone, maybe other device, connects better for casting

13 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

The A55 is amazing for the price....TRULY....

 

The glass is Victus Plus, even.

 

Not sure how I got so lucky to have been switching phones just at the exact time when Samsung Thailand offered this phone at a special slightly reduced  price, with HUGE upgrade in RAM and 256GB of storage.

 

This was a super deal.

 

I have ZERO Buyer's Remorse

 

And it's exactly the same frame set used on their higher end models which is either strange or lazy marketing by Samsung  

 

Runs exactly the same advanced AI software which Apple cannot compete with ......

 

 

1 minute ago, NickyLouie said:

And it's exactly the same frame set used on their higher end models which is either strange or lazy marketing by Samsung  

 

I just hope it will happen, once again, five years from now....

 

I will snap up the next iteration of the A55, in five years, if this happens.

 

Yes. Same frame, I guess, as higher end phones.

 

Apple is an antiquated joke :

 

 

 

Apparently the A55 doesn’t have esim capability but the A56 does.

11 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Apparently the A55 doesn’t have esim capability but the A56 does.

I can confirm the A56 is E-sim capable, the AIS shop just transferred mine from my Apple iPhone 13 to my shiny new Samsung.  First impressions of the Samsung are reasonable for a mid range device.  The face unlock is a bit weak, compared to the iPhone, though I now use the finger print unlock.  Hoping the A56 will be as robust as the '13,  that phone took loads of abuse and not a mark on it.  

 

Stick Samsung's Good Lock app on and customize to the hills and back.....

18 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Apparently the A55 doesn’t have esim capability but the A56 does.

 

 

Samsung sells on Lazada at discounted prices, comes with warranty etc.

 

A56 is proper banger 

 

 

 

48 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Apparently the A55 doesn’t have esim capability but the A56 does.

A55 5G (SM-A556E) HAS eSIM capability. I have it.

 

https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a55-12824.php

 

https://www.samsung.com/uk/smartphones/galaxy-a/galaxy-a55-5g-awesome-iceblue-128gb-sm-a556blbaeub/#specs

 

Had problems with 2 different Samsung phone + Tablet in the past, so have used other makes for a few years

 

Yesterday bought a new phone Samsung Galaxy A07 just come out so has Android 15 .. future upgrade + 6 OS + Security so maybe last my life time.

 

As it is new the discount price is the same at Samsung, AIS. Banana, Powerbuy  I bought from AIS 2,999 baht

I do not need anything more

Depends what you need a phone to do, Maybe take the odd picture, but mostly move them to PC anyway

 

On 9/1/2025 at 4:27 PM, gk10012001 said:

I swear by Motorola Power G7.  I have had one for four years now.  Not a single issue.  Big long lasting battery.  Takes all the android apps I have used from the play store.

Same here. Hope it lasts forever

17 hours ago, angryguy said:

Same here. Hope it lasts forever

yes and it was 240 USD, unlocked, new from factory.  The only thing I see lacking with my Moto G7 Power I got in 2021 that I may want in the near future is that it doesn't seem to handle one of those virtual or E SIMs that one can get and use while traveling internationally.  

On 9/2/2025 at 3:22 AM, Toc-Toc said:

 

I also hate my 75" Samsung TV. For example, you have to reconnect every time you change sources, the remote control is crap, Direct TV including French channels is only in English,  it's impossible to play DTS audio files, etc.

I also wish it were broken so I could replace it.

Nothing to do with phones, you might say... Yeah, but if the same engineers design the product, we can fear the worst.

I've noticed a trend from Samsung - they've gotten rid of the remote altogether! They have an "all-in-one" button on the bottom that is less than useless. I've purchased two of these pos's over the last year and after a short while, one of them just failed altogether. It's not worth the bother to return it, I've had to learn to work around it.

2 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

I've noticed a trend from Samsung - they've gotten rid of the remote altogether! They have an "all-in-one" button on the bottom that is less than useless

 

At the bottom of what?

31 minutes ago, JayClay said:

 

At the bottom of what?

The bottom of the screen, slightly off to the right. I was really frustrated the first time I set one up, looking for the remote only to find this BS knob. I suspect Samsung is extremely ashamed of this mistake, I couldn't find a single reference/image online. Here I am touching the damned thing, and as you can see there's NO indication of what or where it is (same "nothing" from the back).

29 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

The bottom of the screen, slightly off to the right. I was really frustrated the first time I set one up, looking for the remote only to find this BS knob. I suspect Samsung is extremely ashamed of this mistake, I couldn't find a single reference/image online. Here I am touching the damned thing, and as you can see there's NO indication of what or where it is (same "nothing" from the back).

 

I see. But is that a TV? It looks more like a computer monitor from what I see in the picture.

21 hours ago, NickyLouie said:

 

''mid range specs bro''.       Google gangsters....

29 minutes ago, JayClay said:

 

I see. But is that a TV? It looks more like a computer monitor from what I see in the picture.

I use it as a TV.

3 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

I use it as a TV.

 

That may be. But you bought it as a monitor, and you can't really therefore use it as evidence of a "trend" from Samsung.

15 minutes ago, JayClay said:

 

That may be. But you bought it as a monitor, and you can't really therefore use it as evidence of a "trend" from Samsung.

Yeah, I can. I have purchased many Samsung TV/monitors and they always came with a handheld remote. Now they're absent and a nuisance.

2 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Yeah, I can. I have purchased many Samsung TV/monitors and they always came with a handheld remote. Now they're absent and a nuisance.

 

Computer monitors, apart from perhaps extremely niche ones, have never come with remote controls.

 

You chose to buy a monitor instead of a TV, then complain that Samsung don't bundle remotes with their TVs anymore. That's beyond ridiculous.

On 8/31/2025 at 5:08 PM, Jingthing said:

I will admit there is one not Samsung phone that I will consider. Pixel. Based on the recommendation from a friend in the US who switched from Samsung to Pixel. It's not that he doesn't like Samsung but for some reason the Pixel looked like the best value and performance choice when he was last shopping.

Nothing but pixel for  me. Google org. android no bloatware etc.

17 minutes ago, JayClay said:

 

Computer monitors, apart from perhaps extremely niche ones, have never come with remote controls.

 

You chose to buy a monitor instead of a TV, then complain that Samsung don't bundle remotes with their TVs anymore. That's beyond ridiculous.

We'll have to agree to disagree. As I said, I've purchased many Samsung monitors and every one has always come with a handheld remote.

Here is a comparison between the A55 and A56

 

https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=12824&idPhone2=13603