With the Galaxy S24 series now available for purchase around the world, Samsung has likely turned its gaze toward its next premium mid-range phone, the Galaxy A55. The Galaxy A54 was unveiled in March last year, and unless Samsung changes its plans, the A55 may go official in less than two months.
A lot of info about the Galaxy A55 has already made its way online over the past couple of weeks, including some of its specs through various certifications and benchmarks. Now, the Galaxy A55 has been certified by the FCC, which has confirmed previously known details about the phone.
The FCC certification confirms that the Galaxy A55 supports 25W charging. Samsung is also likely to use the same 5,000 mAh battery as the A53 and A55. The FCC has also revealed some unsurprising information, such as the presence of dual SIM slots, NFC, and Wi-Fi 6 support.
The Galaxy A54 was Samsung's second mid-range phone to feature Wi-Fi 6 connectivity, and an upgrade to Wi-Fi 6E or Wi-Fi 7 is not coming this year. Not that Wi-Fi 7 was even on our list of upgrades we would like to see on Samsung's mid-range phones, as even the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ are limited to Wi-Fi 6E because the Exynos 2400 chip that powers them lacks Wi-Fi 7.
The Galaxy A55 will be powered by the Exynos 1480, Samsung's first mid-range chip that will have a GPU based on AMD's RDNA graphics architecture. Samsung didn't do the best job with the Exynos 2200, its first flagship chip with an AMD GPU, but we have our fingers crossed the Exynos 1480 won't suffer from any issues.
The Galaxy A55 will undoubtedly come running Android 14 and One UI 6.1 out of the box, though it remains to be seen which, if any, of the Galaxy S24's AI features will be available on the mid-ranger.
