Galaxy A57 vs A27: Samsung's priciest and cheapest mid-range phones compared

Samsung’s Galaxy A mid-range lineup for the year is now complete, with the Galaxy A27 officially arriving last week as the third and final piece of the puzzle. Final, unless something completely unexpected happens by the end of the year.

The A27 is at the bottom of the trio as the cheapest option, while the Galaxy A57 sits at the top as the most expensive and best equipped.

Unless you find them at a discount, the Galaxy A27 and A57 cost $350/€349 and $550/€529, respectively. So how different are they beyond the significant price gap?

If you read our A37 comparison, you already know that model sits comfortably above the A27. The A57 widens the gap even further, but the A37 and A57 are still much closer to each other than either is to the A27.

Here is how Samsung’s best mid-range phone, the Galaxy A57, stacks up against its cheapest, the Galaxy A27, and where it clearly pulls ahead.

Just like in the A37 comparison, the Galaxy A27 has one small advantage: expandable storage, which the A57 misses entirely. Beyond that, the Galaxy A57 wins every category.

The A57 is thinner, lighter, better built, and more capable across all key specs. The metal frame, tighter bezels, and slimmer profile also make it feel like a more premium device. And benchmarks show a significant performance gap that clearly favors Samsung's new Exynos 1680 chip.

Of course, these upgrades come at a cost, as mentioned above. A $200 price gap is not trivial, and Samsung is not pretending otherwise. The A57 is meant to be better and pricier. There's no surprise here. If you can afford the Galaxy A57, it's going to enable a better experience.

But whether the Galaxy A27 is a good buy on its own at its price point is a different question entirely. On paper, it sounds decent, but Samsung also made a few unusual choices, i.e., unexpected downgrades.

We'll dig further into the Galaxy A27's value in our full review once it goes live. You can probably already check it on our website if you are reading this later.