Our hands-on experience with the Galaxy A56 and A36 at MWC 2025

We've spent some time with the Galaxy A 2025 series at MWC 2025. It consists of the Galaxy A26, the Galaxy A36, and the Galaxy A56, and we are now ready to share our hands-on experience with two of those phones, sans the A26.

The latest A-series phones from Samsung have a refreshed design language with a distinctive camera island, and they all boast better build quality with a premium touch.

In our Galaxy A36 and A56 hands-on video, which you can watch below, we also take a brief look at the camera performance of these new phones.

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All three Galaxy A devices have bigger screens and newer chipsets, along with better firmware support. They ship with One UI 7 and will be supported with six major OS upgrades.

The one issue with these new phones, or rather, the A36 and A56, is that they lack storage expansion. It remains available for the Galaxy A26, but the microSD slot is gone from the other two pricier models.

We'll talk in greater detail about the 2025 Galaxy A series in our upcoming reviews, so stick around for those and make sure you follow us on YouTube and our other social media channels.

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Mihai Matei - Senior Editor

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First Samsung device: SGH-A800

Mihai is a blogger and column writer at SamMobile. His first Samsung phone was an A800 which took a lot of beating, and a part of him still misses the novelty of the clamshell design. In his free time, he enjoys watching shows, documentaries, and stand-up comedy; listening to music, taking walks, and occasionally playing old(er) video games.

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