Samsung may have delayed the Galaxy A55 launch by a month

Yesterday, we exclusively revealed the official renders of the Galaxy A55, Samsung’s next premium mid-range smartphone. We shared renders of the phone in three different colors, giving you a detailed look at its design from various angles. A new report has now shed some light on its launch date. If true, the device will arrive about a month later than expected.

Samsung Galaxy A55 to launch later than expected

According to SamMobile, Samsung plans to unveil the Galaxy A55 sometime in early Q2 2024. While we don’t have a precise date, we know that the second quarter of the year begins in April. So, at the earliest, the phone will debut in April. If the report is accurate, this would mean a delay of about a month compared to the Galaxy A54 launch. The 2023 model debuted in mid-March.

Samsung usually launches its latest Galaxy A5x model alongside the latest Galaxy A3x. We expect it to keep the trend going this year. In other words, the Galaxy A35 may also be affected by this delay. We leaked its exclusive official renders in the same three colors earlier today. It will be slightly less premium than the Galaxy A55, packing modest specs in some areas.

Most notably, it appears to miss out on the metallic upgrade the premium model is getting. As you can see in the renders we leaked exclusively, the Galaxy A55 has antenna lines on its frame. Those lines are a confirmation of a metallic frame, presumably made of aluminum. The Galaxy A35 doesn’t have antenna lines. Last year, Samsung used a plastic frame on the Galaxy A54 and Galaxy A34.

Both phones might feature a 50MP camera

While we don’t have detailed specs, leaks have revealed a few things about the Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A35. The latter is said to get a 50MP primary rear camera, which it could share with the former. The two devices may also pack identical batteries with the same charging speed—5,000mAh and 25W, unchanged from last year. Samsung’s Galaxy S24 flagship also charges at just 25W, so there’s little chance the mid-range models will get faster charging.

The build quality won’t be the only difference between the two, though. The Galaxy A35 should be slightly bigger. We also expect Samsung to equip them with different chipsets. The Galaxy A55 may get its in-house Exynos 1480 processor, a new 4nm solution clocked at up to 2.75GHz. It features AMD’s RDNA2-based Xclipse 530 GPU co-developed with Samsung. We should see more leaks about these phones in the coming months.