SamsungGalaxy A35 5G A Series Cell Phone, 128GB Unlocked Android Smartphone, AMOLED Display, Advanced Triple Camera System, Expandable Storage, Rugged Design, US Version, 2024, Awesome NavyECOLOGOECOLOGO

My wife just wanted a simple phone. This phone exceeds all her needs. The screen is excellent, battery capacity is great and the camera takes great pictures. If you don't need all the fancy features and high prices, this phone is for you.

I have had an A32 5G for the last 2 1/2 years, and I like it, it still works great, but there are no more Android updates on it (only went from Android 11 to 13),and now I only get quarterly security updates. So when I saw the A35 5g on sale for $75 less than usual, and I actually HAD the $, I jumped on it. This came with Android 14 and will get 4 years of Android updates and 5 years of security updates. The phone was released almost a year ago, but still cool for me.The AMOLED display is really beautiful, and looks better than the A32, has a higher resolution (2340 x 1080px vs. 1600 x 720px,120Hz vs 90Hz) and it gets brighter. I turned down the Hz to save some battery. I'm very happy with the cameras so far. It has a higher resolution macro cam (5mp vs. 2mp), which I actually use. I like that it has 6GB of RAM (vs. 4 on the A32), double the internal storage, my beloved microSD slot, eSIM capability (tho I'm still just using my physical SIM) and the under-screen fingerprint reader works great (the A32 had it in the power button. Worked fine, but this is really easy, and has no problem with the tempered glass screen protector I bought).I haven't even tried quick charging yet,so when I charge it at the end of the day, it seems slow, but not an issue so far. I'd rather be patient and save some battery life than quick-charge it all the time, since I like to keep my phones for a long time.There's no 3.5mm headphone jack like the A32 had, but I use bluetooth anyways, so that won't be an issue for me, personally.So, only a week in, but so far it seems like a really nice upgrade from my last phone. I'm not a gamer at ALL, so I don't need a really speedy processor and tons of RAM like the Galaxy S phones, and I have only bought mid-range phones for years to use on MVNOs, so I'm thrifty, but this phone looks great (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus front & back), and I've really enjoyed using it so far! It's really nice for the money. Oh, and I generally HATE listening to anything thru my phone's speakers, but this really isn't too bad, and even has some bass to it!

After much research, trial and error, I bought this phone for several reasons: 1) Good screen size.. prefer the larger screen size than s23 or s23 fe; 2) Adequate/decent performance specs of processor, camera etc 3) Expandable storage 4) Lowest SAR (radiation) values of any modern Esim phone Ive researched.. Yes i know they say its safe non-ionizing radiation... blah blah.. they said smoking and lead paint were ok too. I use my phone A lot.. tell it to the next guy buddy lol. 5) Price was reasonable enough.Anyway, the phone has been generally amazing so far, much faster and smoother than my old one. Beautiful screen, although every once in a while some text has a barely noticeable very slight flicker on certain apps/ scripts? I shut off adaptive display something or other, which helped, but again barely noticeable and almost never happens. Generally amazing, very fast, vibrant, and smooth thanks to the quality display and fast refresh rate. I used a usb-c flash drive along with Samsung's "Smart switch" app to backup my old phone (motorola) then transfer onto the A35. Esim setup was a breeze on US mobile's warp (verizon) network - so long as you have *this model* of the A35, which is the US Version (The US Version is A356u, NOT the cheaper latin american/ international A356E.. and probably also the international A55 could have compatibility issues too.. I dont know - I believe the a55 is only available in an international version - Samsung wants you to buy thd s23 fe instead.. The US unlocked models will have the best compatibility with your carrier if u live in the US - yes they are more expensive... anyway I digress) So far this phone has been generally great. I have purchased another one to have two lines on the A35.