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Pros and Cons

Pros2

They are on the level with any flagship device. The last pixel with a non-google processor.

Great phone. Great battery life. Qualcomm snapdragon. Very easy to recover apps and files from previous phone.

Cons3

Google has very poor customer service for phone. There is a known motherboard issue with dozens of people having seen the same catastrophic failure - which converts the phone to a useless brick. The only fix is to restart the phone and call the person...  Read More

Google says it's no longer under warranty 9 months into the 1 year factory warranty. The problem is that the seller is not an authorized reseller, so if you try to have any repairs performed, the imei # will be invalid. Still waiting on more than $500...  Read More

Do not buy from google. Don't recommend. You have been warned. No warning; working one moment and then gone.

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This phone truly is a budget friendly version of a flagship phone. As far as i can tell, it works quite nicely. Highly recommend if your looking for a galaxy phone and don't want to spend $1000.

The fingerprint reader works well and you can put more than one finger to use. The screen sensitivity is incredible and the fingerprint detection is wonderful! The finger print reader can be a little bit of a hit and miss, however i have it where the ...  Read More

Smooth scrolling with the 120hz mode. Clean and user friendly menu panel and display that that knocks competitors out of the park!

I have been very pleasantly surprised by the camera on this phone. Voice is the best i've ever experienced and even on speaker phone both parties can hear clearly. Battery life is superb in power saving mode. Can't wait to use this phone!

Samsung galaxy a53 5g a is an awesome phone! Works smoothly and 5g fast. G coverage is almost always present in my metro area. No problems setting it up with my carrier.

Cons4

What kind of idiocy is this? This stinks. How misleading and dishonest is samsung's excuse?

The dual sim card slot is as vestigial as hips on a snake, useless.

Camera quality is fine, but the shutter lags so badly that you will miss any and all pics where the subject isn't dead still. It's difficult to unlock by feel, you have to look at your phone to make sure you are completely on the sensor.

Error on sd card, must reformat! A few hours later, it says sd card inserted! One minute it reads, next minute error! Samsung does nothing except say do some resets which do not work.

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