Hello folks,

It’s Black Friday’s week and I want to buy a new smartphone to my mom. I can buy an A54 5G for ~299 € or an A34 5G for ~275 €. What do you suggest me to buy? I keep reading that the A34 CPU and overall speed are better than those in the A54.

Thanks in advance!

  • Swordnimi79@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’d go A34. But I’d keep an eye on updates and security patches for her. 2-3 years and she’ll need another phone if she does any online shopping, banking or anything else that requires sensitive information. With the A series it’ll be important for her to reboot the phone weekly as well, even the S series gets a little wonky after a week.

    • leonardo_burrons@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Is Samsung settings there Is and option where you can male the smartphone reboot by itself while not in use

    • Deathskulll99@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Bro this isnt 2017 no more. My a32 is perfectly fine you dont need to reset every week. Just buy the option with more Ram. They differ

      • Swordnimi79@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        It’s also 2023 and your battery still needs to settle in for a week, and a few years ago the fan boys said “nah-ugh” It’s still a smart phone, it will still have bugs and glitches, all of which can be remedied by a reboot. Like I said even my S22 and S23 have hiccups. “I’m buying a phone for so and so.” Just warns me that, that someone may not grasp the concept of a smart phone beyond the one UI6 skin they see on the dialer and browser is all.

        It’s not to say the A is shit, it has it uses and functions, I just note the less obvious than the exynos chip and camera aren’t amazing, the software doesn’t get updated as often that’s all.