Hi, so I currently have an A71, I bought it in 2020 and it has 3 years. It has been a good phone but now is laggy and it is time to change it.

I can’t decide between those two, right now those are my options.

S23+ at $1,099 (regular price $1,359) or A54 8Gb at $409 (regular price $559)

Of course, I know that the S23+ wins in all aspects like performance, camera, display, size, etc. My question would be if it is worth to pay almost 3 times the price of the A54 to get the S23+?

I would use it for basic stuff like Instagram, YouTube, Spotify, email, etc. No gaming, just casual photos, selfies, occasionally watch a movie in Netflix.

What would be your recommendation? I’m really struggling, I’m not sure to spend 1K in a phone that might get lost or broken (although I really ally take care of my stuff).

Also, I live in Central America, so the things are a little bit pricey here.

Thanks in advance!

  • jtjvalenz@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Do you know how the S23 FE manages the battery? I had an S22 and the 8Gen1 was an awful processor. It heated up while doing basic tasks and I was lucky if I got more that 4 hours of SoT. I’ve heard the new FE is better optimized, but I’m not sure if that’s enough.

    • waytoojaded@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Samsung designed a massive vapor chamber for the s23fe which solves the thermal issues, but I’m not sure how they tweaked it to be more efficient because from reviews it looks like the s23fe is pretty good on battery life.