The u notch for me is no big deal, especially on a mid range phone. At least you get 120hz refresh rate, oled 1080p panel, a good mediatek 1080 processor which rivals the exynos 1380 in the A54 etc

It will prob go cheaper when The s24 is announced in January . I believe the S22 when down to 500 when the S23 launched. Have you tried eBay, Ive seen new S23 models for around 500-600.

I put up a post a few days ago about my Galaxy watch active dying when I was wearing it in the bath. I only had the watch for 2 days!!. Luckily, the seller is sending me a replacement watch. Never wearing any galaxy watch in the bath except my fite.

I doubt Samsung will release an A54s. They didn’t release an A53s last year. Now that s23fe has been launched, which is about 100 more than A54, I assume Samsung would prefer people buy that model instead of releasing a new A54 model with an improved processor.