Samsung - Galaxy A53 5G 128GB (Unlocked) - Awesome Black

Name: Samsung - Galaxy A53 5G 128GB (Unlocked) - Awesome Black
Brand: Samsung
SKU: 6501376
Rating: 4.3 (692 reviews)

Model: SM-A536UZKDXAA

SKU: 6501376

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Key Specs
- Screen Size: 6.5 inches (Size of the screen, measured diagonally from corner to corner.)
- Rear-Facing Camera: 64 megapixels
- Carrier Compatibility: AT&T, Cricket, Google Fi, H2O Wireless, Metro by T-Mobile, Mint Mobile, Simple Mobile, Sprint, T-Mobile, Ting Mobile, Ultra Mobile, US Cellular, Verizon
- Built-in Storage: 128 gigabytes
- Processor Model: Exynos 1280 (Your computer's processor is like its brain. Working in combination with system memory, the power of the processor determines the complexity of software you can run, how many programs you can have open at the same time, and how fast those programs will run. Most computers feature an AMD, Intel or Snapdragon processor.)
- Phone Memory (RAM): 6 gigabytes (Random-access memory (RAM) temporarily stores data so that it can be accessed quickly. The size of the RAM determines how efficiently the phone can handle large amounts of information at once, such as switching between several open apps.)
General
- Brand: Samsung
- Model Number: SM-A536UZKDXAA
- Product Name: Galaxy A53 5G 128GB (Unlocked)
- Color: Awesome Black
Display
- Screen Size: 6.5 inches (Size of the screen, measured diagonally from corner to corner.)
- Screen Resolution: 2400 x 1080 (Screens come in a range of resolutions (measured in pixels, horizontal x vertical). The higher the resolution, the greater the picture quality.)
- Foldable Screen: false
Camera
- Integrated Camera: Front, Rear
- Front-Facing Camera: 32 megapixels
- Rear-Facing Camera: 64 megapixels
- Video Recording Resolution(s) and Frame Rate(s): 30 3840 x 2160 (4K) (Refers to the number of pixels, both horizontally and vertically, and the frame rate used to capture the video. The higher the resolution the finer the video detail that can be seen. The faster the frame rate the smoother the playback for higher motion activities like sports.)
Network
- Carrier: Unlocked
- Carrier Compatibility: AT&T, Cricket, Google Fi, H2O Wireless, Metro by T-Mobile, Mint Mobile, Simple Mobile, Sprint, T-Mobile, Ting Mobile, Ultra Mobile, US Cellular, Verizon
- Network Connectivity: 5G (The manner in which a device sends data to another device over a long distance using a cellular network.)
- Unlocked: true (Can be used with any carrier, typically by exchanging the phone's SIM card with another one compatible for the intended area of service. Can be used with a new or existing cellular service plan.)
- No-Contract: true (Can be purchased without committing to a contract with a cellular service provider. No-contract phones are only compatible with a specific carrier.)
- Mobile Hotspot Capability: true (A hotspot-enabled device is able to connect wirelessly to a cellular network and share the connection via Wi-Fi with nearby compatible devices.)
Connectivity
- Headphone Jack: false (The device features an interface that allows for the connection of headphones.)
- Wireless Connectivity: Bluetooth, NFC (The manner in which a device sends data to another device over a short distance without the use of wires or cables.)
Power
- Battery Capacity: 5000 milliampere hours (The amount of energy stored in the battery.)
- Wireless Charging: false
- Battery Chemistry: Lithium-ion
Compatibility
- Charging Interface(s): USB-C (The connection for transmitting power to charge the device.)
- Voice Assistant Built-in: Bixby, Google Assistant (A digital assistant built into the device that uses voice commands to answer questions and control smart devices.)
- Works With: SmartThings, Google Home (Compatible with or able to be connected to other smart devices or applications.)
- SIM Card Size: Nano SIM
- SIM Card Slots: Single SIM
- Stylus Dock: None
- Stylus Included: false
Features
- Model Family: Samsung Galaxy A53 5G
- Usage Time(s): Talk time: up to 42 hours, Internet usage time (LTE): up to 16 hours, Internet usage time (Wi-Fi): up to 18 hours, Audio playback time (wireless): up to 60 hours, Video playback time: up to 18 hours (All battery claims depend on network configuration and many other factors; actual results will vary. Battery has limited recharge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and charge cycles vary by use and settings.)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, Barometer, Fingerprint sensor, Geomagnetic sensor, Gyro sensor, Proximity sensor, RGB light sensor (Detects stimuli such as heat, light, sound, motion, or pressure and responds accordingly by operating a control or initiating a function of the device.)
- GPS Enabled: true
- Mobile Payment Service Supported: Samsung Pay, Google Pay
- Ingress Protection (IP) Rating: IP67 (A 4 to 6 character code classifying a product's degree of protection against intrusion of solid particles and liquids as well as impact. Each number in the IP Code denotes a level of protection, determined through testing and published by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). The first digit represents the degree of protection against solid foreign objects or particles and the second digit represents the degree of protection against water ingress.)
- Built-in Storage: 128 gigabytes
Performance
- Operating System: Android 12 (The operating system manages all software and hardware, including files, memory and connected devices. Most importantly, it lets you interact with your device and your programs in a visual way; otherwise, you'd be typing computer code to get anything done.)
- Processor Model: Exynos 1280 (Your computer's processor is like its brain. Working in combination with system memory, the power of the processor determines the complexity of software you can run, how many programs you can have open at the same time, and how fast those programs will run. Most computers feature an AMD, Intel or Snapdragon processor.)
- Processor Speed: 2.4 gigahertz (Actual central processing unit (CPU) speed may vary by device configuration and design. Also referred to as clock speed, this is how quickly the central processing unit (CPU) can receive and interpret instructions. The higher the number, the more operations per second that can be completed. Working in combination with system memory, the power of the processor determines the complexity of software you can run.)
- Phone Memory (RAM): 6 gigabytes (Random-access memory (RAM) temporarily stores data so that it can be accessed quickly. The size of the RAM determines how efficiently the phone can handle large amounts of information at once, such as switching between several open apps.)
Dimensions
- Product Height: 6.28 inches (The out of box height of the item. Height is measured as the vertical distance from the bottom of the item to the top as it would be primarily used or placed.)
- Product Width: 2.94 inches (The out of box width of the item. Width is measured as the horizontal distance from one side of the item to the other as it would be primarily used or placed.)
- Product Depth: 0.32 inches (The out of box depth of the item. Depth is measured as the distance from the front of the item to the back as it would be primarily used or placed.)
- Product Weight: 6.67 ounces (The out of box weight of the item.)
Storage
- Media Card Slot: microSD
- Expandable Storage up to: 1000 gigabytes
Warranty
- Warranty - Parts: 1 year
- Warranty - Labor: 1 year
Other
- UPC: 887276632865

Indulge in 6.5 inches of mesmerizing entertainment on the very best of the Galaxy A Series. Experience an FHD Super AMOLED screen for a crystal-clear view, stereo speakers for a surround sound feel, and a long-lasting battery for streaming your favorite content. Plus, keeping up with your people is virtually lag-free. Everything you love, all in one.

Long-lasting battery: Your busy life deserves a battery built for busy. Whether you’re taking a video call on your commute, catching up on your favorite show or with friends and family, your long-lasting, super-fast charging battery¹ has your back.
Powerful performance: The very best of Galaxy A Series gives you awesomely smooth streaming of your favorite content with the most powerful performance in its series and awesomely fast speeds to download shows and movies — all at the speed of 5G.²
Expandable storage: Galaxy A53 5G³ gives you the storage to be sentimental. The biggest built-in storage in A Series lets you enjoy more memories and entertainment.
Intelligent camera: Capturing content is as easy as pose, shoot and share with A53 5G’s³ intelligent camera. Single Take⁵ lets you capture video, pictures and more with just one tap, while image stabilization technology makes sure every clip is crystal clear.
Infinite display: Whether you’re streaming short videos or kicking back to complete a whole series, the Galaxy A53 5G³ Super AMOLED display⁶ is built to keep you entertained, with incredible color clarity that translates into awesome resolution.
Privacy and security: Galaxy A53 5G³ helps protect your data with multilayered Knox Security. Also, with Private Share⁷, you can set time limits and expiration dates on all shared files,
Modern design: Life happens, but Galaxy A53 5G³ provides a premium slim design that is built to last through those unpredictable moments. The body was engineered to endure, so you can worry less around water and dust.⁸
Long-lasting battery: Your busy life deserves a battery built for busy. Whether you’re taking a video call on your commute, catching up on your favorite show or with friends and family, your long-lasting, super-fast charging battery¹ has your back.
Powerful performance: The very best of Galaxy A Series gives you awesomely smooth streaming of your favorite content with the most powerful performance in its series and awesomely fast speeds to download shows and movies — all at the speed of 5G.²
Expandable storage: Galaxy A53 5G³ gives you the storage to be sentimental. The biggest built-in storage in A Series lets you enjoy more memories and entertainment.
Intelligent camera: Capturing content is as easy as pose, shoot and share with A53 5G’s³ intelligent camera. Single Take⁵ lets you capture video, pictures and more with just one tap, while image stabilization technology makes sure every clip is crystal clear.
Infinite display: Whether you’re streaming short videos or kicking back to complete a whole series, the Galaxy A53 5G³ Super AMOLED display⁶ is built to keep you entertained, with incredible color clarity that translates into awesome resolution.
Privacy and security: Galaxy A53 5G³ helps protect your data with multilayered Knox Security. Also, with Private Share⁷, you can set time limits and expiration dates on all shared files,
Modern design: Life happens, but Galaxy A53 5G³ provides a premium slim design that is built to last through those unpredictable moments. The body was engineered to endure, so you can worry less around water and dust.⁸

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Q: The supplied charging cable has two identical plugs, both of which fit into the phone's charging port but neither of which is USB-c, and the phone in the box does not have a plug for the wall. How am I supposed to charge the battery?

A: It is stupidity plain and stupid. They should be fined by the FCC for purposely selling a phone that is not able to be charged (when it says includes a charger). They want you to go and buy the equipment. It's comparable to the directions on medicine containers that you can barely see. And, and it is getting worse

Q: Does this unlocked Samsung A53 support band 71?

A: Update to my original answer: I finally got a straight answer from Samsung. No, the U.S. unlocked version of the Galaxy A53 does not support band 71. As I said above, the T-Mobile version supports band 71.

Q: Is this the dual sim phone, and is it work oversea? Thank you.

A: I have had dual sim phones but this is not dual sim.

Q: How well does this transition between 5G and 4G? I'm moving to an area that has 5G in the city, but everywhere else is 4G, and I will need to be able to use both seamlessly.

A: depending where you are, sometimes the phone tends to lag a bit. i had purchased 3 samsung galaxy A53 5G 128G phones at the same time for our family. we notice messages are slow to show up on our phones.

Q: I just don't understand how the "activate now" deal works. If I activate using one of the carriers, does that mean I can't use the phone on any other carrier, e.g. when I travel abroad? If yes until when? And why is it an unlocked phone then?

A: Its unlocked phone, you can use it with any other cellular service anywhere in the world. When they say activate now, they mean activating a line with certain cellularservice in order to get the specialdiscountprice, otherwise, you will pay full price. Keep in mind some countries might use different bandwidth or frequency that could only affect the speed.

Q: Does this phone comes with a charger? Does this phone comes with a case?

A: It comes with a cord that is usb-c on both ends. You will need to buy an adapter to plug into the wall. It does not come with a case.

Q: Does the A 53 work on Tracfone prepaid?

A: Hi Nick. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I appreciate you raising this inquiry regarding whether Galaxy A53 5G(Unlocked)if it can be used with Tracfone prepaid. Yes, an unlocked phone works on multiple networks, and make sure that you have a compatible SIM card. SIM cards must be compatible with the area's available networks. Contact provider for details. You may visit our website for more information about unlocked phones: https://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/phones/unlocked-by-samsung/. Should you need more assistance, please feel free to get back to us via the following options: 1. Facebook Messenger: http://m.me/samsungsupport 2. Twitter: https://twitter.com/messages/compose?recipient_id=18768513 3. Samsung Community: https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Samsung-Community/ct-p/us Reference Number: 1144392090 Have a great day. ^Charles

Q: Whats the difference from the Samsung A53 and the Samsung A11

A: Specs determine the difference, the A line usually goes A0x-A7x with 7 being the highest spec one of the lines. Goes A0x, A1x, A3x, A5x, A7x. Lower numbered ones usually have the older chipsets, camera, screen size/quality and least amount of ram/storage. Second number, this case the x3 and x1 means revision/version. the A53 is are new for 2022, with a A33 & A73 floating out there but not for US carriers atm.

Customers are saying

Customers enjoy the Galaxy A53 5G 128GB (Unlocked) smartphone for its excellent camera, affordable price, long battery life, and user-friendly interface. While some customers have expressed disappointment in the lack of wireless charging and headphone jack, overall, customers are pleased with the phone's performance and value for money.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great phone
Functionality is great. It takes great pictures and selfies. Good size memory and has expanded memory slot. I just wish it could wirelessly charge. But other than that it is a great buy.
Posted 1 year ago by AlbertB
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Was a good phone, the screen failed, I felt alone.
This smartphone was quite unique, I brought it to replace my Moto G Power 2021 64GB, and I found this phone to be a slight improvement to it in regard to camera quality and speed. I enjoyed this phone, and the camera resolution and other features were beautiful. I also really liked that it comes installed with Android 12. The SD card adaptation was quite remarkable as well. Although, the there was some slight lag when launching the camera at times, not as slow as the Moto, but almost the same. I liked all the Samsung features and apps, like the Samsung exclusive apps and services, such as Samsung TV, Samsung Camera and Notes. Although the 10x zoomed photos looked a bit pixelated due to no tele-zoom lens, nevertheless, the 0.5, 1-2x zoom photos are excellent! In general usage, there was some occasional system stopping lag that I was only able to resolve by rebooting the phone. This lag typically occurs when I'm playing audio on the Spotify app. The Galaxy A53 5G doesn't do too well with the Spotify app, nor does the Galaxy A03s, although I haven't had to reboot my A03s because of Spotify yet. Anyway, another problem which soon occurred only about a month of owning the phone, was a large dark image of a square at an angle of about 45 degrees, permanently imbedded in the bottom middle of the screen, it is especially visible in bright light or when outdoors. And this wasn't because of water damage, nor other kind of screen damage that I know of, I even had my phone in a screen protector and protective case for almost the entire duration of my ownership, I've placed this extra protection on my phone within the hour of unboxing the smartphone. You may see the dark diamond/square image burned into the A53 5G smartphone screen underneath my thumb in the photo attached in this review. Anywho, What I also soon noticed was a similar dark image, this time a dark circle near the camera portion of the screen. I excepted the fate of my phone's screen after a failed repair setup, I lost the page to print the shipping label to Samsung, because I was logged out and I couldn't return to it, I was also afraid of repair costs. Days later and after some more help and research, I reconsidered the repair option. The Samsung support helped me a lot to get a new repair service request, although the process took about 1-2 hours, about 40 minutes I spent on the phone, although the support was super helpful. I eventually got my phone in for shipment. The return was easy, in the UPS store, the code was scanned on my A03s, and my A53 5G was shipped in for repair. By the way, about the A03s, I had to buy a lower cost phone, the "A03s" in the meantime while my main phone the A53 was sent in for repair. I also had to buy data service for the A03s, and I was assigned a new number. It was easy to Backup my A53 5G's contacts and other app data via the Backup utility, I did this before Factory Resetting my phone for return. The one obstacle I did face though when trying to sign into my Samsung account with my A03s was the 2-step verification, I had to either receive a text from my A53 or authentication from my A53, oops. So then, I had to power back on my A53 and sign back into Samsung account to accept and confirm the verification code sent to the A53 via the A03s. After that, I was finally able to sign into my Samsung account on my A03s. Then I went ahead and Factory Rest my A53, again, for return and repair. Anyway, the phone took no time to arrive at Samsung, it was air-mail service, and they inspected it for a few days then shipped it back to me, the phone only took a day to arrive once they shipped it back. I received an email regarding that the phone was inspected and the issue detected was repaired. However, once I received the phone and powered it on, I my excitement turned to disappointment when I noticed that the screen problem was still there. I'm very disappointed that this problem occurred just weeks after the return period ended. I contacted Best Buy about it, their support was helpful and patient, they found out that there were some options, such as Repair, Replacement and Trade-in, although I would need to go in a store to do so. Overall, I'm quite sad about the situation, however, I sort of accept my fate. So, far I'm pleased with my lower-cost A03s, it works just as well as the A53 5G, although I miss the additional features, 5G, Network Unlocked Status, Fast Battery Charing, Long Battery Life and ram of the A53 5G. The A53 5G and A03s do look quite similar as well, you may see them pictured together on their back; A03s on the Left, A53 5G on the Right. In conclusion, my message to take home is that despite its unique features and impressive camera, battery and ram, the Samsung Galaxy A53 5G Smartphone is probably not ready for mainstream consumer usage due to the OS-Breaking Lag and inevitable permanent screen burnout. Thank you so much for all your time and review.
Posted 3 years ago by
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Samsung galaxy A53
Dear Company I am writing to express my utmost satisfaction with the phone model I purchased from your company over a year ago. I am delighted to report that it has proven to be an exceptional device, boasting top-notch quality. From the moment I got my hands on this phone, it has exceeded my expectations in every aspect. The high-quality performance, accompanied by its seamless functionality, truly sets it apart from other devices in the market. The efficiency and reliability it offers have made it an invaluable companion in both my personal and professional life. Not only does this phone excel in terms of performance, but its design and aesthetics have also captured my admiration. The sleek and modern appearance, coupled with its durable build, showcases a perfect blend of style and substance. Furthermore, I would like to commend your company's commitment to customer satisfaction. The support provided throughout my ownership has been exceptional, ensuring that any queries or concerns I had were promptly addressed. This level of dedication reflects positively on your brand and has undoubtedly enhanced my overall experience as a customer. In conclusion, I must commend your company on producing such an outstanding phone model. Its high quality, durability, and exceptional performance have made me an extremely contented and loyal customer. I am grateful for the excellence your company upholds, and I will confidently recommend your products to my friends and family. Thank you once again for providing me with a phone that has truly stood the test of time.
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