Galaxy A55 vs Pixel 8a: A REAL Day in the Life | Camera & Battery Test

[@renebaebae0600]

Its crazy how exynos midrange chip performs better thermally than their high range chip (exynos 2400, tensor g3)

[@koushuu]

the macro camera has always been useless lol, especialy the 5MP one that every Chinese OEM loves to put into their budget options.

[@arjames26]

Yeah, why they always include the useless macro camera - they might have lower prices in the BOM if that is not included 🤣

[@gentle285]

2MP*

[@sajujafari1880]

Good

[@ramdas363]

@@arjames26 My guess is it makes the lens block lock fancier/bigger the more lenses there are, so the average consumer will think the photos must be better. Similar to how they used to boost megapixels despite the sensors not getting significantly larger.

[@LuggageChestHead]

Thx for the comparison! I recently bought the a55, coming from apple I wanted to try android for a reasonable price and got the a55 with 256gb storage at 380€, hence about 200€ less than the 8a would have cost. I am pretty happy with it so far, but the camera autofocus botheres me a bit since many pictures come out shaky compared to my iphone experience, esp wirh the selfiecam.

[@beak.8572]

Can I ask you, from which IPhone you switched, because I am also thinking about switching.

[@swecreations]

3:10 definitely not a hot take, on budget phones a single *good* camera is infinitely better. It's crazy how budget phones waste money putting 1-2 completely useless cameras on something that's already very stretched on budget.

[@serrael-182]

Even my s21 has 2 useless cameras. If i take 50mp pics they are the same as 10mp 3x zoom. And my wide angel is probably broken but never was really good...

[@swecreations]

@@serrael-182 I find the wide-angle to be nice for filming car videos, or other action content, but that's really only something you should add once you've already gotten a very good main camera (like the S21 already has). So find the addition of that to at least be justifiable. On something like the Zenfone 10 it's very obvious that it doesn't really need a telephoto as the main camera already does a good job of zooming in, you should really only be adding that on $800+ phones like the S24 Ultra-series where you're already pinching at straws trying to extract more camera performance than you already have. Definitely agree with you on it being a waste putting that in the S21. It's especially crazy on something like the Samsung A05s where they've put two completely useless 2MP cameras in addition to the ordinary one. At that point I rather have you just put in blanks there. The Motorola Moto G Play actually does that right, it has an incredibly good camera for a $150 phone, and the flash is put into a second "camera hole" making it look like a dual camera phone without wasting tons of resources.

[@paultasker7788]

I mean that macro camera is just a joke. You have to be exactly the right distance away for it to be in focus. I wish it was a 2 or 3x zoom instead.

[@albioncia]

the problem with budget phone is oem usually holding back on the computational side. a55 has a good camera sensor but worse camera software processing inhibit its potential. still waiting for gcam port thats works on this phone

[@paultasker7788]

@@albioncia the other problem is Samsung locks down the camera ai so it's not easy to find a working gcam for it.

[@sc337]

If you never used a pixel phone before, the A55 is okay. But if you came from a pixel phone like me, the A55 requires a couple of compromises, mainly the OS & the photos. My pixel 5a died out of a sudden and then the A55 256GB is quite a deal ($400 w/ free Buds FE). The 8a is about $40 more expensive with only 128GB, no free gift, and the most importantly the pixel phone is not officially supported in my country.

[@yanni2737]

The Pixel8a is in a different category in terms of camera, AI features, noise reduction, software, brightness and for me by far the most important 7 years of OS and security updates. The only thing in favour of the A55 is the battery life.

[@KoalaBeer.]

And one ui is better.. I hate those huge tiles top on pixels

[@keqling7086]

idk One Ui looks much more modern to me and the pixel is kinda small for my liking and for most people probably as small phones aren't selling well nowadays but 7 years of os support with a chipset like tensor is kinda questionable, too much heat and battery usage but i gotta give it to google for the camera, samsung COMPLETELY messed up their cameras this year from the S lineup to the A

[@mrzero2308]

The Pixel is a better choice obviously but there's the question of price. This video is 3 months old now so not sure what prices were like then, but now I can get the A55 on Amazon for ~300€ while Pixel 8a is ~500€.

[@muhammedalthaf4163]

Still watching on A55😅

[@robinyumnam2646]

As i did a lot of media consumption and even watch full length movies on my phone, I'll never buy a 6.1 incher, even the S24 is small for me.

[@BlizzardWind99]

I prefer to watch movies on TV or ipads or monitor... I use phone as phone with some socmed

[@robinyumnam2646]

@@BlizzardWind99 iPhone SE would more than suffice for you

[@BlizzardWind99]

@@robinyumnam2646 thinking iphone mini se too small while it has big bezels iphone mini is smaller while having symmetry bezels all around

[@robinyumnam2646]

@@BlizzardWind99 iPhone Mini is too good a phone to be used just as a phone

[@paultasker7788]

Orange issue appears to have been fixed in one ui 6.1 on a55 so far. I don't notice it even when viewed on my oled 55 TV. But i certainly notice it on your photos.

[@Ramon22282]

Great video! Only thing I wish to see added was the thermal camera being used on the sides/back of the phones as well. I don't care too much about the screen of my phone heating up, since that is not where I am holding it. Knowing the temperatures of the device's back and sides seems more important imo

[@paweuy]

Very good review! Good job, we need more devices on your channel ;)

[@IMUSTHCOOSEANEWNAMEB]

exynos vs googlynos

[@ikhwanalbadar906]

Tensor chipsets are built by samsung

[@haroldz123]

Based on exynos design

[@dhikaastika]

Here in Indonesia, Samsung A55 is half the price of Pixel 8a which is a no brainer for a brand new midrange with 8/256GB under $350.

[@eltiospike7672]

The Galaxy A55 is almost half the price where i live

[@joannaallton4519]

I went from a Pixel 4 to the a55. I hate the a55. The camera is terrible, and doesn't even have RAW. It also won't hotspot on wifi which is super frustrating. I'm seriously thinking about giving it to my daughter and getting the 8a instead.

[@FairplaySid]

the pixel 8a has a good form factor. I hope that Samsung builds a Samsung mini with a 5" 5.5" inch display or someone else from the manufacturers maybe a pixel mini 5.4" 😃. I heard that pixel is moving away from exynos, but I don't know if that's true. I like the Snapdragon much much more

[@markoroncevic]

What battery do you expect on 5'4 inch phone if you want good performancež

[@FairplaySid]

@markoroncevic just make the phone thicker. the iphone 13 mini had a 2435 mAh. the zenfone 10 had a 5.9 inch 4300 mAh. if you only installed one camera you could build at least 3000 mAh.

[@christiankeil7845]

Still getting hot with video calls. Pixel never learns. Guess that glass 3 is the same stuff that will be stretched up in a heartbeat

[@paultasker7788]

Yeah thermal management is not a pixel strength but it does feel a lot more compact so space for cooling is probably more limited. The 4a couldn't do video calls. My 7a did but on 4/5G it was close to needing to close it and ate battery. Not tried the A55 yet.

[@darko1-qo3yd]

I'm currently using my z fold 5 and I have the 8a and I must say camera wise and battery wise my pixel is hold it's own I just don't like the over heating on the pixel among a few other things but it's a good phone for the most part

[@seandb_]

You keep on saying things that are contradictory than what you are presenting in the video. You are saying bad things about the galaxy but it performs better specifically in videos in the clips that u provided.

[@cw1161]

I agree ,he trying to make Samsung look bad

[@techmo2020]

The thing is, comparing cameras is subjective, and part of it is also about how the colors in the scene were compared to how the camera captured them: - 05:01 Linus's ears are white, not orange. - 08:10 The background (sky) on the A55 is overexposed, so you see it white instead of the colors that were there. - 01:55 The pictures are noisy on the A55. - 01:40 The sky is way too dark on the A55; compare it to the picture of the sky a few seconds ago. - 07:38 Again, the same problem on the A55: the windows appear yellow even though there was no yellow light shining on them. Samsung oversaturates pictures and increases the contrast too much for my taste, but maybe someone else prefers this style. You can also check the DXOMark of Pixel 8a and A55: www.dxomark.com/google-pixel-8a-camera-test/ www.dxomark.com/samsung-galaxy-a55-5g-camera-test/

[@paultasker7788]

Is that with most recent update because the newest version should have fixed the yellow problem. It fixed it on mine. Colours are now very natural and much less oversaturated to the point where some say it's been made worse (shows how subjective these things are). Really Samsung should just give us a slider for saturation that we can save to our own preference. I don't notice the horrid over processing on the pixel that my 7a suffered from. Like 4 Instagram filters had been added. The difference doesn't look massive though pixel looks slightly cleaner.

[@FfF-tp2cl]

3:26 Here the 8A video is a bit jittery. I think 8a is not useful for long hours usage ​@@techmo2020

[@walid6329]

Honestly that's widely subjective, I personally tested the S23 and I thought the camera was bad in my perspective. overexposure and the color science 🚽 but everybody around me likes it 🤷‍♂️

[@cristianionita9949]

For me the pixel 8a will be the better choice. I do not like big phones.

[@TomDegregorio-cz9yy]

The 8a is ok but has a lot of problems. Signal strength is bad, takes a long time to change, overheating issue, and for such a small phone it's really heavy for some reason. I would spend an extra $150 for the S24 regular to be honest. The 8a is not really at a budget price, should cost $350 for what you're getting.

[@zaidhadi2867]

Quite effort put on the video

[@Khamae77]

Hello. I assume the Pixel 8a was running on 5G and 120Hz all the time? I wonder how much cooler and longer it would run on LTE and 60Hz?

[@techmo2020]

Hi, that's a good question, maybe I should do a dedicated video on that testing 60 vs 120 and 5G vs 4G and WiFi.

[@Khamae77]

@@techmo2020 Thank you. I will be very grateful.

[@partaczpatacz6658]

Exactly, I think it would be ok

[@AndrewTSq]

It feels like 5G drains the battery a lot on the 8a.. and often when I check, it says It only has 4G but speed tests show 5G speeds, so I almost guess Google has put the modem to be in 4G unless it needs more speed and then upgrades to 5G to save battery. But that is just something I guess, no proof.

[@paultasker7788]

5G drains battery faster on A55 as well. Especially in areas where 5G might be weak/intermittent. It puts the standby drain up too. Whereas on 4G mode the phone holds a nice strong clean signal. And 4G is fast enough for most stuff. If I need 5G can put it on for a bit. My A55 is averaging 9 percent/hour drain screen on and 1.7 percent/hour screen off which includes a bit of Bluetooth streaming, I'm constantly hooked up to a fit bit and there is a GPS location tracking app always on. The pixel 7a I had before was 11 percent/hour and 2.9 percent/hour using same apps and similar usage. So that difference looks to be about what you achieved as well. The only situation when the pixel was less power hungry was running Google maps in a convertible with the roof down. Then powering that big screen at max brightness the A55 drains quicker. You might only get a little over 5 hours of screen on doing this. Pixel very good at this with the smaller screen.

[@Chio_OB]

Great review!

[@ohenemosespharsttee1202]

5:39 what do you want? Circle to search and magic eraser as a difference? Really? All I see is complaints about the Samsung device and bias towards the pixel

[@wonderofu5490]

Or maybe *”maybe”* you are just a scamsung fanboy who can't accept scamsung lagging behind in midrange

[@ohenemosespharsttee1202]

@@wonderofu5490 The thing is that the feature exists but he failed to acknowledge it which is not great of a "Tech KZbinr"

[@keqling7086]

@@wonderofu5490 they're only lagging in cameras tbh and a bit in performance they have the best displays on any midrange, best Ui, and clean designs samsung for some reason refuses to put decent cameras and powerful chipsets in their midranges even tho they're best sellers just like their ultra lineup

[@cosminthunde]

Is there any way you can check camera quality of S23+ and the S24+ (Exynos)? I was not able to find this comparison anywhere on youtube, and it would be interesting to see if the S23+ beats the S24+ just because of the snapdragon advantage. Thank you!

[@techmo2020]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZqtqHSkibR1mpIsi=cnuikcmL_fDGWMmz S23 and S23+ has the same camera setup so the comparison holds.

[@Lionelmessi10-s5q]

No doubt the galaxy a55 is much better than pixel💀

[@amohardy5303]

Karet great great❤ keep moving

[@mousefatfat]

I moved away from the Samsung A series for quite some time and moved on to Team Pixel and i can tell you,Pixels take nicer photos and videos. Buy samsung if only they come with Snapdragon. My S20 FE 5G is a solid phone due to the chipset but oversall loses to Pixel cameras

[@06ek]

But you know for a fact that pixel phones are 60% samsung made in terms of hardware components. Even buying pixel, you're putting money in pockets of samsung lol

[@mousefatfat]

@@06ek i know and so are iphones panels. Samsung makes every damn screens and many chipsets

[@mousefatfat]

@@06ek try pixels and samsung phones cameras and you will know the difference.

[@lol4224]

pixel better at photos, and thats it

[@KoalaBeer.]

No S24 is better camera

[@FallingESP]

Phones need to be larger than in the past because we consume a lot a multimedia stuff

[@CityChristina]

No, I still have my Pixel 6a for this very reason. Not all of us want freaking tablets as phones. They should continue making both large and compact phones.

[@FallingESP]

@@CityChristina The bast majority want bigger screens.

[@keqling7086]

@@CityChristina im' afraid compact phones are a thing of the past

[@naijalog2127]

Compact phones is the best

[@Bljat69]

A55 better in every way for me except camera is better on pixelbut only for photos and of course vanilla android on pixel is so much better in my opinion. Oh, and the termals in pixel are ridiculous. I think i can live with my current phone for next year and buy pixel 10 with TSMC manufactured chip

[@stevenbowen23]

So can google pixel 8a get you through the whole day?

[@graeme66]

I prefer the pixel don’t really like Samsung so instead of saying this is better or that is better just buy what you like

[@zezeti2246]

Your dog is very cute😍

[@jimmy2365]

Wich one has better PWM?

[@KoalaBeer.]

This isn’t a budget phone at price ppl

[@marksouthwell4490]

Compared to a £1000+ phone they are . Most decent budget phones are around or over £300 now

[@francischiew7080]

hi what is the app that you used to measure the temperature etc ?

[@techmo2020]

Hi I wrote it myself, it's not published.

[@paultasker7788]

You should publish it. I'd pay a few quid for it. Very useful tool.

[@KapitanTermos]

What's the app which shows you temperatur, precent of battery onto screen?

[@techmo2020]

I wrote it myself, it's not being published.

[@KapitanTermos]

@@techmo2020 thx, I never saw app like this before.

[@tiberseptim6648]

@@techmo2020 that's actually cool

[@darryltoombs1076]

Actually, for me the camera is not a major thing I use so the A55 is fine. I am going to buy a new phone in 2 weeks and I am going to get an A55 as for me it looks a lot better than the Pixel 8a and as for one handed use...I also don't use my phone one handed very often and it isn't in my hand 24/7 which is something that I find kind of sad with society today.

[@chitrarajkpaul8223]

The same thing that I also feels

[@AndrewTSq]

My old A52s 5G is much better than my Pixel 8a for one handed use, so I can not see the A55 being worse. Just the navigation arrow is on the left on google.. so you have to reach it with your thumb, and you can feel that in your hand after a day of use, while I never had that problem on the A52s since its easy to reach.

[@FfF-tp2cl]

S23 FE is miles better and it's cheaper than both a55 and 8a in my country. Steal deal.

[@11tushaar]

I bought A55 for my dad, It has a trash finger sensor. Using pin now. Reviewers please test this too. Im disappointed the phone it has moods when it will recognise properly. i think they are using bad quality sensors.

[@techmo2020]

Are u using a screen protector? It's usually the cause of poor fingerprint sensor quality, either increase touch sensitivity or get a thinner one.

[@AkashRaj19498]

7:44 You serious? The video on the pixel looks much more unstable and shaky.

[@jankow14]

Good test

[@torch05ll]

What is the battery temperature widget?

[@techmo2020]

I wrote it myself, I didn't publish it yet.

[@tirthanrti801]

That's great​@@techmo2020

[@deleted61-y9y]

Im a scientist too

[@alexrobert2024]

Chicken paradise is the keyword for me from this video 😂.

[@sachinp8847]

I think a55 heated less because of large form factor

[@Crabby.1]

Not only that but it has better heat management, better cooling system and quality materials that dissipate heat better

[@sachinp8847]

@@Crabby.1 we would get better idea if he would compared 8 pro with a55 😅

[@Crabby.1]

​@sachinp8847 8 pro isn't that different than 8a .

[@sachinp8847]

@@Crabby.1 pro is bigger that's why

[@Crabby.1]

@@sachinp8847 but it has the same processor. A bigger phone doesn't mean better heat management

[@VumiVumi-w8k]

Pixel is better than any other camera like iphone n Samsung

[@KoalaBeer.]

No S24 rips iPhone and 8a

[@TuristaArcsi]

Hello :) what happened to your hair? Accident? 😱

[@diegocabrejas6059]

Sony Xperia 10 VI looks to be a good option, too. Better battery than both of these, more compact, and I think better photos than the Samsung. I think Pixel is the best at photos in the mid-range segment, although it is at the high end of midranges in terms of price.

[@3mar00ss6]

snapdragon 6 gen 1 is so pathetic tho

[@diegocabrejas6059]

@@3mar00ss6 nah, it's totally fine for this type of phone. You don't buy this phone for gaming. Battery life is more important.

[@3mar00ss6]

@@diegocabrejas6059 no the 6 gen 1 wouldn't be able to run anything smoothly, discord is 1 hard app to run for example I think even KZbin would have a few stutters here and there on the 6gen1 but I'm telling you discord would be lagging + the screen is 60hz + the software support is lacking

[@czkmeister]

@@diegocabrejas6059 It's not just gaming, 6gen1 struggles to run anything, even basic apps.

[@diegocabrejas6059]

@@3mar00ss6 Okay, let's bust these myths once and for all: > Software support is lacking - here are some phones that compete with the Xperia one that have the same or just slight better software support: Nothing Phone 2a (same as xperia) Motorola Edge (same as xperia) Xiaomi 14 and Poco X6 (same as xperia) Galaxy A55 (only one year more than the Xperia) So it is not "lacking". In fact it is pretty much in line with its competitors. The only one going much further is Google and that's because they have huge pockets. And I would be surprised if anyone is using a phone after 4 years, but that's what you get. The battery would be very bad after 4 years, no matter the phone. > The screen is 60Hz - This is the same refresh rate that the IPhone 15 uses, which starts at $800. This is a Sony midranger and somehow it is a problem that it has 60Hz? That is absolutely ridiculous. > KZbin would have stutters? That's just made-up non-sense. I have the Xperia 10 III which has a 695 processor which is worse than the 6 gen 1. Not once have I had youtube stutter in my 2 years of use and I open youtube daily. So stop spreading nonsense.

[@dulinanadil2150]

my experience with samsung budget devices is not great at all. I have tab s7 fe for two years now. It is really laggy and can't use split screen at all now and I'm not sure about a55 peformance in the long run. But pixel always gives a smoother experience. my friend has a pixel6 and i never seen it lagging.

[@Divyanshu0425]

Galaxy a55 is not a budget phone , it's midrange/flagship killer device , I have samsung a55 and it works unexpectedly very smooth

[@dulinanadil2150]

@Divyanshu0425 Yeah my tablet also worked really smoothly but now it almost unusable😑. Now I only trust their flagship products. Two years not enough for 500USD at least 4. Maybe a55 will perform better I dunno it's just my experience with samsung's midrage stuff is not great.

[@Divyanshu0425]

@@dulinanadil2150 you can trust their S , A and Z series , but their tab is only trustable for flagship ones , but they are really reliable , my samsung galaxy tab 2 still works and it's more than 12 years old

[@FfF-tp2cl]

FE series from Samsung is real beast and it's budget friendly too. Almost true flagship.@@dulinanadil2150

[@ShortRection]

Bro samsung a55 back cover bye link

[@Undefinedmark]

How I wish they the same price where I live.

[@mehdimk9286]

Persian bro???

[@dmp3231966]

U deserve a million subscribers I subscribed but u got a long way to go appreciate your videos but you are kinda bias pixel camera is unmatched that's it screen 120 hrz goes to a55 I have had pixel 6. 6a 7 and 7a I had galaxy s24 to small s24 will be will destroy pixel 8a

[@nobody79110]

Compare it with s23 fe

[@MrAdhiSuryana]

OMG you have a cute dog 🐶

[@er1c_s1lv3r7]

I wouldn't get a Samsung over a Pixel at this point, especially not in the "budget" department.

[@hughw2377]

As long as samsung keeps using exynos, I'll never touch the A series again

[@SuperSovoy]

Pixel phones is also using exynos

[@hughw2377]

@@SuperSovoy no wonder they're bad lol

[@SuperSovoy]

@@hughw2377 still much better than the a55

[@blgDemon]

cute dog :D

[@M_k_49]

هل تستطيع عمل مقارنة بين A55 و S23 FE ؟

[@techmo2020]

I don't have the FE unfortunately.

[@M_k_49]

شكرا لاهتمامك واتمنى ان تصل لمرحلة تحصل بها على ما تريد ​@@techmo2020

[@mrbeyonder6081]

Oneplus12R

[@M_k_49]

وأنا ايضا اتمنى ذلك 😅 ‏‪4:17‬‏

[@madcap9977]

Google pixel 8a or samsung s23

[@techmo2020]

8a for the camera, S23 for everything else IMHO

[@madcap9977]

@@techmo2020 hmm, my priority is camera and storage, iam getting 8a 128gb at same value as s23 256gb but s23 128gb varient at less value so what do u think 😅

[@kaffeice7]

whats the big deal about being naked?.. great video

[@itsamirhosein]

ستونم فترسی حرف نمیزنی؟

[@harish0778]

8a is tooo good

[@manilazoo8411]

and too hot

[@BAIRZKX]

Pixel is shit I’ll rather buy huawei

[@babyjerys]

Compare 8a vs Galaxy S23 Fe

[@Raxio_ional]

23Fe is better. You are welcome.

[@babyjerys]

@@Raxio_ional Yess 💪🏻💪🏻

[@newfnshow031]

you should have done the a35 vs the 8a Only the a35 is available in the US

[@theoc007]

he isn't in the USA and prices are closer with a55 to 8a not a35.

[@edikoventas4141]

Its funny how you ask followers to chose what video you should do and you do what you want anyway 😂

[@techmo2020]

What? I'm doing what they say haha Pixel 8 vs S24 is on the way for next week, but since 8a just came out and got the second vote I did it first.

[@cosmin9475]

@@techmo2020 Pls compare S24+ Exynos 2400 vs A55,battery test and temperature!

[@jashpancholi4996]

​@@techmo2020 as the other person in this thread said pls do s24 plus exynos vs a55 pls that would be very helpful

[@techmo2020]

@@jashpancholi4996 I need to buy the S24+ again since I sold the last one, I am thinking about it, I may create such a video in the future :)

[@Jedtv04]

Do you see that 2:55hahahaha very useless 😅 🤣 still samsung for me

[@emynovs1310]

Pixel is trash

[@S2KCreate3]

Why a55 .....pixel 8a vs s23 fe

[@arthstg]

Agree, a55 is $350 now. And reguler person will get pixel 8a at msrp $499 which is similiar price with s23fe

[@dkkdkkc6]

No need conparing. Even pixel 1 would beat samsung s24u lol.