The Samsung Galaxy A33 5G is a mid-range Android-based smartphone developed and manufactured by

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as a part of its Galaxy A series. The phone was announced on 17 March 2022 at the Galaxy Unpacked event alongside the Galaxy A53 5G and Galaxy A73 5G.

Design

The screen is made of Corning

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5. The back panel and sides are made of matte plastic. The back of the smartphone is similar to the Samsung Galaxy A53 5G and Samsung Galaxy A73 5G. The Galaxy A33, unlike the Galaxy A32, does not have a 3.5 mm audio jack. Also the Galaxy A33 has protection against moisture and dust according to the IP67 standard. On the bottom are the USB-C connector, speaker and microphone. The second microphone is located on the top and, depending on the version, a slot for 1 SIM card and a microSD memory card up to 1 TB or a hybrid slot for 2 SIM cards. On the right side are the volume buttons and the smartphone lock button. The smartphone is sold in 4 colors: black (Awesome Black), white (Awesome White), blue (Awesome Blue) and orange (Awesome Peach).

Specifications

Hardware

The Galaxy A33 5G is a smartphone with a slate-type factor form, which is 159.7 × 74 × 8.1 mm in size and weighs 186 grams. The device is equipped with GSM, HSPA, LTE and 5G connectivity, Wi-Fi 802.A/b/g/n/ac dual-band with Bluetooth 5 Wi-Fi Direct support and hotspot support.1 with A2DP and LE, GPS with BeiDou, Galileo, GLONASS and QZSS and NFC. It has a USB-C 2.0 port. It lacks a 3.5 mm headphone jack, a first for the mid-range Galaxy A series. It is resistant to water and dust with IP67 certification. It has a 6.4 inch

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with Infinity-U "waterdrop" notch, rounded corners and FHD+ resolution of 1080 × 2400 pixels and 90hz refresh rate. As a protection, it uses Gorilla Glass 5. The 5000 mAh lithium-polymer battery supports fast charging at 25 watts and in 30 minutes, the device manages to charge 50% of its battery. The complete charging process took approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes, which was also the expected time for a full charge according to the software. The chipset is a

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1280 with an octa-core CPU (2 ARM Cortex-A78 cores at 2.4 GHz and 6 Cortex-A55 cores at 2 GHz). The internal storage is 128/256 GB and is expandable with a microSD card, while the RAM is 6 or 8 GB (depending on the version chosen). The rear camera has a 48 MP main sensor with an f/1.8 aperture. The main camera is equipped with a PDAF, OIS and HDR mode, capable of recording up to 4K 30fps videos, while the front camera is a single 13 MP sensor.

Software

The original operating system is

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4.1. In April 2022, Samsung announced that the Galaxy A33 5G along with a selection of other Samsung Galaxy devices, would be supported for four generations of Android software updates, and 5 years of security updates. In November 2022, the rollout of

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5.0 was released in several countries. It also got updated to Android 14 in Nov 2023 for users in Russia. Owing to the A33 5G being listed for four generations of Android software updates, in January 2024 Samsung highly likely announced that the A33 5G would receive two more major Android upgrades after receiving Android 14.

References

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