There's no denying the fact that no manufacturer is doing as much as Samsung to make 5G connectivity more affordable. The company has a handful of mid-range phones sporting 5G connectivity on offer, including the Galaxy A32 5G, Galaxy A42 5G, and Galaxy A52 5G, and it is gearing up to make access to the new global wireless standard even cheaper with the upcoming Galaxy A22 5G.
The A22 5G has been the subject of a number of leaks over the past few weeks, and it has now taken an important step on its journey to retail shelves: The Galaxy A22 5G has been certified by the Bluetooth SIG organization. Bluetooth certification is one of the many approvals a smartphone requires before it can be sold to consumers, and while it doesn't offer much detail about an upcoming device except for its version of Bluetooth connectivity (version 5.0, in this case), we already know a lot about the Galaxy A22 5G.
The only exciting thing about the Galaxy A22 5G may be… 5G
As you would expect from the low-end of Samsung's A series lineup, the A22 5G isn't a very exciting phone. It is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 700 processor, which has slightly faster high-performance cores than the Dimensity 720 chipset that powers the Galaxy A32 5G (2.2GHz vs 2.0GHz). There's 4GB of RAM accompanying the Dimensity 700 on the base model, and benchmarks have revealed that a variant with 6GB of RAM exists as well.
Other Galaxy A22 5G specs are expected to include an Infinity-V display with Full HD+ resolution, a 48MP+8MP+2MP+2MP main, ultra-wide, depth, and macro camera setup, a 13MP front camera, a 5000 mAh battery with 15W charging, and a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. It will run Android 11 out of the box and should come in four colors: gray, light green, purple, and white. Pricing hasn't been rumored yet, but it will likely have to fall somewhere south of €300 if Samsung hopes to sell the device in any meaningful numbers.
