
I still struggle to understand why the Samsung Galaxy A55 isn't coming to the U.S. this year. But I'm at least glad that my fellow Europeans have access to the best budget phone of the year so far.
While it has the bad fortune of launching just before Google's next, and likely excellent, attempt at a budget phone in the Pixel 8a, the Galaxy A55 has staying power thanks to its offer of solid, and in some cases flagship-equaling, performance and specs. About the only area it really trips up is performance, so if that's your focus you should look elsewhere.