Samsung Brings Topnotch Camera Tech To Its Mid-Range Smartphones

Samsung has announced a new A series smartphone for the US market that crammed in a lot of top tech for the ticket price.

Photo Insert: The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra

It also revealed that an even more impressive mid-range handset was on the way, and it borrows the main rear camera from the Galaxy S22 Ultra, Paul Ridden reported for New Atlas.

Set to be the A series range topper, the new phone is lighter than the A53 5G at 181 g (6.38 oz) and thinner at 7.6 mm (0.29 in). It also comes with a bigger AMOLED display – 6.7 inches compared to 6.5 – though the FHD+ resolution remains the same, as does the 120-Hz refresh rate.

It features octacore processing brains supported by either 6 or 8 GB of RAM and 128 or 256 GB of storage, with microSD expansion up to 1 TB, and boasts a 5,000-mAh battery with support for 25-W fast charging (though there won't be a charger in the box).

The biggest surprise though is in the rear camera array, where the successor to the A72 rocks a 108-megapixel main camera with an F1.8 aperture and optical image stabilization, and a 12-MP ultra-wide.

Those are the same numbers as the mighty Galaxy S22 Ultra sports and quite a step up from its predecessor's 64-MP main shooter. Samsung has yet to reveal exactly where in the world the black, mint, or white A73 5G will be launched next month or at what price.

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