Samsung Galaxy F23 5G
last year's galaxy f22 was not perfect
by any means but it was a decent
offering nonetheless and today i have
its successor the galaxy f23 which is
known as the galaxy m23 in some regions
i got this phone from flipkart for 16
000 indian rupees for the 6128 gb
variant at that time there was some
introductory offer going on but right
now it is priced a thousand rupees more
at this price segment this is the first
phone to not come with a charger inside
the box
as you can see the galaxy f23 comes in
this slim box which houses the phone
type c to type c charging cable user
manual and that's it so the 17 000 price
tag is kind of a delusion because you
have to buy a 25 watt brick separately
which costs around 15 000 indian rupees
so the effective price of this phone is
actually 18 500 rupees
anyways um let's start this review of
the galaxy f23 with the design side of
things
here for the most part samsung has
nailed the rare look of this phone i am
in love with this aqua blue color
variant that i have whereas the company
has not gone overboard with the camera
island either the phone has gorilla
glass 5 in its display but that's about
it when it comes to protection there is
no official ip rating here and it does
not have a rubber gasket in the sim tray
either which by the way accepts two sims
and a micro sd card but i do appreciate
the fact that samsung has made the
galaxy f23 both lighter and thinner as a
result you will have no problem carrying
it around in your pocket samsung is also
sticking with curved frames whereas
other brands have started experimenting
with flat edges in this arena personally
the curved edges feel more at home to me
the fingerprint scanner is right where i
like it and it is also quite fast and
accurate for the most part
likewise you will find all the ports on
the bottom here this includes a 3.5 mm
headphone jack a type c port and a
single downward firing speaker as good
as it sounds i was expecting stereo
speakers on the galaxy f23 since that's
getting pretty common in this price
range similarly another aspect where the
galaxy f23 should be criticized is its
tft lcd screen and i am kind of on the
fence on this one really here samsung's
decision to go from a super amoled to an
lcd panel is kind of dumb given how it
was among the best things about the
galaxy f22 i think they should have
provided a 90hz full hd amoled display
here
sure this 120 hertz refresh rate feels
quite smooth and it has fared well in my
usage without much jitters however i
would have had no problem settling for a
slightly lower refresh rate if it was an
amoled panel instead that being said i
don't think it's an absolute trash of a
display as the tft name paints it out to
be obviously it does not match the
colors of an amoled screen and the
blacks appear grayish here but it's the
same for any lcd panel even the ips one
that many believe samsung should have
opted for
this sheds light on all the confusion
among users regarding smartphone display
technologies here tft stands for thin
film transistor and it's the core
technology of major lcd screens
including the ips ones however over the
years the term tft has been used to
refer to twisted pneumatic tn panels
which are generally known to have
inferior colors and poor viewing angles
compared to ips as with the f 23's tft
panel i did not face either of these
issues and i guess that samsung is using
a tft plane in switching pls panel here
which is its alternative to the ips
standard that delivers a wider viewing
angle brighter contents and better image
quality
i also face no problem streaming
contents of netflix and prime video on
this phone it supports hd playback on
both of them though there is no hdr
support outdoor visibility is strictly
average though so you will struggle a
bit when looking at this screen under
direct sunlight as for the battery
endurance the phone easily lasted me
over a day on normal usage which
includes scrolling through social media
abs multimedia consumption and a fair
amount of photography however because of
the power hungry 120 hertz refresh rate. so i often found myself
reaching out to the charger at the end
of the day when adding casual gaming
into the mix using the 25 watt official
charger the f23 5000mah battery took one
hour and 25 minutes to go from zero to
hundred percent
okay let's now talk about the
performance here samsung has gone with
the tried and tested snapdragon 750 g
while it is not based on a more power
efficient 6nm process like the now
popular snapdragon 680 it is a lot more
powerful than the 680. remember i said
tried and tested that's because this
chip has been on the market long enough
for game developers to optimize their
games as a result you can push most
mainstream titles to their highest
settings here unlike the new xeros 1280
on samsung's latest mid-ranges however
you will want to dial down the settings
for stable gameplay for instance you can
get a stable 30fps gameplay on pubg
under default settings but when
switching to smooth graphics and ultra
frame rates i noticed a few frame drops
here and there although it remained at
35 to 38 fps on average likewise i found
high graphics and high frame rates to be
the most optimum settings for call of
duty mobile however the galaxy f23 has
trouble running graphics intensive games
like kenshin impact um at low settings
the phone delivers around 24 fps on
average at first but it drops to roughly
18 fps after a while into the game as
you'd imagine the phone got warmed
pretty fast here where i recorded the
surface temperature around the camera
bump at 40 degree celsius okay moving on
like many of the new galaxy phones so
far the galaxy f235g boots on android 12
with one ui 4.1 out of the box samsung
even promises two years of software
updates and three years of security
patches for the galaxy f23 by the way
and unlike its predecessor which ran on
one ui core you are getting full fledged
when you are here
anyway as much as i love samsung's
custom skin the bloatware situation on
this phone is rather disappointing i
also find it weird that the galaxy f23
has glance as their default lock screen
wallpaper service provider instead of
samsung's in-house solution especially
since uh some of glance's wallpapers are
straight up
all right i know a lot of you guys are
eager to know about f23s cameras so
let's get right into it well it's among
the best camera setups in this price
segment no surprises there even though
it's 50 megapixel iso ljn1 primary
camera is not necessarily unique what
makes it stand out is 750g superior
image signal processor and samsung's
color optimization which i personally
love
compared to the more expensive galaxy
a23 i found that it holds its ground
quite well in general the photos from
the galaxy f23 come out with good colors
contrast levels and dynamic range
similarly i did not face any problem
with auto hdr here like with other
mid-range phones in the past
and there is not a significant color
shift when switching from the primary to
the ultra wide angle camera on the
galaxy f23 either while its ultra wide
angle shots have a pretty good dynamic
range as well background separation on
portraits is decent too although the
subjects look somewhat warm getting to
nighttime shots the f 23 unfortunately
shoots pretty dark and grainy photos
where it tries to maintain close to
natural colors turning on night mode
does brighten the shot a bit but it does
not necessarily improve in terms of
noise and detail levels likewise selfies
from the 8 megapixel front facing camera
have this slight reddish tint um other
than that its dynamic range is sort of a
hit or a miss as well in terms of videos
the galaxy f23s rear cameras can shoot
up to 4k 30fps
in most cases i found that its videos
are usually steadier compared to the
galaxy a23 but it's nothing to write
home about
the selfie videos here cap out at 1080p
30fps and as you can see it crops into
the frame whereas i can't help but
notice the weird bluish tint here either
so wrapping up this review the galaxy
f235g is a pretty decent mid-range one
for the price i really like its primary
camera the design and its overall
performance also samsung's software
optimization in the midrange segment is
simply unmatched so if those are your
properties it is definitely a good
choice for you
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