It's a chaos of Black Friday sales this week as retailers get ahead of the official date (November 29) with price cuts and savings galore, and amid the deal frenzy, we've spotted the best price yet on one of the most impressive smartphones of 2024: the brilliant. and economical Samsung Galaxy A55.
The Samsung Galaxy A55 has been in and out of the deals spotlight over the past few weeks, as Australian retailers activate their discounts (and Amazon's Black Friday sales are a blitz of deals across the site) . The A55's standard price of AU$699 dropped to just AU$548 at JB Hi-Fi, only to be quickly overtaken by Amazon with a price of AU$531, but this deal on Bing Lee's eBay store has ruined it for complete to all other retailers. out of the water.
At just AU$497, the Samsung Galaxy A55 is at its lowest price yet. I previously wrote that the phone dropping to AU$543 was impressive, but this takes the cake. Basically, you're getting a budget smartphone that is, at a hardware level, less powerful than those in the flagship Samsung Galaxy S range, but can definitely keep up with the daily tasks of a casual user, thanks to its brilliant OS, its powerful cameras and its beautiful design, both inside and out.
If it weren't for the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, the Galaxy A55 probably would have been my favorite phone of 2024. Affordable, powerful, beautiful and reliable, the Galaxy A55 maintained a price tag under AU$700 while being one of its main competitors. , the Pixel 8a, rose to AU$850 when it debuted. Since the Pixel 8a is no longer priced as close to the A55, I can't help but recommend Samsung's leading A-series model as the best budget phone of the year.
In our review of the Samsung Galaxy A55, the phone earned the TechRadar Recommends seal of approval. Its premium design, combined with incredible value and long-lasting battery life, made it a shoe-in among affordable phones in Australia. If it weren't for its mediocre loading speed and glossy exterior that makes it an absolute smudge magnet, along with useful (but not spectacular) cameras, it might have gotten a perfect five-star review.
So if you're looking for one of the best phones of the year and don't want to spend more than AU$500, this is the deal for you. We're not sure how long this deal will last, but since it's gotten over 1,000 views (at the time of writing) in the last 24 hours, it probably won't last long. If it disappears, you can always head to Amazon for the next best price (AU$531).