Galaxy A23 review: A 120 Hz screen and OIS on a sub-$200 Samsung — for the budget LTE crowd.
Big screen, budget bones.
A23 covered the 4G budget brief for emerging markets — OIS, 120 Hz, 5,000 mAh, stereo sound — on a quiet Snapdragon 680. The missing 5G and aging chip kept it a price-driven choice; for the segment's 2022 buyers it did the job.
01Display
64/10064/100 trails the 68-point cohort average for budget phones of 2022.
02Camera
60/10060/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.
03Performance
50/10050/100 trails the 55-point cohort average for budget phones of 2022.
04Battery
78/10078/100 trails the 82-point cohort average for budget phones of 2022.
05Build
60/10060/100 trails the 64-point cohort average for budget phones of 2022.
06Value
66/10066/100 is one of the weaker value results among budget phones of 2022 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- OIS at $199 — rare for the LTE budget tier.
- 120 Hz panel, 5,000 mAh.
- Stereo speakers + jack + microSD.
- Samsung software with 2 OS + 4 yr security.
- 4G only.
- Snapdragon 680 is dated and slow.
- 8 MP selfie, two 2 MP filler lenses.
- No IP rating.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 9-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .