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Samsung Galaxy A56 5G
Samsung's 2025 mid-ranger with Exynos 1580, 120Hz AMOLED, 45W charging, and 6 years of updates.
$499
Released July 18, 2025
Pricing
| Storage | RAM | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 128GB | 8GB | $499 |
| 256GB | 8GB | $549 |
Where it sits in this database
CompareForge tracks 47 phones. The median below is the middle value of those records — our own database, not a market survey — so it shows how Samsung Galaxy A56 5G sits against the phones we actually publish, not against everything on sale.
| Measure | Samsung Galaxy A56 5G | Median of our 47 phones | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery capacity | 5,000 mAh | 5,000 mAh | the same as the median |
| Weight | 198 g | 200 g | 2 g below the median |
| Starting price | $499 | $799 | $300 below the median |
| Screen size | 6.7 in | 6.7 in | the same as the median |
A figure above the median is not better by definition — a heavier phone may carry a larger battery — but it tells you where this model sits among the records on this site before you read the specification table.
Specifications
Display
- Size
- 6.7"
- Resolution
- 1080 x 2340
- Panel
- Super AMOLED
- Refresh Rate
- 120 Hz
- Peak Brightness
- 1,900 nits
- HDR
- Yes
- Protection
- Gorilla Glass Victus+
Performance
- Chipset
- Exynos 1580
- Fabrication
- 4nm
- CPU Cores
- 8
- GPU
- Xclipse 540
- RAM
- 8 GB
- RAM Type
- —
Camera
- Main
- 50 MP
- Main Aperture
- f/1.8
- Ultrawide
- 12 MP
- Telephoto
- —
- Optical Zoom
- —
- Front
- 12 MP
- Max Video
- 4K @ 30fps
Battery & Charging
- Capacity
- 5,000 mAh
- Type
- —
- Wired Charging
- 45W
- Wireless Charging
- —
- Reverse Wireless
- No
Design & Build
- Weight
- 198 g
- Frame
- Aluminum
- Back
- Glass
- Water Resistance
- IP67
- Colors
- Awesome Graphite, Awesome Lightgray, Awesome Olive
Software
- OS at Launch
- Android 15
- UI Skin
- One UI 7
- OS Updates
- 6 years
- Security Updates
- 6 years
- AI Features
- Circle to Search, Object Eraser, Best Face, Auto Trim
Storage
- Options
- 128GB, 256GB
- Expandable
- No
- Type
- UFS 3.1
Connectivity
- 5G
- Yes
- Wi-Fi
- WiFi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- NFC
- Yes
- USB
- USB-C 2.0
- SIM
- Nano-SIM + eSIM
- Satellite
- No
Sources
- GSMArena — display(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- GSMArena — camera(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- Samsung — pricing(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- Android Central — releaseDate(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- Samsung Newsroom — software(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
Last verified: 2026-09-25