Samsung Prices Caution Like It Is Innovation
The Galaxy A57 is polished, durable and well-supported, but its premium price asks you to applaud basic competence.
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Samsung’s Galaxy A57 5G is a well-built, carefully assembled phone that appears to have been designed by a committee whose primary fear was excitement. At ₹56,999 for 8GB RAM and 256GB storage, or ₹62,499 for 12GB, it is priced like a premium mid-range statement while behaving like a very competent office administrator.
The good news is substantial. The 6.7-inch 120Hz Super AMOLED Plus display is bright, colourful and smooth. At 6.9mm and 179g, the phone is impressively slim and comfortable for a large-screen device. IP68 protection adds genuine peace of mind, while Android 16, One UI 8.5 and six generations of Android updates give Samsung one of the strongest long-term support stories in the category. This is a phone likely to remain dependable after faster rivals have begun treating security patches as optional enrichment.
But Samsung has confused reliability with value. The Exynos 1680 handles everyday use adequately, yet heavy multitasking and gaming are not its natural habitat. Rivals offer quicker processors, bigger batteries and faster charging for similar money, often while also bringing more ambitious camera hardware. The A57’s cameras are serviceable rather than price-justifying, and the omission of a sharper 1.5K panel is a particularly awkward reminder that competitors are not merely polishing the box.
Then there is “Awesome Intelligence”, a name that sounds like an AI feature suite created after a branding meeting discovered the word ‘intelligence’ had already been taken. The software’s real advantage is much less theatrical: One UI is mature, stable and polished. That is useful. It is not a technological revolution, and certainly not a reason to pay extra for hardware that is otherwise playing defence.
Owner reactions reflect the same split. Buyers who value Samsung’s interface, build quality, battery dependability and unusually long update promise have plenty to like. The criticism is equally straightforward: beside discounted Samsung models and sharper offerings from Motorola, Nothing and Google, the A57 looks expensive for what it delivers. It offers last year’s value with this year’s confidence.
The Galaxy A57 is not a bad phone. It is arguably one of the safer Android purchases around, which is precisely the problem. At this price, safety should be the floor, not the feature being marketed as the ceiling.
Skip it at ₹56,999; Samsung has made paying more for less look reassuring, which is still paying more for less.
The verdict: Skip it at ₹56,999; buy only after a serious discount.