The just lately launched Samsung Galaxy S23 line has been making headlines for all the correct causes, however a brand new rumor regarding the Korean model’s upcoming line of mid-range smartphones has us doubting their worth to cost-conscious prospects.

Samsung launched the Samsung Galaxy A14 5G within the US earlier this 12 months for simply $200, and the corporate is making ready to launch the system abroad alongside the Galaxy A34 5G and Galaxy A54 5G. Nonetheless, tipster @_snoopytech_ (opens in new tab) has managed to pay money for alleged European pricing for all three fashions, and the information isn’t pretty much as good as we hoped. 

In response to the leak, the Galaxy A14 5G will probably be priced at €219 for the 64GB model, whereas the 128GB variants of the Galaxy A34 5G and the Galaxy A54 5G will are available in at €419 and €519, respectively. Suffice to say, there are some things to unpack right here. 

Let’s begin with the excellent news. €219 for the Galaxy A14 5G continues to be, in our view, a reasonably cheap determine for a succesful – if unremarkable – Samsung smartphone. Positive, €219 is a bit more than the telephone’s $200 US price ticket, however European VAT charges usually end in greater product costs in European international locations (one of the best iPhone will price you extra within the UK than within the US, as an example). 

Nonetheless, reported pricing for the Galaxy A34 5G and Galaxy A54 5G shouldn’t be so good. In contrast to the Galaxy A14 5G, neither telephone is presently obtainable within the US, however @_snoopytech_’s claims about European pricing for each units – €419 and €519, respectively – are regarding. 

Once more, these figures don’t look too dangerous on paper, however the latter is significantly greater than the €459 / $449.99 / £399 / AU$699 beginning worth of the 5G-enabled Samsung Galaxy A53, which is our present choose for one of the best low cost telephone within the US. €419 for the Galaxy A34 5G can also be greater than the €379 / £329 / AU$599 determine demanded by final 12 months’s Galaxy A33 5G, which isn’t formally in the stores within the US. 

Each costs are prone to translate to equally heightened US costs – if certainly each telephones are launched there – with the Galaxy A34 5G, on the very least, virtually definitely set for a $500-plus price ticket.

In fact, it’s not unusual for brand new telephones to price greater than their predecessors, however on this case, neither the Galaxy A34 5G nor Galaxy A54 5G look to be getting sufficient new options to warrant their respective worth hikes. A barely bigger (and smoother) show is rumored to be the largest addition to the previous, whereas the latter is in line for an upgraded Exynos 1380 chipset. 

As traditional, it’s price taking this newest worth rumor with a pinch of salt – Galaxy A Collection pricing is notoriously tough to make sense of given the road’s complicated availability throughout the globe. Nonetheless, we’re assured that each the Galaxy A34 5G and Galaxy A54 5G will price greater than their predecessors.

In any case, we count on to listen to the official line on the telephones’ respective retail costs very quickly. Rumors (opens in new tab) are pointing in the direction of a March 15 launch occasion for the brand new Galaxy A Collection units, so this is hoping Samsung surprises us by asserting a way more agreeable suite of figures.