Galaxy A55 vs Galaxy A54 vs OnePlus Nord 3 vs Others...WHAT WERE YOU THINKING SAMSUNG?

[Gino76ph]

The next phone i want to get are either Galaxy A55, Galaxy A54, S23 FE and OnePlus Nord 3. But, I do not know what Samsung is thinking. After watching reviews the A54's advantages over the A55 were found to be:

Sharper ultrawide camera

Slight edge in overall details at night and low-light 

Photos appear brighter 

Cleaner  and sharper 4K videos

Better dynamic range

More accurate skin tones

More stabilized videos

The OnePlus Nord 3's advantages over the A54 (and A55) are:

More natural (not contrasty) colours

Able to maintain dynamic range contrast better

Better low-light colours in general

A lot faster chipset and UI performance

Would you guys agree? 

If I ask you which one phone is  more balanced than the other in terms of accurate colours (plants, skin tones, skies), consistent colours between the main and ultrawide lenses, much clearer stereo audio when recording video of any format and better low light details in your opinion?

I'm planning in replacing my ageing Moto G84 5G phone at the end of the month.

Please help.

[DianDD]

From my long experience with Samsung, my opinion is that with Samsung, you must go S and preferably Ultra phone, or you better get OnePlus, for example. Currently, I own OnePlus 11 and S24 Ultra. Both are very good devices, but the OnePlus camera bug, which was never fixed, is supper annoying at times


P.S. FE versions also not recommended by me

[Gino76ph]

I have purposedly avoided a Galaxy S Ultra phone for the simple reason I do not need a stylus and the phones are heavy and big for my hands. I also purposedly avoided the flagship OnePlus 11/12/13 line as they are again big for my hands and I hated the curved screens.

Which brings me to my choices. I heard of overheating, green lines and chip issues on the Nord 3. Is this true? Or are they mostly isolated cases?

[DianDD]

OnePlus hardware failures are usually in India and not on a EU or other regions units.... overheating, I don't know.

[Gino76ph]

It will sound reassuring if the Nord units in the EU/UK are not affected by these green lines and overheating issues.

Which brings me to my question again: Is it better to get an older A54, the newer A55 (with it's camera and other "shortcomings" compared to the A54) or get the Nord 3 which is the fastest phone amongst the three?

[DianDD]

I would go for the Nord 3 definitely

[Gino76ph]

May i ask why you chose the Nord 3 over the A54 or S23 FE?

What do you think where the factors that made you choose the Nord instead?

[DianDD]

In my previous comments, I said that with Samsung, you go for S or Ultra or nothing...... no FE no A no M nothing else ..... OnePlus usually offers much better for the money

[Gino76ph]

I'm considering the Nord 3. But I have seen Xiaomi Poco F6 and specs looks better than the Nord 3. Though, one would question the cameras and updates. Any thoughts?