Samsung Galaxy A56 5G

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Availability

Officially announced Mar 01, 2025
Prices (MSRP) 8GB/128GB - $499

Design

Dimensions 6.39 x 3.05 x 0.29 inches (~0.35 inches with camera bump)
162.2 x 77.5 x 7.4 mm (~8.9 mm with camera bump)
Weight 6.98 oz / 198.0 g
Materials Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+)
Frame: Aluminum
Resistance Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors Pink, Olive, Graphite, Lightgray

Display

Size 6.7-inch, 87.64% screen-to-body
Type Super AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1900 nits
Resolution 2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 385 PPI
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL) 1715 (Good)
Bright Min 1.6 (Good)

Hardware

System chip Samsung Exynos 1580
Processor Octa-core
1x2.9GHz
3x2.6GHz​
4x1.9GHz
GPU Xclipse 540
Memory 8GB (LPDDR4)/128GB (UFS 3.1)
8GB/256GB
12GB/256GB
Storage expansion not expandable
OS Android (15)
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PhoneArena Performance Test
GeekBench 6 Single 1361
GeekBench 6 Multi 3894
3D Mark High 1322
3D Mark Low 1313

Battery

Type 5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging Fast charging
Charge speed Wired: 45.0W
PhoneArena Battery Test
Battery Life Estimate: 7h 3min
Browsing: 17h 46min
Gaming: 10h 11min
Video: 9h 9min

Camera

Rear Triple camera
Main camera 50 MP (OIS, PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.8
Sensor size: 1/1.56"
Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera 12 MP (Ultra-wide)
Aperture size: F2.2
Sensor size: 1/3.06"
Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera 5 MP (Macro)
Aperture size: F2.4
Flash LED
Video recording 4K UHD (30 fps)
Front 12 MP
Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)
PhoneArena Camera Test
Overall score: 122
Photo score: 131
Video score: 113

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth 5.3
WLAN a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other NFC

Multimedia

Headphones No 3.5mm jack
Speakers Earpiece, Multiple speakers

Cellular

5G Bands n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands 38, 40, 41
3G Bands 1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type Dual Nano SIM + eSIM

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage
Differences from the main variant:
Memory 256GB
With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage
Differences from the main variant:
Memory 12GB/256GB
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