How Awesome is the @SamsungMobileSA #GalaxyA53 5G Smartphone? #ProductReviews

Hi Friends, 

It all started with an email from Samsung Mobile South Africa's PR team that we are sending you the newly launched Galaxy A53 5G smartphone while I was waiting for the S22 Ultra and still, I have not used the new S22 series after 4 months of the launch event too but it didn't matter because I fell in love with this smartphone. Let's come back to the AWESOME A Series launch event which happened a little bit after the S series launch event. I received an email asking for my T-shirt size/waist size and Shoe size and received the DRIP shoes which you can see in the unboxing video on my YT channel but not sure why the t-shirt or track pants size was captured? 

I got the sealed pack of the Galaxy A53 5G smartphone and totally fell in love all over again as now somehow all the Samsung smartphones have a consistent design in terms of form factor. The quad-camera specifications keep on changing on front and rear cameras as you browse through the range of A series of smartphones but the design is almost consistent. It makes it really difficult to tell which one the other person is using which I think is really great to bring in brand recognition for sure. 

I really loved the capable cameras on Galaxy A53 5G smartphone which the front camera is 32MP (F2.2). The rear cameras have 4 different ones along with a flash design. The Main camera is 64MP (F1.8), a depth camera of 5MP (F2.4) along with a Macro camera of the same configuration and finally an Ultra-wide camera of 12MP (F2.2). This whole setup allows you to go easily from 0.5x to 2x on optical zoom and up to 10x on digital zoom. It's best to use this one within the range that's optical in nature as snow or noise starts to creep in if using the same in hands. I am sure nobody expects you to carry a smartphone stabilizer or tripod on the go. 

The selfie camera is really cool and I have showcased a lot of photos using that mode in my post here using the gesture mode is a treat to click selfies. The snaps are really cool during the day for sure on both the front and rear cameras. Night mode selfies are a little bit fuzzy as there is no OIS on the front camera. I did use both the rear and front cameras for shooting a lot of Youtube Shorts which you can go and check on my channel. 

The second thing which I loved about this phone is the longer battery life as the same is powered using 5000 mAh in a package of 189grams only. The same powers up the 6.5inch SuperAMOLED FullHF+ display which is really nice to look at. The touch is one other thing that is responsive and makes it easy to play a lot of games using the fast response time the smartphone offers. There is a special game booster mode provided to make the best use of battery power, heat generation and memory use to bring in a great gaming experience at 120Hz. 

I felt the lag a little bit in the sense while using cameras which might be due to the software not being able to allocate proper resources for faster processing as the 5nm Octa-Core 2.4 GHz processor is working with 2GHz clock speed with 6GB RAM and 128GB ROM. It may not appear to normal users because if you have not used the S series, you might not even notice the same. I took around 2000 photos and videos during the time my A53 smartphone was with me which I shared religiously on my social media channels too. The lag was felt only during the camera usage as that's the main function of a smartphone these days. 

I listened to a lot of audiobooks on this smartphone while I walked around a lot and had no connection loss using Bluetooth devices. I was using Huawei earbuds on a Samsung smartphone most of the time with recently used the Apple Earpods first edition of my dad. I did watch a lot of YouTube videos as well including mine to check the quality along with posting a lot of Youtube shorts using this device. I think in a week or so I posted more than 100 Youtube shorts using this phone. The smartphone has no headphone jack but the same USB Type-C can be used as a charging port as well as earjack for your headphones. You can definitely buy this attachment from the Samsung website which I bought for hi-fi quality audio to use my old wired headphones. 

The SIM tray is dual design with one side offering to place a nano-SIM card and on the other side, a micro-SD card can be added. Also, the smartphone makes use of the best IP67 rating to make it water-resistant up to 1 meter under certain conditions. There are a lot of other features built into various apps like Portrait mode which brings in bokeh effects which can be changed later as per your convenience and save the same photo in all the options. 

The Galaxy A53 is available in 4 colours - Awesome Blue, Black, White and Peach colours. The phone definitely got some of the best durability as it got dropped by my hands a few times but no scratch or damage to the screen happened. There is no silicon case inside the small package as it only contains the smartphone, manual, SIM ejector pin and a Type-C to Type-C cable for charging. As I have returned the smartphone today, I am already missing the same but I feel fortunate that I took this one to Kruger National Park and took a lot of photos and videos using the same. Thanks, Samsung South Africa. 

The retail price of this smartphone is around ZAR 8495 and if you consider the feature this phone provides which comes at half the price of the S22 and almost one-third of the price of the S22 Ultra, the performance is really strong at this price segment. Buying this smartphone is a no-brainer if your budget is less than ZAR 10000 and you will get some of the other Samsung accessories as well during the sale or campaigns. I am saying this because it has a strong quad-camera setup which works really well during the day shooting, can work best at night if you use a tripod, can take 4k videos, 32MP selfie camera, 5000mAh battery life, 128 GB ROM to store all the videos and photos, 120 Hz refresh rate on Super AMOLED display with 800 nits of brightness, portrait mode with advances software to post-process the images, dual-SIM capability, 5G connection for fastest possible downloads and internet speed and above all the ability to be in the Samsung Ecosystem to integrate the smartphone with your Smart Tag, Smart Watch or Galaxy buds. 

I have used the smartphone to pay using Samsung Pay as well which also gives you a chance to win some amazing new Samsung products if you complete 5 transactions every 4-6 weeks or so. Go for it and fall in love with the AWESOME FEATURES at AN AWESOME PRICE!

Cheers!!!

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New Year Resolutions - Week 17 Achievements & Failures #TheLifesWay

Hi Friends,

You must be thinking we are in the 20th week and how come I remember everything I did in the 17th week or the previous ones as I still don't schedule my blog posts. I do publish them as soon as they are written and a photo is ready on the Canva website. Despite all the digital systems to track your productivity, I still follow the Bullet Journal method of writing it all in the notepad. I am not using the system as told in the book 100% but only a portion of it where I only manage my Month calendar in my Godzilla - King of Monsters notepads received from Empire Entertainment. I love all these movies' merchandise as and when I receive them. So the monthly calendar entries help me tell what I achieved on a particular date and then from there I do these blog posts. I have made some internal abbreviations as per my suitability to track various important aspects of my life which are not matching the BuJo Method but so far so good. I will highly recommend you to buy the book and have it with you at all times and start following the analogue method of productivity. 

Week 17 - Sat 23 Apr 2022 - Fri 29 Apr 2022

1. Walking - I completed 19.2 kilometres this week in total and was still able to maintain the overall kilometres for the week as I have done some good efforts in the initial weeks. The extra steps when you feel like can help overcome the shortcomings of various weeks when your health doesn't allow you to finish the 20km goal post. 

2. DREAM Became Reality - This is the week where that day happened which I have been waiting for all my life. I was looking forward to meeting Cycle Baba Dr Raj Phanden who is an international traveller on his bicycle, South Africa is his 67th country so far in this long 6 years journey on his bike which he named Dhanno. Dhanno is a character from the most famous Bollywood movie SHOLEY where it refers to a Mare with a cart attached to it and the heroine Hema Malini earns income from that cart. At the end of the movie, Dhanno saves Basanti from dacoits too. Meanwhile, I met him and we spent the whole day travelling from one part of South Africa to the Lesotho border. As he mentions in his journey the Universe creates it for him and so it happened as Wednesday 27-Apr was a holiday for us in South Africa and I could utilize it to fulfil my dream to meet him in person. Check out the video at the end of this post. I will also do another video and a whole blog post too later. 

3. Hanuman Chalisa - I joined the annual United Hanuman Chalisa at the Radhey Shyam Temple in Marlboro where they sing Hanuman Chalisa 108 times from morning till evening. It's always a great event and I totally love participating in the same. I was also able to reduce my numbers to 500x from my 42 years journey this week. May Lord Bajrang Bali Ji Bless You always! 

4. Thank You - I completed the 100k Thank You in total this week and the salary also came in this week so that's a great coincidence. I completed 16000 more Thank You by the end of the week. I am sure it was because of this activity, I met Cycle Baba in person. 

5. Entertainment - I watched Apharan Season 2 where they have moved the story internationally and created a lot of new characters. It's nice to watch as it spins your mind with who is who but despite that it leaves a lot of questions unresolved for the further seasons. London Files was also a web series I watched starring Arjun Rampal and Purab Kohli which is a one-time watch and nothing interesting is there in the same but you can recognise the power of agenda-driven fake news market to make you think a certain way. Again, I went to the Memory Movie premiere starring Liam Neeson and Monica Bellucci which was a total time waste. Liam's recent movies released in the past few years are on his success with the first Taken movie and there is nothing unique in the - same story - different locations. Don't waste your time watching this one. I went to Sterkinekor only to enjoy their popcorn because they serve the best of them anywhere in South Africa. 

I don't think I wanted something more from this week and you can enjoy the journey of my previous weeks by following the links at the bottom of every post. Thanks, Aashish

WEEK 16

Cheers!!!

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