Samsumg A33: leaked details about the mid-range device

The Samsung Galaxy A33 is due out in 2022 along with the A13 and A23. According to reports, the Galaxy A33 will use the same yet unofficial Exynos 1280 chipset as the Galaxy A53. This 5nm SoC apparently comes with an octa-core CPU: two 2.4GHz Cortex-A78s and six 2.0GHz Cortex-A55s.

According to rumours, it will feature 8GB of RAM and 128GB of expandable storage when paired with the Exynos 1280, although there may be regional differences as we could also see an A33 with the Exynos 1200 and just 6GB of RAM.

At the moment it’s not clear what we should expect in terms of performance from the Exynos 1280. A report from last year claimed that it would be worse than what the Exynos 1080 offers, but that hardly makes sense, so we’ll just have to wait. By the way, It has long been rumoured that both the A33 and A53 will only be offered with 5G and that there will be no 4G models this year.

In addition, the Galaxy A33 is expected to be resistant to water and dust, due to the fact that it will have IP67. In 2021, the Galaxy A52 was Samsung’s cheapest with such a rating, this year it goes even further down the line. As expected, it will run Android 12 with One UI 4.1 on top.

Finally, in terms of cameras, exactly the same setup as on the Galaxy A32 5G should be expected, which fits with what we’ve recently heard from another leak. On the other hand, an update compared to its predecessor will put the fingerprint sensor below the screen, instead of on the side. Current information also ups the ante on the screen by specifying that the 6.4″ FHD+ Super Amoled will have a 90 Hz refresh rate.