Samsung has expanded its Galaxy A-series with two new phones: Galaxy A56 and Galaxy A346, both featuring AI features, a new floating camera, and up to six years of major Android updates. The Samsung Galaxy A56 and Galaxy A36 also offer Google’s Circle to Search feature, allowing users to instantly search anything from the phone’s screen. While having common features, both phones target different price segments. Here is how the Galaxy A56 and Galaxy A36 fare against each other.
Display: Both phones have a 6.7-inch full-HD+ Super AMOLED display with a peak brightness of 1200 nits, a refresh rate of 120Hz, and Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+ protection on top.
Processor: While the Galaxy A56 is powered by the company’s Exynos 1580 chip, the Galaxy A36 uses a Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 processor, both featuring up to 12GB of RAM. Both phones come preloaded with Android 15-based One UI 7, along with promised Android OS and security upgrades for the next six years.
Cameras: While both phones have three cameras on their back, the sensors are slightly different. The Samsung Galaxy A56 houses a 50MP main sensor with optical image stabilisation (OIS), a 12MP ultrawide sensor, and a 5MP macro sensor. On the other hand, the Galaxy A36 uses an 8MP ultrawide sensor, while keeping the main and macro sensor the same as the Galaxy A56. For selfies, both phones have 12MP cameras.
Battery: Both phones have a 5000mAh battery that charges at up to 45W speed with a wire. There is no wireless charging support on either.
While the Galaxy A56 starts at ₹41,999, the Galaxy A36 is priced starting at ₹32,999. Here is the full price list according to each variant of both phones.
Galaxy A56 8GB/128GB: ₹41,999
Galaxy A56 8GB/256GB: ₹44,999
Galaxy A56 12GB/256GB: ₹47,999
It is available in Awesome Graphite, Awesome Light Grey, and Awesome Olive colour options.
Galaxy A36 8GB/128GB: ₹32,999
Galaxy A36 8GB/256GB: ₹35,999
Galaxy A36 12GB/256GB: ₹38,999
Its colour options are Awesome Black, Awesome Lavender, and Awesome White.