Samsung Galaxy M33 5G comes with a 6.6 inches TFT LCD panel with 120Hz support

Galaxy M33 5G, a recently released mid-range smartphone from Samsung packs up some impressive specs - the biggest of all being its battery life. 

Available at Tk30,999, the phone has 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. 

With a 9.4 mm thickness and 215 grams weight, the phone is on the heavier side. I have a feeling that both the weight and thickness have something to do with the phone’s massive 6,000 mAh battery.

The full plastic-built device is not meant to attract its consumers with the looks. It’s all about what the phone has packed inside.

However, for a heavy phone, Samsung Galaxy M33 definitely comes with a good weight balance. Most of the weight of the phone was felt on the center, which gave a good in-hand experience.  

Samsung Galaxy M33 5G comes with a 6.6 inches TFT LCD panel with 120Hz support. 

It is quite wise to expect an AMOLED panel at this price range. To be honest, Samsung might have been able to pull it off if they wanted. 

On the other hand, the positive side here is the fact that the phone supports a 120Hz display, which makes the day-to-day usage experience much smoother. 

The display resolution is 1080 x 2408 pixels. One thing to notice here is that the M33 5G witnessed a massive upgrade from the previous M32 5G phone in its display segment. The refresh rate has been upgraded to 120Hz from last year’s 60Hz and the display resolution has been upgraded to 1080p from the previous 720p. 

The large display of the phone is also protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection.

The quality of the LCD panel was decent. The colours were bright and the images were crisp and well-detailed. This is definitely a better LCD panel compared to other phones with LCD panels within the same price range. 

However, the U-shaped water drop notch on top felt a bit weird in the era of punch hole cameras.

Instead of a Snapdragon or MediaTek chipset, Samsung went with their 5 nm Exynos 1280 chipset in this phone. I expected a chipset like the Snapdragon 695 for a Samsung smartphone at this price point, and I was not disappointed. 

According to Nanoreview, Exynos 1280 performs better than Snapdragon 695 in both CPU and Gaming performance. When it comes to battery usage, it performs better as well, thanks to its 5 nm architecture compared to the 6 nm of the Snapdragon 695. 

In comparison to the Snapdragon 695, Exynos 1280 scores 8% in the AnTuTu benchmark and 6% better in Geekbench single-core test. However, 685 scores better in the Geekbench multi-core test.

All in all, during the testing, we didn’t find any lags in our day-to-day usage. Scrolling through the user interface and browsing Facebook, web pages were smooth. The gaming was also what we could expect from a Samsung phone at this price range, average. 

However, developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Exynos. This is a perk of having a Snapdragon chipset. But you should not have such problems with popular and well-recognised games, which most of the graphics-intensive mobile games are. 

During our test, we played Asphalt 9 and Call of Duty Mobile on the phone. Both performed well on average graphics settings.

Samsung Galaxy M33 5G has a quad-camera setup on the back. It includes a 50MP main camera, a 5MP ultrawide camera with a 120-degree field of view, a 2MP depth, and a 2MP macro sensor.

The main camera can capture stunning photos during daylight. The camera captured colour well and there wasn’t much to complain about in the photos. 

The camera seemed to have struggled a little while capturing photos in a dark environment. Photos were often grainy, even with the night mode on. A software update may be able to fix it in the future. 

Apart from the main camera, the ultrawide camera, with its 120 degrees point of view is fairly wider. However, an 8 MP ultrawide camera could have been expected from this phone. 

There’s not much to say about the 2 MP macro lens. This was a downgrade from Samsung’s M32 5G, which had a much more usable 5 MP ultrawide camera.

In front, Samsung Galaxy M33 5G has an 8MP wide selfie camera. The performance of the selfie camera also varied in daylight and darker environments. As long as there’s enough light, the camera of the Galaxy M33 will not disappoint you. 

One thing I liked about the selfie camera is how wide it is. The wider selfie cameras make it easier to capture group selfies. The camera app has a little toggle that allows the user to select either a single person or a group selfie mode while capturing the image. I liked it. 

Samsung Galaxy M33 5G has a massive battery inside, perhaps the biggest one in the 5G phones released yet. 

With its 6,000 mAh battery, the phone is expected to last around two days with average usage. It offers 9-10 hours of screen-on time with moderate to heavy usage. 

The phone supports 25 Watts fast charge. However, Samsung decided not to put any power brick on the box, which is a bummer. They only provide a USB C cable. 

Samsung Galaxy M33 5G is a nice device, with loads of features packed inside. The One UI 4, based on Android 12 also performs really well. 

While recommending a phone, I always try to look inside. If you are looking for performance, battery life and a 5G phone on a budget, this is the phone for you. 

The looks of the phone may not be very appealing, but it’s something a simple case can fix.