Have you ever wondered why the Samsung Galaxy M series is so cheap?
Well, today, I’ll tell you what are the tradeoffs and compromises in the Galaxy M
series and how is it different.
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Okay, the very first compromise made by Samsung in the M series is in the design and build
department.
The M series doesn’t have its own unique design, it just follows in the footsteps of
the Galaxy A series with slightly old-school looks.
Galaxy M series is fully built out of plastic, but the plastic used here is cheap, its much
cheaper than the A series.
The plastic is so poor that the phones can pick up scratches as soon as you pull them
out of the box.
I had the Galaxy M51 back in the day, my brand new phone on its day 1 was in my pocket with
another phone and its entire back was fully scratched.
On the contrary, the Galaxy A series gets Samsung’s premium plastic build.
Accessories are also where Samsung cuts the corners.
The M series doesn’t have TPU or silicon cases inside its boxes.
Even if a Galaxy M phone supports 25W charging, it won’t get 25W charger in the box like
samsung’s premium A series phone do.
Samsung usually packs a 15W charger in the box of the Galaxy M series.
The next compromise is in the sales and marketing department to keep the costs low.
First of all, Samsung sells these Galaxy M series devices online only.
The M series was limited to India back in the day, but now you can find M series phones
in the US, UAE, and Pakistan as well and even in all these countries these phones go on
sale online only, you can’t find them in the local market.
Furthermore, Samsung doesn’t market these phones like it’s A lineup, so here, Samsung
is cutting down the marketing, sales, and logistical costs.
Number 4, the corners cut in the display department.
Well, the M series apparently gets the same super amoled panels that Samsung uses in the
A series, but these displays first of all lack the in-display fingerprint scanners,
the displays do not support always on display either, and the protection on the top is still
old, Samsung still users Gorilla Glass 3 on these phones which is not great.
Number 5, the hardware of the Galaxy M series.
The M series does get a powerful hardware, but it is not fully optimized which keeps
the performance of these devices average.
With a little more efforts on the development, Samsung can unleash the real power of the
hardware in the M series, but I guess they won’t do this.
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Number 6, the M series still uses a mono speaker.
Dual stereo speakers are not a thing for these phones yet.
Part of the compromises in the hardware department also include the lack of OIS in the M series.
The A series as of 2021 gets the Optical Image Stabilization but to date, there hasn’t
been a single M series device that’s got the OIS.
Since we are talking about the cameras, let’s jump into the software.
Number 8: The camera app in the M series does not get
the same features as the other non M series phones.
The Camera app does not have features like Pro Video mode and the app isn’t that much
optimized either.
The software lacked features like Samsung Knox back in the day, but as of today, Samsung
has brought Knox to the M series, Samsung has also added edge lighting and edge panels
in these phones.
Basically, the M series phones used to run on Samsung One UI core back in the day, but
now Samsung has brought the original One UI to these phones which in my opinion is a great
thing.
However, there are a few tradeoffs here too.
The One UI on the M series doesn’t support Samsung Good Lock.
The famous Samsung UI customization app won’t install by any means on these phones.
Furthermore, the launcher in the M series has a discover feature which if you click
on it, brings a whole lot of bloatware to your device.
The Bixby routines do not work on these phones either.
The number of push notifications in the M series is annoying, Samsung has kind of monetized
the M series to cover their costs against the benefits that they are giving to the end-users.
And yea, the most important thing, The M series phones do not have the Samsung Pay.
And that I guess is all for now.
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