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BatteryThe Samsung Galaxy A53 5G competes in the High-End segment against devices such as the Realme GT Neo 2 5G, the Oppo Find X5 Lite and the Xiaomi 11T. It is equipped with an octa-core processor, 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage, and the device is controlled via a 6.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen with FHD+ resolution.
In the rear camera cluster, you can find an ultra-wide module next to the primary lens. There are also dedicated modules for macro shooting and depth sensing. Let’s see how the Samsung Galaxy A53 5G did in our DXOMARK Camera test.
Key camera specifications:
- Primary: 64 MP sensor, f/1.8-aperture lens, OIS
- Ultra-wide: 12MP sensor, f/2.2-aperture lens
- Macro: 5MP sensor, f/2.4-aperture lens
- Depth: 5MP sensor, f/2.4-aperture lens
- 4K at 30fps, 1080p at 30/60fps (1080p/30fps tested)
About DXOMARK Camera tests: For scoring and analysis in our smartphone camera reviews, DXOMARK engineers capture and evaluate over 3000 test images and more than 2.5 hours of video both in controlled lab environments and in natural indoor and outdoor scenes, using the camera’s default settings. This article is designed to highlight the most important results of our testing. For more information about the DXOMARK Camera test protocol, click here. More details on how we score smartphone cameras are available here.
Test summary
Scoring
Sub-scores and attributes included in the calculations of the global score.
Samsung Galaxy A53 5G
Use cases & Conditions
Use case scores indicate the product performance in specific situations. They are not included in the overall score calculations.
Outdoor
Photos & videos shot in bright light conditions (≥1000 lux)
Indoor
Photos & videos shot in good lighting conditions (≥100lux)
Lowlight
Photos & videos shot in low lighting conditions (<100 lux)
Friends & Family
Portrait and group photo & videos
170th
28th
Pros
- Good exposure and wide dynamic range in bright light and indoors
- Good detail in bright light and indoors
- Nice colors in bright light
- Accurate and stable video exposure
- Nice video color in bright light and under indoor conditions
- Fairly effective video stabilization
Cons
- Halo effects can result in unnatural subject exposure
- Image noise and white-balance casts in bright light and indoors
- Focus errors, especially in low light
- Underexposure in night shots without flash
- Focus instabilities, lack of detail, and limited dynamic range in video
- Noise and orange white-balance cast in low light video
- Video artifacts, including color quantization, ringing, and ghosting
With a DXOMARK Camera score of 105, the Samsung Galaxy A53 5G was far from the top performer in High-End segment, providing a rather average performance over its direct competitors.
In photo mode, the camera is capable of capturing images with good target exposure and a wide dynamic range. However, HDR processing can sometimes result in a halo effect that makes the subject look unnatural in the scene. Detail is pretty good in bright light and under indoor conditions, but noise is often noticeable as well. Colors are overall nice, but our testers observed a slight green cast in some scenes.
In the detail preservation graph, we can see that the A53 5G is better than the comparison devices in low light but lags slightly behind the Realme GT Neo 2 in bright light.
At 13.4mm (measured) the A53 5G’s ultra-wide offers a very wide field of view, especially for this class of device. In use, the ultra-wide camera captures images with accurate exposure and white balance as well as a wide dynamic range and nice colors. Detail is acceptable, with some of the finest detail being lost. Image noise is often noticeable, especially in indoor conditions.
The lack of a dedicated tele lens means that images captured at tele zoom settings lack detail and show high levels of noise. This is especially true for long-range tele settings. On the plus side, exposure and color are generally good.
For video, we tested the device at 1080p resolution and 30fps as video stabilization at 4K resolution is very ineffective. In video mode, the Samsung Galaxy A53 5G records well-exposed video clips with vivid colors. Video stabilization is pretty good for the A53’s segment but unfortunately, an unstable autofocus means outdoor and low light videos are often not usable. When the autofocus does its job, the level of detail in 1080p mode is generally quite low. Dynamic range is limited as well and white balance often turns orange in low light. Video artifacts such as color quantization, ringing or ghosting are frequently visible.
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