Samsung Galaxy A36 5G A Series, 128GB Unlocked Android Smartphone, AMOLED Display, Rugged Design, 5G Connectivity, Affordable Performance, US Version, 2025, US 1 Yr Warranty, Awesome Black

I'm far from a phone enthusiast. My phones have all been relatively mid range Moto G phones over the years and I've been reasonably happy with them. My Moto G Stylus (2022) was working fine after almost three years, but was done with security updates and started exhibiting some quirky behaviors like extremely long restarts, a finicky fingerprint reader, and a bit of slow down overall. Given that electronics are about to skyrocket in price, I figured rather than waiting until it was completely unusable, I'd be proactive in getting a new phone until (hopefully) all this instability calms down. My wife's Moto G Power from 2020 was in rough shape, so I looked at the new mid range Moto G line and was somewhat unimpressed, especially at the continued lack of longer support. When I stumbled upon the A36 for the same price as the Moto G Stylus 5G from the previous year, I figured I'd give it a shot. With a decent SOC, camera, etc. and six years of OS and security updates from Samsung being promised, it seemed like it was time to move away from Moto. We both have Samsung tablets we've been happy with, so I wasn't concerned about One UI being much different from the more vanilla Android the Moto phones have. She loved her A36 so much right out of the box, I figured I'd get one too. Once I had (painlessly) moved everything over from my old phone using the transfer app, I was equally happy. The fast charging is awesome. The battery hasn't even dipped below 50% for my average day, and I now get 5G with my carrier, which has some speed perks with it. This thing also syncs up much quicker with our wireless Android Auto. I use an adapter with my Honda--ironically the Moto one--and my wife's newer Subaru has wireless natively, but was hit or miss and ran so slow with her old Moto, but no more! She opted for the purple color, which is nice, and I just went for black because I'm boring. They're nice looking phones. The sound is loud and clear and I have no complaints, though I have probably heard better. In general, this is a solid mid-range phone that will hopefully last me the full six years it has for support. I've already recommended it to my my brother who still uses a flip phone but can't stand how terrible it is since he had to switch with the 3G shutdown. For those that don't need latest and greatest, this is a solid pick.

Got it at a nice price during Prime days, which made the investment (for me) possible. Great screen and camera, nice and stable operation. I don't play games on it, so haven't stressed its capabilities. Very happy with extended software support, so plan to use it for a number of years. HOWEVER, I really wish it had more than 6GB RAM (an 8GB model is supposed to be released later this year in the US, to match the rest of the world). Still, I wish it had 12GB+, which would give me more confidence in its long-term viability. I would NOT consider the international version if you're in the US. After looking up the frequencies the international model can access and those that T-Mobile operates on, there seems to be no overlap. Specifically look up the frequencies for other carriers. I really wanted an A56, but no US model was available. This A36 seems to be a good compromise, with a lot of A56 capabilities.

Hands down one of the best phones I ever owned. Replaced my aging IPhone 11. Brought this device like new it came here still sealed. It was easy to switch from iPhone to android. This phone is fast and gorgeous looking. I love it so much I'm comtinplating on a selling my iPad Air M2 13 inch for a galaxy tablet due android and Samsung getting me freedom and customization. NOTE: to recive messages on android and not have them be stuck on imessage. After switching devices on you carrier. before inserting the sim card into the new phone deactivate your phone number and email from apple in the FaceTime and Imessage settings of the Iphone. All Apps - FaceTime. All Apps - Imessage. Click your phone number and email it'll ask if you want to remove them from Imessage and will no longer be used for Imessage but you're still receive SMS Messages. Hit yes then turn off imessage and facetime by toggling the green switch. Turn off the iphone. Once the Sim is in the android phone restart it to get service then register the android device in Google messages. This is IMPORTANT hit the notification that says finish setting up your android device and you are off to the races. Samsung Switch made it easy to transfer my data from my old phone.