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This Verizon 5G UW Version Only Has Two Cases Available!
As a cellphone, this Galaxy A23 5G UW is fantastic. It is an awesome upgrade from a 2014 Galaxy S5. It has great reception, reliable connection to Verizon's network, plus a headphone jack and a microSD card slot that it shares with the SIM card. It currently has a 32 GB microSD card installed, loaded with 13 GB's of mp3's, plus 5 GB's of GPS map data for the HEREWeGo GPS app. No issues whatsoever.There is one niggle to report, however - cases, or the lack thereof. There are actually two versions of the Galaxy A23 - the regular 5G version and this Verizon specific 5G UW version. The UW is so named because it supports Verizon's Ultra Wideband 5G, also known as millimeter wave 5G and C-band 5G on bands N260, 2N61 and N77, in addition to standard 5G on band N78. This necessitates some internal differences that led to a slight change in position of the Volume and Power button. They are about 3/16" lower on this 5G UW version. In practical terms, this means that all of the hundreds of Galaxy A23 5G phone cases that you see listed will NOT function on this version. They will fit, but the case buttons will not work because they do not line up with the buttons on the phone. There are only two cases that actually work and both are thirty bucks: one from Otterbox, search for ASIN B0BVGWGBL4 , and the Itskins - Hybridr Solid Case for Samsung Galaxy A23 5G Uw - Purple and Transparent. That's it. The Otterbox only comes in black and the Itskins in purple and transparent.11/13/2024 UpdateJust purchased a second one for myself since my own 2014 Galaxy S5 is starting to lose service in more areas due to 4G LTE frequencies being repurposed for 5G. Activated without issue on Page Plus Cellular, which is now a Verizon owned MVNO. Now have signal pretty much everywhere, both 5G and 4G LTE.The Samsung One UI interface is snappy, with no lag perceptible. This second unit came updated to Android 14 and One UI 6.0. The first one is running Android 13 and One UI 5.1. I was able to copy over all of my data via the Samsung SmartSwitch app, no problem. I also moved over the 64 GB microSD card from my Galaxy S5 to this Galaxy A23 without difficulty, which saved a ton of transfer time for my music mp3's.05/22/2025 UpdateI wanted to add that contrary to another review, the A23 5G UW does have NFC. I've included a picture of the pull down shade showing its icon - it's the third button from the left. I use it with my YubiKey 5 NFC security key to store and access OTP's and Passkey's; although there is an issue with the Yubico Authenticator app not being able to access the camera for some reason. This makes it impossible to use this phone to add a new account to the YubiKey via QR code, though you can still input the key manually. However, there is no problem reading the YubiKey 5 via NFC - just hold the key against the back of the phone, next to the camera island.I also added a picture of the phone in the Otterbox case, to illustrate the the button alignment issue with standard A23 5G phone cases.Ver másVer menos
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