The s23 belongs to Samsung’s flagship lineup. It beats the a55 is almost all parameters except screen size and battery size. Recommend comparing their specs on gsmarena.
Regarding your points regarding the 1 year extra update, micro sd slot and extra battery size, you’ll have to weight these out against the value s23 provides in other spheres. At current fk price, the s23 is a no brainer imo, IF you’re looking for a compact phone.
P.S. I own a s23
I’d suggest you to get the S23 but if battery life is a deal breaker only then consider the A55, still at 43k it’s a bit much considering the soc isn’t that powerful.
original seal on box, damage on the box, making sure all the accessories/paperwork/sticker on phone were there by comparing it with an online unboxing, also checking the phone itself for any damage,
this didnt matter in my case since I ordered the base 8GB ram/128gb variant for my father
I think its that part that put everyone off and made the S23 the better value pick
Looking at the CPU benchmarks, the A55 is slightly better than the S20FE that came out three years back. I paid 10k less for it as well.
The S20FE was UFS3.1.
Nothing mentioned for A55. Likely UFS 3.0 which will be half as fast
So the A55 is overpriced by 10k
I recently made a thread on which phone to buy -
https://techenclave.com/threads/suggestions-for-a-mobile.220181/
I bought the S23. I’ll note I had specific requirements, mostly related to the physical size and layout of the phone. You should consider your use case and what you need and make a choice accordingly. I’ve used the S23 for a little bit and it works for me but then I don’t care about phones and I use it minimally.
Ok I read your thread. Quite a budget increase from modest expectations 
A S23FE with SD but it doesn’t exist. I’d like more battery but I’ll be stuck with slow CPU and storage for the next few years if I go with the A55. I’m actually quite fine with the S20FE i have so far which is little over two years old.
As long as you’re not too demanding and offload any multimedia to another.
I’ve ordered the S23 given the unanimous consensus here. Hope this open box business goes well.
This will definitely feel like an upgrade over the S20FE at least in performance and I think that’s important.
My expectations did not increase, the budget did. But the budget was open ended. I had to choose something for the purposes of asking for a recommendation. Since I liked the J7, I wanted something similar.
I understand but don’t have anything to say. Go with whatever you will regret less.
My main “machine” is my PC, the phone is still used like a phone, to make calls, and in this day and age (due to technology) to use the phone as a remote for some programs on my PC. My average “screen time” as reported by the phone over the past few weeks has varied between 7-14 minutes per day.
Anything 1%/ hr or less?
Never heard of such a feature before 
Technically, with such a feature battery won’t ever be an issue.
Endless gaming? :woot:
But its not available for non gaming apps as yet. Maybe in the future as the hardware supports it.
Looks like I arrived late to this threads. Glad that you are getting the S23. S23 is definitely the better choice, lot better than the A55. Not to forget that A54 is available for 10k less (23k for 128GB and 35k for 256GB) and is not that much different compared to A55. Samsung A series is always in awkward position as it is closer to S series and gets trumped by competition. Given how Sammy is pricing their phones, I would not touch any Sammy phone that is not the S series. If I do not have budget for current gen S series (eg: S24), I would go for S23 during sale season. Worth every rupee.
I’d be worried about greenline issue before anything else.
Meaning the S series holds its value better than the rest?
Yes, better value for money.
Yes, same goes for their tabs too tbh. Mostly the S series is worth buying, nothing else and also they have different OneUI versions for the cheaper end devices.
I have also bought S23, waiting for the delivery, upgrading from Pixel 4a and this was the only compact option available.
What about the Pixel 8? It’s a compact phone, and during this sale, the price for the 256GB version has dropped significantly to 40K. I think it’s definitely worth considering, especially since it never went below 69K according to the price history.
You got in just in time. I’m seeing the 256GB version now going for 2k more at 45k. And the 128 GB version is up 3k from 37k
S23 itself is slightly bigger and heavier than my Pixel 4a and Pixel 8 is bigger and heavier than even S23, so my choice was easy. Dimensions here:
I had price locked it 10 days back and then ordered it few days back. 128GB was 37k for price locked buyers then became 38k within 1 minute of sale and now it is 40k.
Says shipped by ekart logistics and open box delivery
Then it is confirmed.
Got the Black S23 today, they are very busy with the orders, it was in the nearest warehouse for 4 days. The delivery guy was patient as I unboxed it myself, all the Samsung box seals were intact and the phone is nice, perfect upgrade from my Pixel 4a.