The Samsung Galaxy A52 is the smaller of the two phones. It has a flat 6.5” display and weighs in at 189grams with a battery that should last 2 days between charges. The display is a Super AMOLED panel with 1080p+ resolution and a high refresh rate – 90Hz for the 4G model and 120Hz on the 5G version. In High Brightness Mode this panel can reach 800 nits of brightness for better visibility even in bright sunlight.
The display is protected by a sheet of
Gorilla Glass 5, the rest of the phone has additional protection in place to
earn it an IP67 rating (dust tight, submersion up to 1m of water for 30
minutes). The phone’s heart is its camera. The main module features a 64MP
sensor with an f/1.8 aperture. It has Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and
Tetra-binning tech – Samsung’s name for Quad Bayer. With it enabled, four 0.8µm
pixels are combined into one. In its default mode, the camera outputs 16MP
binned photos, but you can take full resolution 64MP shots as well.
Night Mode shoots 12 frames and combines
them into one bright image with little noise. The OIS helps keeps things stable
while Night Mode is doing its thing. The main camera can record 4K videos at 30
fps. Next up is the 12MP ultra-wide angle camera (123º field of view). It has
an f/2.2 lens with a fixed focus. Rounding up the quartet are the 5MP macro
camera and the 5MP depth sensor.
The Galaxy A52 has a 4,500mAh battery and
comes with a 15W charger in the box (unlike the pricier S-series). The phone
supports 25W charger too – if you have one, you can fill the battery from 0% to
50% in half an hour. The 4G model is powered by a Snapdragon 720G chipset, the
5G one gets the Snapdragon 750G instead. The CPU cores in the 750G are one
generation newer and the Adreno GPU is slightly beefier (plus the display
driver supports 120Hz refresh rate). Both are 8 nm chips.
If you pick the 4G model, you will get 4GB
of RAM as standard, but can go up to 6GB and 8GB. The 5G model drops the 4GB
option, there you can choose between 6GB and 8GB. Either way, base storage is
128GB and you can go up to 256GB if you want, but keep in mind that there’s a
microSD slot available if you don’t need fast storage. The A52 runs One UI 3.1
built on top of Android 11 out of the box and packs the Knox suite of security
features. The 32MP selfie camera can be used for face unlock or you can use the
in-display fingerprint reader instead.
The phone has a decent set of multimedia
features, starting with the basics – a 3.5mm headphone jack and stereo
speakers. The speakers are backed by Dolby Atmos support, including a special
“Dolby Atmos for gaming” mode. The Samsung Galaxy A52 and A52 5G will be
available soon in Black, Violet, White and Blue. The 4G version starts at €3 50,
the 5G model can be yours for € 430/£ 400. The A52 5G model is already on sale in
the UK, you can find it on Samsung.com.
