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The Galaxy A52. It is water resistant.
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The entrance.
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The again.
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The A52 digital camera loadout.
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It is available in a wide range of colours (the A52 and A72 are identical-looking).
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Samsung could be the world’s hottest telephone producer, however that does not imply its finest telephone, the Galaxy S collection, is the world’s hottest telephone. Samsung stays atop the gross sales charts on the energy of its midrange smartphones, and final yr (not less than for some quarters) the corporate’s best-selling telephone was the Samsung Galaxy A51.
So then: meet the Galaxy A52, the follow-up to Samsung’s chart-topper. These telephones are such a giant deal now that Samsung held a presentation for them, its third on-line present in as many months.
| Galaxy A52 | Galaxy A52 5G | Galaxy A72 | |
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| STARTING PRICE | €348 (~$414) | €429 (~$511) | €449 (~$535) |
| SCREEN | 90Hz, 6.5-inch 2400×1080 OLED | 120Hz 6.5-inch 2400×1080 OLED | 90Hz 6.7-inch 2400×1080 OLED |
| CPU | Snapdragon 720G (two Cortex A76 cores, six A55 cores, 8nm) |
Snapdragon 750G (two Cortex A77 cores, six A55 cores, 8nm) |
Snapdragon 720G (two Cortex A76 cores, six A55 cores, 8nm) |
| RAM | 4GB, 6GB, or 8GB | 6GB or 8GB | 6GB or 8GB |
| STORAGE | 128GB or 256GB | 128GB or 256GB | 128GB or 256GB |
| CAMERA | 64 MP Principal 12 MP Broad-angle 5 MP Macro 5 MP Depth 32 MP Entrance |
64 MP Principal 12 MP Broad-angle 5 MP Macro 5 MP Depth 32 MP Entrance |
64 MP Principal 12 MP Broad-angle 5 MP Macro 8 MP 3X Telephoto 32 MP Entrance |
| BATTERY | 4500 mAh | 4500 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Different perks | NFC, in-display fingerprint sensor, MicroSD slot, 25W wired charging, USB-C, IP67 | ||
There’s a lot to speak about on this desk. First, Samsung tossed within the Galaxy A72 in its presentation together with the A52. It is the costliest telephone out of the bunch, however I do not know why anybody would purchase it if they’ve entry to the A52 5G, which has a sooner show and sooner SoC. The A72 has a barely larger battery, nevertheless it additionally has a much bigger display screen, so I am unsure if that is going to end in considerably extra runtime. Availability particulars are up within the air proper now, so perhaps areas would get both the A52 5G, or the A72 however not each? Talking of availability, Samsung has solely introduced costs in euros, so for now we solely know these are headed for someplace in Europe. Samsung will most likely develop the rollout over time.
The A52 5G seems like one of the best of the bunch, providing a 120 Hz display screen for round $500, however all the pieces packing not less than a 90 Hz show is nice. The “5G” right here means sub-6 GHz 5G, not the costlier, virtually nonexistent mmWave 5G you get on flagship telephones. The opposite two fashions are 4G-only. All of the telephones have many of the extras you’ll need, like IP67 water and mud resistance, NFC, stereo audio system, USB-C, and a MicroSD slot that may additionally double as a second SIM slot. The one issues lacking are a headphone jack (which continues to be a chance for midrange telephones) and wi-fi charging.
The designs for all three telephones are equivalent. On the entrance, you get a hole-punch digital camera, a flat show, and slim bezels however nonetheless barely thicker than you’ll discover on a high-end telephone. This can be a midrange machine, so the again is plastic as a substitute of glass, which isn’t essentially a foul factor. Plastic is simple to type, so the again is all one piece, with the plastic ramping as much as type the digital camera block, leaving solely spherical cutouts for every lens. Moreover the standard black and white colours, there are additionally pastel blue and purple variations.
So many cameras
There are a ton of cameras: 4 on the again of every telephone, together with an LED flash doing its finest to additionally seem like a digital camera lens. The cameras on all three telephones look like equivalent, save for the A72 dropping a depth digital camera for a 3X telephoto. Samsung made a giant deal about the primary digital camera’s addition of optical picture stabilization this yr, which was not the case on the A51.
Samsung is absolutely upping its sport on the subject of the software program. These are packing Android 11, and so they include three years of main OS updates and 4 years of “common” (not essentially month-to-month) safety updates. These midrange Samsung telephones have longer software program assist than you will get from Google’s Pixel line.
The telephones can be found as we speak in Europe.
Itemizing picture by Samsung
