A Recipe for Success: Samsung Galaxy A52 5G Review By Reviews.org

(upbeat music) - So, a while back I told you about Samsung's A71 5G. I told you that it was the sauce, and you agreed based on the numbers. Well, today I'm back to tell you that Samsung has launched a saucy new device, in it's wallet friendly lineup and it's one spicy meatball. This is the A52 5G, and this is one impressive option which offers so much for so little. Let's take a look at the ingredients that make this a delicious device. (upbeat music) Hey, if any of the videos on this channel help you, if this video helped you, please consider hitting us with that thumbs up, clicking that subscribe button, and hitting that notification bell.

So you'll be notified when we upload the latest content. Four, five, six, hunnid Those are the price points for Samsung's A series of Galaxy devices and at $500 before any deals or rebates. The A52 5G sits in the middle of the A series pack. Now I was highly impressed with the A71, calling it the sauce, internet slang for the source of something you're looking for. And with the A71 being a year old now, the A52 pulls off some tricks which may make it your device of choice over the larger A71.

Let's begin with the obvious: the display. You get a six and a half inch full HD plus super AMOLED display coming in at 1080 by 2400 pixels. With a 407 pixel per inch density, same resolution as the A71 but with a higher pixel density. But this year, Samsung threw in a 120 Hertz refresh rate. If you want to save on battery life, you can turn it down to 60 Hertz in the settings, but you won't need to.

The battery life is solid. More on that in a minute. Clocking in at just 800 nits of brightness, it isn't the brightest display on paper, but in the real world, it's a delight to look at. Taking the Infinity-O display on a tour of my videos playlist, by the way, Infinity-O means it's flat, no curved edges here. I put on The Witcher and there was no issue with brightness or color reproduction.

Colors were vivid but didn't appear over-saturated. One of the things I look for when previewing display quality is how well displays reproduce details like the white wolf's yellowish contacts or the teal cape of this diner making Mary at the banquet hall table. In this case, everything just pops but it doesn't stop there. Our Planet, Coastal Seas is a great one for me to look at because these scenes with the giant sea turtle do some interesting things on different displays. Some blow out the brighter parts of the ocean water.

You know, the highlights, while others present a flat, somewhat lifeless seascape, but not here. There's a quality about this display, which gives my sea turtle a very lifelike appearance, Somewhere between watching video on a display and watching marine life through a glass bottom boat in crystal clear waters. If you were looking at this in person and focused on the turtle's flipper, the left one, you'll see the sharpness I'm talking about. But the visuals aren't the only thing on display here. The overall media experience makes a strong case for making this your next with it's stereo speakers.

Unlike the A71 5G, you get a speaker at top and at the bottom of this phone, and the pair are tuned quite well. The banquet hall scene in The Witcher has all the echo you'd expect in a great hall. You really do get to hear the nuance in the audio mix in that scene with these speakers, that support Dolby Atmos. And though they aren't the loudest I've tested, they do have plenty of volume. The Urban's trailer clocked in at 71.8 decibels average with a 78 decibel max. All the movie content I watched was very loud, but when it came to music through the Tidal app things quieted down very slightly with music from Art Blakey and Tidal's master format playing at an average of 71 decibels and a 76.1 decibel max. Now, looking at the rest of the phone you're going to get USB-C charging and a three and a half millimeter headphone jack at the bottom along with the microphone.

The power button and volume rockers are on the right, nothing on the left. The SIM tray, which also doubles as your expandable storage is on the top of the phone, along with another microphone. Just below that microphone and SIM, on the front of the phone is the earpiece, which is also the second speaker in the stereo setup. And just below that is the 32 megapixel front- facing camera. Consistent with Samsung's cameras these days, the phone's front shooter is a solid shooter.

Here on the boat docks of Marina Del Ray on a sunny day, I took pictures with the sun at my face and at my back. Though you do see color variance between the two positions, I'm still pleased with the overall results. In a more controlled environment out at breakfast one morning, I took this picture with the front-facing camera. At a few times cropped, the image retained quite a bit of detail, as you can see in my wizardly whiskers, eyebrows, and even the reflection in my eyes. But what about the back of the phone? It has a matte black finish reminiscent of the black Samsung put on the S21 line.

It really is blackety black, almost to the point that it sucks in light, but not fingerprints. Yes, the phone maintains its attractive blackness without lapping up the oils from your flesh colored phalanges. Beneath that awesome black back, that's what Samsung calls it, you're going to get a 4,500 milliamp hour battery which features 25 watt fast charging, though the charger in the box is only rated for 15 watts. But given the Galaxy devices lack of a charging brick, at least you get the 15 watt charger. And if you have a stronger charger on hand, that 25 Watts fast charger should get you to around 50% charged from dead in approximately 30 minutes in my testing.

And like I said, for the A71 5G, even though this phone is $100 less, you should get wireless charging but you don't. Above the battery sits the camera module, which includes a 64 megapixel F 1.8 wide lens with optical image stabilization and face detection auto focus, a 12 megapixel F 2.2 ultra wide, five megapixel macro, and five megapixel depth sensor. In ideal conditions, the phone's capable main camera and ultra wide captured beautiful images. Even in instances where a harsh sun tends to blow out highlights, the phones AI does a smart job of balancing the photo. The front of this building was being hit directly by the sun but as you can see in the capture, the image's color is well-balanced and there are no areas of the photo which are blown out.

Same for the wide angle lens, though as you can see around the edges, you are going to get some distortion in the image. Taking a look at the statues, I thought I'd test out the 10X zoom and it wasn't bad at all. Here's the main camera again, and again with it zoomed in at 10X. And at the Marina, the main camera again, and here it is zoomed in at 10X. The night mode and low-light photos with the camera are solid as well.

Not quite as detailed and sharp as the S21 Plus or Ultra but as I've seen across Samsung's lineup, they're still pretty solid pictures. So what about the rest of the phone? The user experience? The fingerprint sensor is okay. I had a lot of misses until I added my print twice to each register, a trick I actually do with most phones with in-display sensors. The phone, like the A71 5G, feels fast and quite smooth given it's 120 hertz refresh rate. It's been a bit buggy here and there, but that's improved with some updates.

Having used phones with faster processors, I can definitely tell the difference, but those who've never used a Snapdragon 888 won't notice a speed difference in this Snapdragon 755 G at all, except maybe during startup. The phone can be a bit slow to boot to the home screen when it's restarted, but that really is a nuanced issue. Overall though, this phone's battery life is stellar and got me through an entire day's use from the time I got up before the sun, until it was time to get to bed. It's impressive. Gaming, It works fine.

Call of Duty, Streets of Rage, both played well, thanks to the adreno GPU and 120 hertz refresh. If you aren't a hardcore gamer, this should be more than sufficient for you. In the end, this mid-range, 5G device running Android 11, you really do get near flagship function out of a device costing hundreds less. This is definitely a phone for most people. Hey, I'm Tshaka Armstrong.

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