Galaxy A52 5G in 2021! By Damien Wilde

You're looking at the Samsung Galaxy a525g, which is touted as one of Samsung's best entry-level models, but even though it is relatively new, is it worth it in 2021? Well, I guess I should answer this burning question so yeah, let's get to it before we take a dive in and look at one of Samsung's supposed the biggest budget dangers. I want to ask you: would you like to join a growing community of tech enthusiasts and creators? Well, if you do, then you might like creative space, which is a joint effort featuring myself and fellow video creators, Ryan, Thomas Shaw and Alex Langley aka tech focus. If you want to learn more, then you can jump into our growing discord channel down in the comments section below and be sure to hit that subscribe button and the like button on your way out. I love making these videos and growing a community helps ensure that you do get long-term looks at the greatest devices of yesteryear, but now, let's get back to the video. So as always, I think it's probably best to start with the design, because Samsung kind of does a good job of filtering down things from their top end right down to the likes of the a52 towards the middle and bottom end of their lineup. There is a hint of the s20 series with a bit of the note 20 from last year thrown in, and I think, that's kind of really nice as it's a nice little differentiator between the a52 and some similarly priced cheap phones from other vendors out there.

So, while that's good and all, I have to say that the fit and finish isn't necessarily up to the standard of the kinds of Samsung phone or the Samsung flagship phones that I've been using over the past few years. There is a lot of plastic and, while plastic isn't bad, there is a little of flex in the body here. The a52 5g just feels different, though in the hand as to how it looks I mean the boxy shape and lightweight build is both a negative and a positive, because it looks way more expensive, at least from first glance than it actually is and negative, because your brain does trick you into thinking that when you do pick it up, it's going to be premium, and it's just not quite as nice, as you initially expect. Luckily, though, that does wear off after a while. So it's not necessarily a huge deal, and I'm sure that I'm not the only person to think this.

But, overall, if you are too worried about it, then you might want to look elsewhere. If you do want what you would consider a premium, smartphone don't get me wrong, though he's still not paying a fortune, so you could consider this to be a blessing and a curse. We're probably beyond the point, though, where cheap or affordable phones, above a certain threshold of, say, 300 pounds, feel like a hollow plastic box, and I will say that the a52 5g certainly doesn't feel expensive. But it's not immediately obvious that it's quite as cheap either. I like how thick the a52 5g is, and I especially like the fact that this has an ip67 rating and the screen itself is a huge draw here, and it is tack, sharp and lovely and large Samsung does know how to make excellent displays, and I do love that this is a full HD plus AMOLED with that max 120 hertz refresh rate, I might add, the bezels they're a little chunky compared to other Samsung phones, but not in the grand scheme of things really plus the display punch hole is nice and small and way better than a handful or an awful dewdrop or teardrop cutout that you can see on other similarly, affordable phones.

What I'm trying to say here is its a good display that realistically is only let down by a little of over saturation of certain colors, such as the red and green portions, of this. The color spectrum, but overall, I would say, is really nicely tuned and as with just about any display, it could get a tad brighter. But overall it is undoubtedly one of the strongest portions of the a525g and probably a major reason to choose this over competing smartphones. Oh, and I also want to add the in-display. Fingerprint scanner is really quick.

It's accurate, and I've only really had a problem when I've got sweaty hands, which is something that I do unfortunately suffer from a little once your thumb's dry, though it is fast and accurate. Like I mentioned now, of course, it's not all roses here, as the snapdragon 750g chipset inside isn't the greatest, and I have noticed that it can get bogged down a little if you really do push that a52 5g hard, considering that most of the time, I'm personally in chrome and Twitter and WhatsApp, probably then from a multitasking perspective, it's not too bad for me, but when multitasking from cold, even I can notice a few minor slowdowns and because the display animations in one UI, 3.0 nice and smooth even a minus stutter, which is what I will see every now and again, with this phone kind of stand out like a sore thumb, this sort of breaks the facade that Samsung has carefully crafted for there a series, smartphones, and especially the a525g- that's impressive, but it's a negative. At the same time, I'm going to say positive, because you forget that this is a budget phone for the most part, but a negative as you instantly remember that this is a budget oriented phone. When you do see those slow-downs, I guess the snapdragon 750g isn't supposed to be pushed to its limit constantly, though it's just fine, as I would say doing just about everything that you would want to do. It's just not brilliant, and I kind of understand why that is as for gaming Call of Duty mobile is about the only 3d title that I actually play on most of my smartphones, all that I have installed on smartphones and that isn't running in the cloud I will say performance with this is not blistering, but the 120 hertz refresh rate does mean that the gameplay does feel a little smoother, even if the graphics are not going to be able to run at the highest settings constantly.

The stereo speakers don't add too much, though, to the gaming experience that you're going to have with this phone or even video, viewing because they're a little flat. But if you do like volume, then I will say that you can enjoy these speakers because they do get really, really loud. I am pleased that Samsung will continue to support the galaxy a52 from android 11, which is currently pre-installed through to at least android 14. It makes it much easier to suggest that anyone would even consider this phone, although there are some minor performance blips, and they may increase over time.5G also is an area which I think you're going to be fully covered by the time. Android 13 comes around too for most people around the globe.

That is, I'm also really pleased about the battery life on the a525g. I would say that it's in the grand scheme of things it's fine and for me, it's an all-day phone. I mean, even if you stick to mobile networks, which is quite a big bonus, usually a cheaper device such as this will come with a much larger battery, but the 4 500 William cell is good enough for longevity purposes, at least as far as I'm concerned, I have been using screen on time, or I hate using the screen on time, sorry as a metric for device lifespan, but I would say that five hours is easily attainable beyond that. It will probably vary from person to person and how you use your smartphone day-to-day time to focus, see what I did there on the camera, because I have some good news. As the galaxy a525g has a good little camera setup that I actually quite like.

There are two good lenses and a couple of gimmicky ones thrown in there for good measure to make up a quadruple setup. That is really impressive. Given the asking price hey, I'm not going to say it holds a candle to the likes of the s20 and s21, but it's good all the same. So the maximum resolution of that main sensor is 64 megapixels, but four to one pixel binning brings these down to 16 megapixel shots with that main sensor. If you know smartphone cameras, though, then you'll know what this means.

This just means clean sharp images and that classic over saturated Samsung, aesthetic well, that has actually been toned down. Usually in recent years and, dare I say it is more muted than before, especially as I noticed here using this phone, you can sort of tell that the photo comes so from a Samsung branded phone. Even so, and in many ways I would say that is probably a good thing, because the image traits are generally pretty positive, I really enjoy the portrait mode effects and even the digital zoom is fairly solid. I just love the way that the galaxy a52 5g handles skylines as well with its rich inviting blues, although this is a trait that is shared with a lot of other Samsung phones in daylight. I think this looks fantastic, but not quite exceptional, compared to other cameras when it starts getting dark it ain't bad either, though.

To be honest, I have to say that's kind of how I feel about the galaxy a525g. In a nutshell: it ain't bad. The only other thing I'd know is that the haptics they're genuinely horrendous, and I deactivated them right away, but everything else seems to be six out of ten six point: five out of ten, which, as far as I'm concerned, is above average and way better than cheap smartphones kind of ought to be. Is it worth buying in 2021? Well, I'd say if you're on a tight budget and want a little taste of the galaxy s21 and three years of software updates then go for it. So that's the galaxy a52 5g a little like an entry-level galaxy, s21 I'd, say it's probably the cheapest Samsung phone that you should consider going out and buying.

But what do I know at the end of the day? It's all up to you, but regardless I want to say thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this. I also want to say thanks to Vodafone for sending this unit out. You can find some links for their best deals on the galaxy a52 down in the video description down below. But as always, this is Damian saying thanks for watching, and I'll speak to you later.

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Source : Damien Wilde