Galaxy A52 5G Review // FOUR Months Later!

I have the Samsung A52s 5G and the preformance was great on Android 11 but, after each update since then, the phone's preformance has worsend.

Every cheaper samsung device has had the same problem, after each update, preformance gets worse.

If samsung made better efforts to optimise software on the cheaper phones, this would be the perfect phone in my opinion.

Also, I find it strange that Dex isn't on this phone, but is on older, less powerful phones like the S8.

I totally agree, it's present on all of the midrangers I've tried with Samsung, and my own A52s 5G is lacking at it too.

how much battery backup(SOT)you are getting with 5g network usage?

Hello Sam,
What mid range phone has the best camera in your opinion?

what theme do you use on this samsung a52?

My wife has this phone and loves it.Its a very nice phone I REFUSE to spend and arm and a leg.

As of May 2 2022, I can report that the slow down issues are gone. The phone is super smooth.

I was thinking to buy this device

For fingerprints just scan both left ad right of that finger trust em it makes it faster and also just turn off the animation

I need this 😢

bluetooth only works 1 time... after that it connects to headphones but doesn't play sounds, I have 8 headphones/ in-ears but all doesn't work after 3 days, comstumer support let me do all things, but nothing worked, even a factory reset after 3 days didn't work. now I can only use a headphone with a cord on this phone !!!

Hai Sam Beckman,
I'm Hari from India, i wanna know what launcher is used in your a52.
Could you please mention that....

my fingerprints are read very accuratly on this phone. maybe it wasnt registered right or weird finger

I noticed that Samsung a52 Always on display in dark room its black screen shows some grey light even also in testing black screen video !
Its a hardware issue or software issue 🥺

Its not really a downside when you keep stacking it up to premium Samsung phones 3x the price and Pixel phones 2x the price. Its a midrange phone ffs. Its one of the best midrange phones out there. Period.

Your phone is extremely laggy. The regular A52 flies through the UI and hardly hiccups. That's one problematic software.

Always on display transition is disabled due to optical fingerprint display and lack of dynamic refresh rate. The screen goes off to switch modes (to save battery and to get ready for scanning). Otherwise, you'll be blinded with a full-bright screen.
- Other brands do this as well. Google offers Android an option so you can enable this while building it. So it's not just an arbitrary software limitation.

A52 5G ticks 350.000 while A52s 5G over 520.000 on benchmark. Latter one is a beast, even though the mem is 2.1v instead 3.1v, the A52s flies in all directions you need it.

For me another thing that i really don't like is that I can't customize my themes separately,like using another theme for lock screen as i did on my previous phone, a Huawei p 10 lite or moving the clock on another part of the screen.


Or maybe I can but I didn't figure it out how yet?
Never had a samsung before so yeah..

too much of video/review is advert

Thank you so much for your honest review. Just what I was looking for!

Had to quickly buy this phone after my Note 8 took a dump. Expected a huge downgrade and the sales rep even told me not to expect much. But damn. This phone is great. Longer battery life than my note 8, better camera, no noticeable performance issues. The high end flagship phones definitely feel better to type with on the keyboard. That is the ONLY noticeable difference. 120 hz screen??? Im super pleased and may go "mid-ranged" from now on.

I use the Samsung galaxy A50. It is a great midrange phone!

Just got my A52 today. So far it's very smooth and responsive with so many features I know I'm never gonna use lol I've always had <$200 budget phones and this phone does seem like a couple steps above my last one, Redmi Note 8. The only thing I think I prefer on the Redmi is the speakers which I have no clue how because apparently A52 has two speakers and redmi has one.

Rather they cut a bit on the software than the hardware!! at least it will still work in 18 months time as they didnt cheap out on sub standard hardware!

im in love with that camera bump

Damn bro u deserve way more subs. The video quality is on a another level 🔥

Like your reviews cause most channels don't say the bad or not so good issues about the phone. Hopefully you can do a little giveaway. Really want this phone

The laginess is the only thing that really bothers me about this phone… if they could handle that with an update, this phone would be stellar.

I havent experience the software bugs

Why don't they ever add grip on sides and ridges on buttons...it makes no sense sometimes...

Is a52s 5g phone have support wifi 6?

So Nord 2 is better? Even it has no IP67, 3 years software updates a obly 90Hz display? Can decide between them. A52s or Nord 2? Poco F3 was also in my list but the camera is not so good.

I'm on my s20 Fe and just realised the the animation is the same as the a52 on the aod wtf

Under display fingerprint scanners on Samsung budget phones are just not reliable. Typing a pin is faster and more accurate.... I have an A32 4G

Funnily enough .... I had the exact same fingerprint reader issues with my Note 10 Plus. I wasn't usable at all. I got my A52s a few days ago and the difference is like night and day. Within the span of the past days I need one hand to count how many incorrect scans I had. I have an absolute blast using the fingerprint reader with the A52s

You made me click the sub button. Such a nice way of reviewing and very nice quality of video. Also the transitions are great.

I'm thinking about getting this phone so,B4 I do am I going to waste my money on this?

So the a12 is the absolute bottom 😐 😒 sales lady really D'ed me in the A I knew it dude she was like ohhh its a 300 dollar phone your getting it for next to nothing and its way better than your s9 plus b.s. I'm going there right now to tounge punch her fartbox

I’m torn apart about choosing the a52 or the reno 6. On one hand the software in oppo is better yet it has no stero speaker. The bad siftware is kinda of a deal breaker to me because i tried this phone before and it seemd janky but I thought that was only this unit

if ur surprised that the a52 5G got a 120hz display at around 500$, then what would your reaction be if u review the poco x3 nfc? 300$ and 120hz.

I've been using this phone for a little more than a month now. Personally I haven't experienced any performance issues and the fingerprints seem to work fine to me. Maybe I'm just lucky but it's very solid.

Agree with your review negatives. Fortunately they started selling the A52s. It's what the A52 was supposed to be.

Would there be other phones similar to this price point but better?

How about the new A52s 5G? might be a decent update in terms of hardware

Hey Sam can you share your home screen design?