Samsung Galaxy A52 5G review: not perfect, but reliable

Last year i Say Samsung’s $400 Galaxy A51 is overpricedNaturally, Samsung continues to raise the price of its successor. Galaxy A52 5G. This year’s update fee is $500.

Before you take out your pitchfork, this new Android phone do There are some new features that justify the price increase to some extent, such as the addition of 5G connections, a faster 120 Hz screen refresh rate, and Samsung’s commitment to extend the software update window-three years of Android operating system upgrade and four years Security updates.The latter is even longer than the one provided by Google Pixel phone.

The A52 5G is a good phone, but it also suffers from the same flaws as its predecessor: its performance is not as smooth as it should be, and the camera still lags behind our current favorite mid-priced phone Pixel 4A 5G.

Smooth sailing

I am very picky about the A52, because its performance can indeed be better. Don’t get me wrong-this is not slack.Inside is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G chip with 6 GB of memory. The powerful pairing is enough to quickly launch my application and run graphics-demanding games, such as Sky: Son of Light with Yuanshen shock. Of course, the game is not as silky smooth as on higher-priced phones Galaxy S21But this is far from a frustrating experience.

The benchmark test I ran even made the A52 a notch higher than similarly priced phones Pixel 4A 5G ($500) And new Moto G Stylus 5G ($400). However, unlike these two phones, in daily use, I still often have obvious lags. Whether it is switching applications, zooming in on Google Maps, or browsing Twitter, A52 5G will appear garbled. I suspect that the software is not well optimized. (A large number of pre-installed British media reporting software further deepens this suspicion.) I can still get the job done easily, so in fact, it boils down to the level of stuttering that annoys you.

However, these small issues have destroyed one of the new title features to some extent: the 120Hz screen refresh rate. Such high-performance screen specifications are rare in mobile phones at this price. The refresh rate of traditional mobile phones is 60Hz, which means that the display is refreshed 60 times per second. By doubling this rate to 120, everything on the screen looks smoother. Indeed! However, when the aforementioned stuttering occurs from time to time, they will lose this fluidity.

The 6.5-inch AMOLED screen slightly compensates for this. It’s very sharp, with a resolution of 2,400 x 1,080 pixels, and it’s also very bright and colorful.The dual speakers sound good too, I don’t mind catching up Star Wars: Bad Batch On this device before going to bed. Even better, the large 4,500 mAh battery will not worry you. I usually have about 40% left in the tank at the end of the day.

It is also a surprisingly stylish device. It is big but slim, which makes it feel less bulky. Of course, it’s only black, but the matte plastic design means that when you put it down, you don’t have to worry about cracking on the back. The phone looks simple and modern, and the slim bezel around the screen and the floating punch-hole camera on the front enhance this beauty.

The other main addition here is 5G connection, It’s great for facing the future, but don’t buy this phone in order to 5G.Next-generation networks are still scarce across the United States, even if available in your region, A52 only supports Asia 6 5G, This version is not much faster than the current 4G LTE speed. It is safe to say that when you switch between 5G and 4G, you may not notice much difference.