The Samsung Galaxy A52 is a mid-range

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developed and manufactured by

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as a part of its Galaxy A series. The phone was announced on 17 March 2021 at Samsung's virtual ''Awesome Unpacked'' event alongside the Galaxy A72. It serves as the successor of the Galaxy A51. It is similar to its predecessor, but features an upgraded 64 MP main camera, an increased-capacity 4500 mAh battery, and

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water and dust resistance. An upgraded device, Galaxy A52s, was first released in August 2021 with a different chipset (

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778G),

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support and a new device color (Awesome Mint). On 8 April 2025, Samsung stopped giving security updates to the phone, making it out of support.

Specifications

Design

Galaxy A52 has a similar design with its predecessor Galaxy A51. It has an Infinity-O display with a cutout for the selfie camera and slim bezels just like the A51. Unlike the A51, A52 has matte color options rather than glossy gradient finishes. The display is protected by Corning

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5 while the frame and back panel is made of plastic. Both 4G and 5G variants share the identical design. It is available with Awesome Black, Awesome White, Awesome Violet, Awesome Blue options. Both variants have IP67 water and dust resistance.

Hardware

The Galaxy A52 is powered by

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720G

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with 8 nm process, an octa-core

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and Adreno 618

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. The Galaxy A52 5G is, on the other hand, powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G SoC with 8 nm process, an octa-core CPU and Adreno 619 GPU. The Galaxy A52s received a Qualcomm SM7325 Snapdragon 778G 5G with 6 nm process, an Octa-core CPU (4x2.4 GHz Kryo 670 & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo 670) and an Adreno 642L GPU.

Display

Both A52 and A52 5G feature 6.5 inch Super

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display with 800 nits maximum brightness, 20:9 aspect ratio, 1080x2400 pixels resolution, 411 ppi pixel density and ~84.1% screen-body ratio; however, the display on the A52 has 90 Hz

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and the display on the A52 5G has 120 Hz refresh rate.

Cameras

Both 4G and 5G variants have a quad rear camera setup with a 64 MP main camera with optical image stabilization (OIS), a 12 MP ultrawide angle camera, a 5 MP depth camera and a 5 MP depth sensor. The camera is able to take video up to 4K@30fps, and 1080p@60fps.

Battery

Both 4G and 5G variants have a 4500

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batteries with 25W fast charging support; however, there is a 15W charger in the box and users need to buy the 25W charger separately.

Memory

The 52 comes in storage configurations of 128Gb storage / 4Gb

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, 128/6, 128/8, 256/6, and 256/8. The 52 5G comes in 128/6, 128/8, and 256/8. The 52s 5G comes in 128/4, 128/6, 128/8, 256/6, and 256/8.

Features

The device mounts a

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and uses the top earpieces, with the bottom speaker, to deliver stereo sound. It also features an under the screen, optical fingerprint scanner.

Software

Both 4G and 5G variants are shipped with

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and Samsung's proprietary user interface

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3.1. As previously announced at the Galaxy Unpacked event on 5 August 2020,

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stated that both 4G and 5G variants would be supported for three generations of Android software updates, and 4 years of security updates. On 11 January 2025, it was announced that

6.1 based on

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would be the last version for the Galaxy A52. The Galaxy A52 series reached its end of life in April 2025 with the March 2025 security patch while the A52s continues to receive quarterly security updates for the next few months.

References

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