Samsung Galaxy A52S 5G

Samsung Galaxy A52s in Kenya

Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G comes with a 6.50–inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080×2400 pixels, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of inbuilt capacity storage.  Unlike its predecessor, it will feature a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G chipset. It debuts with Samsung’s new One UI 3.1 on top of Android 11. The A52s also has a Li-Po 4500 mAh and an Adreno 642LGPU. It is available in Kenya in colors Black, White, Purple, and Mint.

Galaxy A52s specs and price in Kenya

Display

One thing that is no surprise here is the trademark Samsung infinity display is a 6.5-inch Super AMOLED with a 90Hz refresh rate and 1080p resolution. And though it isn’t curved, it does have some really slim bezels. Instead of a notch for the selfie cam. There’s a punch hole. The viewing experience on this screen is great with plenty of sharpness and of course, contrast. Colors can be set accurately in the color settings. And brightness is respectable. You can get over 800 nits with a manual slider. There’s an always-on display feature on this 120Hz refresh rate screen. This is a higher refresh rate than what we see on Galaxy A52 with 90Hz. And there’s a reliable under-display fingerprint reader to wake up the phone with.

Samsung Galaxy A52S 5G Design

The Samsung Galaxy A52s’ design is no surprise if you are familiar with Samsung’s phones. It looks everything like the Galaxy A52 5G smartphone which was launched on 2021, March 17. It’s made of a Glass front (Gorilla Glass), a plastic back, and a plastic frame. It even brings back some finishes from what we would want to consider its predecessor. There’s a new texture underneath this time around to sets it apart. And by the way, Galaxy A-Series brings IP67 dust/water resistance (up to 1m for 30 mins) on this smartphone. How cool is that?

Samsung Galaxy A52S 5G Cameras

Now, Samsung Galaxy A52s has a 32-megapixel selfie camera. You would expect 8-megapixel photos. But for some reason, they come out in 12 megapixels instead. Perhaps through upscale. Selfies turn out good with nice colors. Why dynamic range and plenty of detail? The ultra-wide-angle camera is quite capable of a mid-range. Sharpness and dynamic range are both quite good making this a significant upgrade. Portraits taken with the main camera and that sensor are really good too.

The Samsung Galaxy A52s quad cameras are probably as big a change from last year’s model. There’s a 64-megapixel quad main camera, a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle cam a 5-megapixel macro shooter, and a 5MP depth sensor in daylight. The main cam takes decent pictures. There are good sharpness wide dynamic range, low noise, and balanced colors. You can shoot in the full 64 megapixels too, but these don’t give you much benefit. The file size is much larger.

Video recording

One feature you won’t find just anywhere is a 4K video recording from this selfie camera. But these videos look good with nice exposure. The Samsung Galaxy A52s can also record up to 4k at 30 FPS with its main camera and ultra-wide cam footage from the main camera, it looks decent. The colors are accurate and the dynamic range is wide. It does have a pretty good dynamic range too. Stabilization is only available when we’re recording in 1080p. And stabilized footage from the ultra-wide is super smooth.

Platform

Samsung’s latest One UI 3.1 over Android 11 has been included on Galaxy A52s. Some of the new features include a dark mode for your menus and a new set of gestures for navigation. Here, you swipe from the sides to go back rather than swiping from the bottom like before. But the old options are still there if you want. You also have edge panels here, which can be pretty handy swiping on the edge of the screen will bring you to a customizable space for shortcuts. At the heart of the Galaxy A52s, is Samsung’s new Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G chipset, an Octa-core (1×2.4 GHz Kryo 670 Prime & 3×2.2 GHz Kryo 670 Gold & 4×1.9 GHz Kryo 670 Silver) and an Adreno 642L GPU.

Battery and more

So then how’s the battery life? Well, the Galaxy A52s has an endurance rating of 93 hours. It does pack a heft Li-Po 4,500 mAh, a non-removable battery. Of course, fast battery charging is available on this one. We are looking at fast-charging 25W which should get you to 50% in 30 minutes. For audio, the loudspeaker quality is decent. There’s a 3.5-millimeter audio jack on the Galaxy A52s for headphones. Actually, the quality here is great with Stereo speakers tuned by AKG and supports Dolby Atmos. There are a lot of volumes and not a lot of distortion. 

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