Samsung Galaxy M52 5G

The Samsung Galaxy M52 5G is a mid-range Android smartphone developed by Samsung Electronics as a part of its Galaxy M series. The device was scheduled to be launched on 19 September 2021 in India but the launch event was postponed to 28 September 2021.^[2][3][4] It was unveiled on 24 September 2021.^[5] Its key features are Qualcomm's new upper mid-range SoC Snapdragon 778G 5G,^[6][7] 120 Hz Super AMOLED Plus display, a triple camera setup with a 64 MP main camera and a 5000 mAh battery with 25W fast charging support.^[8][9][10] It went on sale on 3 October 2021 in India.^[3]

Specifications[]

Design[]

Samsung Galaxy M52 5G has a plastic frame and a plastic back panel, the front side is covered by glass. It has volume buttons and a recessed power button that doubles as a fingerprint reader at the right, a SIM/microSD card tray at the left and a USB-C port at the bottom.^[11] It has a 6.7 inch Infinity-O Display with a circular punch hole for the front-facing camera. It measures 164.2 x 76.4 x 7.4 mm and weighs 173 grams.^[8][12] It is available in Icy Blue, Blazing Black and White.^[8]

Hardware[]

Samsung Galaxy M52 5G is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G SoC^[7][13] with 6 nm process, an integrated 5G modem, an octa-core CPU comprising a high performance cluster with 4x 2.4 GHz Kryo 670 Gold cores and a power efficiency cluster with 4x 1.8 GHz Kryo 670 Silver cores and Adreno 642L GPU. It has a 6.7 inch (172 mm) Super AMOLED Plus display with 1080x2400 pixels resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio, ~393 ppi pixel density, 120 Hz refresh rate and 16M colors.^[8][9][12] It features a triple camera setup at the rear with a 64 MP main camera with f/1.8 aperture, a 12 MP wide-angle camera with f/2.2 aperture and 123° field-of-view, and a 5 MP macro camera with f/2.4 aperture.^[9][12] There is a 32 MP front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture located in the circular punch hole of the display.^[8][9][12] It supports 4K video recording from the main camera and the front facing camera.^[8] It has a 5000 mAh non-removable battery with 25W fast charging support.^[8][9] However, there isn't a 25W charger^[14][15] in the box and it needs to be bought separately.^[5] It comes with 6/8 GB RAM and 128 GB internal storage and supports memory expansion via the hybrid SIM/microSD card slot up to 1 TB. It supports 11 5G bands.^[9] Unlike most of the phones in the Galaxy M series, Galaxy M52 5G doesn't have a headphone jack. ^{[11][12][14][15]}

Software[]

Samsung Galaxy M52 5G is shipped with Android 11 and Samsung's proprietary user interface One UI 3.1.^[5][8][9] It comes with Knox Security Suite and AltZMode.^[3][9] The camera application includes the Single Take mode that enables users to take photo and record video from all of the supported camera simultaneously.^[9][16] The software will be updated quarterly.^[17]

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