Review on Smartphone Samsung Galaxy A52s 8/256 GB, Dual nano SIM, black by Barbara Langiewicz ᠌

Name: Smartphone Samsung Galaxy A52s 8/256 GB, Dual nano SIM, black
Item: Smartphone Samsung Galaxy A52s 8/256 GB, Dual nano SIM, black
Rating: 3

July 04, 2023

Expectations were not met, average quality.

In principle, all the advantages of this smartphone are in other models. The OneUI shell is well customizable, but I did not expect the absence of the usual standard Android functions. Unfortunately I couldn't foresee this before buying. The minuses for me are more pluses, for the first time after buying a smartphone, I want to start choosing another one. But so far I do not see ideal options in terms of functions and price.
For the price at which I got it, I think it's a great smart. For 25-30 I would not buy it.

Pros

The device is fast, 8 GB of RAM after 4 in the last smartphone is just a fairy tale, applications are not unloaded, which was a big problem. 256 GB of memory is also very useful, I like to keep an archive of my music, movies and TV shows on my smartphone. Well, for photos and videos. The camera is not bad, of the quality I only had the Galaxy Note 9, and in comparison with it, it seems not much worse. There is an optostab, I hope it makes shooting better, I don’t know (there is a note in the shortcomings). The screen is good, I don’t see PWM, my eyes don’t get tired. But I set natural colors, from saturated eyes it cuts. The brightness is excellent, I almost never do more than half. Heaped up AOD, although it turned out to be useless for me. Waking up and locking by double tap is very convenient, it was 7 years ago in the LG G3, I really missed this feature. The network catches well, where the previous Huawei was barely dragging, here it is confident. Autonomy pleases, there is enough active use for a day, of course, provided the screen is 60Hz. Although this may be against the background of an old smartphone with a tired battery. With a 120Hz screen, everything is smooth and beautiful, but the battery runs down one and a half, or even twice as fast. Recording of conversations from the line is done by easy firmware change. I really liked switching player tracks by pressing the volume keys. Bluetooth headphones produce excellent sound, although it depends little on the smartphone. The quick switching of the SIM card for data transfer was also very pleasing. I’ll write down the fingerprint scanner rather as a plus, it doesn’t bother me. Good equipment, regular film on the screen, transparent silicone case, fast charging and cable. Well, 5G, WiFi 6 can anyone need it. I took it for 18.5 thousand, I think this is the main advantage of this device. Thanks to amazon and Tinkov. I wouldn't take it for 25.

Cons

In many ways, it's a matter of habit, but Samsung, why cut off or pervert the regular Android chips? Chopped off the inclusion of the screen when receiving messages. It was very convenient. Enabling AOD will not replace this as the message itself is not visible. Brief messages on the lock screen are not informative. The screenshot with three fingers was replaced with the edge of the palm. It is very inconvenient, the screen is brushed off, it does not always work. Replacement for the sake of replacement, not convenience. No panoramic wallpapers when wallpapers scroll along with desktops. Samsung, well, emae, the budget Chinese even have it, it’s beautiful. You can’t hide the camera cutout once and for all, you can only choose the applications where it will hide. On the desktop and in the system can not be hidden at all. Video stabilization - I don’t know how on smartphones without stabilization, but here, when walking, the video shakes like an epileptic. When you turn on additional digital stabilization, the feeling becomes even worse. When viewing a photo in the gallery, it does not show either the date or the file name, you need to additionally swipe up for information. There are no avatars in front of messages in pop-up notifications of messengers, if there are more than one, it's just empty. It's a pity there is no choice of screen frequency 90Hz. Only 60 and 120. The sound in wired headphones is pretty bad, if you tweak the equalizer a little it gets better. The vibration motor is strange, often I don’t feel it, but I just hear it. The protruding camera block needs protection, it's not even the camera glasses, but the block's plastic. If you can beautifully stick a film on the back panel and protect it, then the block is scratched only in this way. I don’t carry smartphones in a case, but I bought it to try and the feeling that the Samsung branded case (not bundled) aggravated the situation, since it closes this unit, but just after the case I got a couple of good scratches. Apparently grains of sand / specks are clogged and scratch the plastic. In addition, an already heavy smart with a case becomes a huge brick weighing more than 210 grams. In general, the plastic of a smartphone should be protected even more carefully than the glass of the screen.