Samsung announced three new Galaxy A devices during an event in March, sitting below the Galaxy S21 series in terms of cost, but borrowing some of its key features and specs, for nearly half the price.
You can read about how the Galaxy A52 5G, A52 and A72 compare to each other in our separate feature, but here we are focusing on how the Galaxy A52 5G compares to the flagship Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21 Plus.
The Samsung Galaxy A52 5G has a flat display with a centralised punch hole camera at the top. On the rear, there is a rectangular camera housing with four lenses, three of which are more prominent. The camera housing is positioned in the top left corner as an island.
The A52 5G has a plastic rear, is IP67 water and dust resistant and it comes in four different colour options.
The Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21 Plus meanwhile, also both offer plastic rears and flat displays with a centralised punch hole camera at the top of the screen. They have a rectangular camera housing on the rear with three prominent lenses, but the housing is a different colour to the rear and wraps around into the frame of the devices, offering a slightly different look to the A52 5G.
The Galaxy S21 comes in four colour options, while the Galaxy S21 Plus is available in five options. Both devices are IP68 rated for water and dust.
The Samsung Galaxy A52 5G has a 6.5-inch Super AMOLED display with a 2400 x 1080 resolution, which delivers a pixel density of 405ppi.
It offers a maximum brightness of 800nits and it comes with a 120Hz refresh rate, but it doesn’t support HDR.
The Galaxy S21 has a smaller 6.2-inch display, which also has a 2400 x 1080 resolution, resulting in a slightly sharper pixel density of 424ppi. The Galaxy S21 Plus has a larger 6.7-inch display, again with a 2400 x 1080 resolution, for a slightly softer pixel density of 393ppi.
Both the Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21 Plus have a maximum brightness of 1300nits, support HDR10+ and come with an adaptive refresh rate of 48Hz to 120Hz.
The Samsung Galaxy A52 5G runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G processor, supported by 6GB or 8GB of RAM and 128GB or 256GB of storage. It offers microSD support for storage expansion up to 1TB – something the S21 series doesn’t offer.
There’s a 4500mAh battery capacity under the hood, which supports 25W fast charging but there is no wireless charging or reverse wireless charging on board.
The Galaxy S21 and S21 Plus both run on either the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset, or the Exynos 2100, depending on the region. There is 8GB of RAM support and storage options of 128GB and 256GB but neither supports microSD, as mentioned.
The Galaxy S21 has a 4000mAh battery, while the Galaxy S21 Plus has a 4800mAh battery. Both support fast wired and wireless charging.
All three models being compared in this feature are 5G enabled.
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