The flagship smartphones with their giant cameras, crazy hardware specifications and eye-catching displays are at the top of our favorites; But in the real world, mid-range and low-end handsets have the highest sales figures; Especially for the people of a country like Iran, which has long been plagued by economic problems.

Samsung is well aware of this, and as a result, over the years has shifted its focus to mid-range and budget devices such as the popular Galaxy A family.

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According to Omdia Research Institute, the Galaxy A51 is the best-selling Android phone in the world in 2020; Along with its brother, the Galaxy A71, it is also the fourth and seventh most visited smartphones in the product segment, respectively; So it’s no surprise that both Samsung and we at Zomit are excited about the new generation of these smartphones.

From the design of the hardware to the camera and display; The Galaxy A52 and A72 have improved in almost every aspect compared to their predecessors; But can they repeat the success of the Galaxy A family? Samsung’s new products face numerous new competitors from the Koreans and Chinese companies.

Design and build quality of Galaxy A72 and A52

Samsung’s new generation of popular A-series phones undergoes deep plastic surgery; The sleek, curved body and gradient colors of the Galaxy A71 and Galaxy A51 have been replaced by a matte body with simple colors and a flatter design;

Of course, there is no metal or glass in the body of the two phones, and both of them are made entirely of plastic.

Both the Galaxy A72 and A52 experience the most facelift; Where it now has no curvature or curvature other than a slight curvature on the four sides. The rear camera modules are mounted on a rectangular ledge as before; But this protrusion is no longer a separate piece of black mounted on the body, and like what we have seen before with the iPhone, it comes from the heart of the flat back panel.

More minimalist, attractive and durable design thanks to IP67 certification

The Galaxy A72 and Galaxy A52 are available in black, white, purple and blue, all of which are matte. We had the black and blue versions of the two handsets for review, respectively, which absorb both color, grease and fingerprints on their surface; But the black color, which looks more gray, easily shows the effects of stains on its surface.

Unlike the previous generation, Samsung’s new handsets have received IP67 certification from the IEC Institute; This means that on paper they can withstand water pressure up to 30 minutes at a depth of one meter.

The Galaxy A72 and A52 are among the few mid-range phones with IP. Certification.

The Galaxy A52 weighs 189 grams and measures 8.4 x 75.1 x 159.9 mm. It is not very heavy and fits well in the hand, while the Galaxy A72 weighs 20.4 grams and measures 8.4 x 77.4 x 165 mm. Using this phone for continuous use makes it a bit challenging, especially for people with small hands, to reach all parts of the A72 display with one hand, you have to move the phone more than the A52 on the hand.

The Galaxy A52 and A72 use displays with 20: 9 aspect ratio and 6.5 and 6.7-inch dimensions, which are protected by Gorilla Glass 5. The display of the two devices with rounded corners is slightly apart from the top and side edges; But their lower margin is slightly thicker.

The A52 and A72 display have 84.1% and 84.4% of the front view, respectively, and host a small selfie camera in the middle of the top edge.

Thanks to the OLED panel, the Galaxy A52 and Galaxy A72 fingerprint sensors are located below the display. This sensor is optical and has good accuracy; But it is not as fast as the samples found in flagship products.

As mentioned earlier, the Galaxy A72 and A52 frames are just like any other part of the plastic body. Unlike the back panel, the frame of the device has a matte coating with the same color as the body and easily absorbs hand fat.

The power and volume keys are positioned at the right height from the right edge of the frame; These keys can be accessed on the Galaxy A52 without the need for hand shifting and on the Galaxy A72 with little shifting.

On the top edge are the microphone aperture frame and the SIM / memory card sharing port; While the left edge is free of any ports or buttons.

The Galaxy A72 and A52, like most other mid-range devices on the market, feature a 3.5mm headphone jack, which comes with the main speaker port, USB 2.0 Type-C port, and call microphone on the bottom edge of the frame.

Galaxy A72 and A52 display and speaker

At first glance, there is no difference between the Galaxy A52 and A72 displays with their previous generations; Both phones feature 6.5-inch and 6.7-inch Super AMOLED panels with a resolution of 2400 x 1080 pixels; A resolution that delivers a superb resolution of 407 and 394 pixels to display sharp images and text on Samsung’s new midrange.

Very bright and 90 Hz AMOLED display

Samsung’s new smartphones now use the 90Hz refresh rate to display animations more smoothly and enhance their user experience; Of course, unlike the Korean flagship models, the refresh rate of the Galaxy A52 and A72 is fixed, the user can choose between 60 and 90 Hz.

Not to mention that Samsung is selling the 5G model of the Galaxy A52 with a 120 Hz panel.

According to tests, when the 50% of the panel is on, the maximum brightness level in the manual adjustment mode for the Galaxy A52 and A72 reaches 587 and 646 nits, respectively, and in the automatic mode 1230 and 1310 nits; But if we turn on the whole panel, the maximum brightness level will be reduced to 518 and 525 nits for the Galaxy A52 and A72 in manual mode and to 990 and 956 nits in automatic mode.

In the Zomit tests, the brightest part of the Galaxy A52 and A72’s display was at the bottom and middle edges, respectively. The minimum brightness of the two phones was 2.26 and 2.36 nits, respectively. Thus, Samsung’s new midrangers have excellent readability, whether in the sun or in the dark of the room. On the other hand, due to the nature of OLED panels, both phones have a good contrast.

Louder and clearer sound thanks to stereo speakers

In the display settings, Samsung provides the user with two color profiles, Vivid and Natural, to display vivid colors and accurate colors, respectively. Both the Galaxy A52 and the Galaxy A72 cover the DCI P3 and sRGB color spaces in the above profiles, respectively, with acceptable error.

The colors in the Vivid profile are slightly cool and in the Natural profile very close to neutral; Of course, in our reviews, the Galaxy E 52 displayed colors with a hint of red.

The Galaxy A52 and A72 experience other improvements over their predecessors in terms of sound; Both phones now use stereo speakers; Speakers that are located on the bottom edge of the frame and the top edge of the screen (integrated with the call speaker), respectively.

Of course, loudness, clarity, or sound balance between the speaker channels is not as good as the flagships; But it is still a significant improvement over before. Both phones support Dolby Atmos and also have a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Software and user interface of Galaxy A72 and A52

Samsung sells its new mid-range devices with the latest version of its proprietary user interface and Android operating system; The Galaxy E 52 and E72 run OneUI 3.1 and Android 11 by default, and given Samsung’s promise of 3 years of software support for its products, users of both phones will likely experience Android 14 as well.

One of the few changes from OneUI 3.1 compared to OneUI 3.0 is the addition of Google Explorer   to the Home screen; If you scroll left on the main page, the Google Discovery section will display the latest news and online articles to your liking.

If you are a fan of reading news and articles, you are definitely welcome to have Google Discover on your home page. The SmartThings Find app  now lets you find the phone’s last location by logging in to your Samsung account if you lose it.

For those who are interested in mobile games, the Samsung Game Launcher application has  also been updated. Now you can hide your playing time in the settings so you never see how many hours of your life you spent on Call of Duty Mobile or PUBG.

Thanks to the optimization of the interface of this application, you can now access your games faster.

Finally, while running the game, you can select the Game Booster option   from the notification bar to be shown a series of interesting features; Features like hiding calls and messages while playing and estimating the number of hours you can play before the battery runs out.

Apart from the above, there is no significant difference between One UI 3.0 and One UI 3.1. All the exciting features of One UI 3.0 such as Notification Center with new features, new icons and animations, new lock screen and Always On screen features and settings section changes in One UI 3.1; If you want to know more about the new version of Samsung One UI.

Performance and battery of Galaxy A72 and A52

Of the Galaxy A52 and A72, only the A52 is available in 4G and 5G versions; But at the moment, our country is hosting two phones from the 4G model. The Koreans will be selling both handsets this year with the Snapdragon 720G mid-range chip; But the 5G version of the Galaxy E52 is powered by the Snapdragon 750G chip, which performs about 15% better in CPU-based processes and 10% in GPU-based processes.

Both the Galaxy A72 and A52 are powered by an 8nm Snapdragon 720G chip; The same chip we tested earlier in the review of the Redmi Note 9S and Redmi Note 9 Pro . The chip was introduced more than a year ago and is on par with models such as the Snapdragon 730 / 730G; Of course, it performs slightly weaker in the areas of image signal processing (ISP) and artificial intelligence.

Daily performance is very good; But the chip is not as powerful as its competitors

The Snapdragon 720G chip uses a powerful dual-core combination of 2.3 GHz Kryo 465 Gold based on Cortex-A76 and 6 low-power Kryo 465 Silver based Cortex-A55 based on 1.8 GHz as CPU; For graphics processing, it is powered by the Adreno 618 module with a frequency of up to 750 MHz.

Compared to the Snapdragon 730 and 730G, the Snapdragon 720G uses the same cores and GPU; But the frequency of its powerful cores is 100 MHz and the frequency of its GPU is 250 and 175 MHz, respectively, more than the mentioned chips.

The Snapdragon 720G‌ uses the X15 LTE modem to establish a data connection with a maximum download speed of 800 Mbps, and thanks to Qualcomm’s FastConnect 6200 module, it also supports Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1.

Other features of the Snapdragon 720G include Qualcomm’s fifth-generation AI processing engine, support for Quick Charge 4+ for 50% battery charge in 15 minutes, smoother camera magnification, 4K video recording, and HEIF photography.

The 4G model of the Galaxy A52 can be found in 4 models 128, 6 | 128, 8 | 128 and 8 | Ordered 256 GB; While the Galaxy A72 in models 6 | 128, 8 | 128 or 8 | 256 GB is for sale. Both phones use a shared microSD port with a second SIM card to upgrade the storage memory.

We have the Galaxy E52 and E72 available for review on models with 4GB and 6GB of LPDDR4x RAM, respectively; For products with a price tag of about 10 million tomans, 4 GB of RAM is not logical at all.

Of Samsung’s two new intermediaries, the Galaxy A52 is the most improved over the previous generation; Because the Snapdragon 720G chip used in the Galaxy A72 and A52 is slightly different from the Snapdragon 730 in the Galaxy A71.

Our studies show that the A52 is about 60% faster than the A51 in everyday and graphical applications; While the A72 performs close to the A71 in everyday use and about 25 percent better in graphics processing.

Both the Galaxy A72 and A52 experience a dramatic 500mAh increase in battery capacity; The Galaxy E52 uses a 4,500mAh battery and the A72 uses a 5,000mAh battery to power them. Samsung says that the Galaxy A72 and A52 with their relatively large batteries will accompany the user for 23 and 21 hours of video playback or 20 and 18 hours of web browsing.

Competitors also support 5G connectivity

Both the Galaxy A52 and A72 support 25-watt fast charge; But only the A72 comes with such a charger, and the smaller model comes with a 15-watt charger by default.

Unfortunately, we did not receive any of the two phones in the box and with the charger, and we can not comment on their charging speed; Of course, the Koreans say that a 25-watt charger can increase the battery charge from zero to about 50% in 30 minutes.

To test the charge, we set the display brightness to 200 nits (brightness slider at about 50%) as usual and disconnected all wireless connections along with the speaker output sound. The display refresh rate of both phones is set to 90 Hz by default; But to show the effect of the increased refresh rate on battery consumption,

Charging both phones with or without a 90Hz refresh rate is great

At 90 Hz, the Galaxy A72 and Galaxy A52 were able to play 16 hours, 35 minutes, 15 hours and 17 minutes of Zomit standard HD video, respectively; While changing the refresh rate to 60 Hz, about 10 and 8 hours were added to the previous results, respectively.

However, the performance of both phones is excellent in video playback, and you can safely watch the Extended-Cut trilogy of the Lord of the Rings by setting the refresh rate to 90 Hz!

PCMark battery test results show that even with the 90Hz refresh rate, you can use the Galaxy A52 for about 12 hours and the Galaxy A72 for about 13 hours, even if you do not have a very heavy usage; Of course, setting the refresh rate to 60 Hz can increase the charging of both phones by about 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Galaxy A72 and A52 camera

One of the main distinguishing features of the Galaxy A52 and A72 goes back to their camera; While the E52, like most other midrange devices, uses the “wide + ultraviolet + macro + depth gauge” combination, the A72 is one of the few midrangees on the market that offers a telephoto camera instead of a depth gauge module.

Although no information is available on the dual-sensor model; But it seems that the other cameras of the two phones use the same hardware.

The user interface of the Galaxy A52 and A72 is the same familiar example we’ve experienced with Samsung’s previous galaxies; In the lower half (right in landscape mode), you can switch between different camera modes by swiping.

Next to these modes, there are three keys for switching between cameras. In the top bar you can access the camera settings menu, flash, timer, aspect ratio and filters; Of course, in video mode, the top bar allows the user to change the resolution and Super Steady mode instead of the flash.

The different modes of using the Galaxy E52 and Galaxy E72 are as follows:

• Photo: Automatic photography
• Video: Automatic video recording with 4K resolution and 30 frames per second
• Single Take: Smartly capture a collection of photos, videos and moving images of the subject
• Fun: New mode, the result of cooperation with Snapchat to implement the company’s filters on the subject (requires Internet)
• Pro: Professional photography with the ability to change ISO (from 50 to 4000), shutter speed (from 1/6000 to 10 seconds), exposure (from 2+ to 2-), focus type, white balance (from 2300 to 10,000 K) And contrast settings
• Night: Night shooting mode with wide, selfie and ultraviolet camera (Galaxy A52)
• Portrait: Portrait shooting mode with wide camera only
• Macro: Close-up photography (3 to 5 cm)
• More: AR Doodle (Implementation of Augmented Reality Effects on the Subject), Slow Motion Video, Panorama, Hyperlapse, BixbyVision (Subject Recognition)

The Galaxy A52 and Galaxy A72 widescreen uses a 64-megapixel sensor with a possible Sony IMX686 model, relatively large dimensions of 1.1 / 1.7 inches, 0.8 micrometer pixels and phase-detection autofocus (PDAF).

The sensor is located behind the lens with a focal length of 26 mm, f / 1.8 aperture and optical image stabilization; So the camera on both phones is more capable of capturing brighter, sharper images on paper with a larger sensor (A52), a wider aperture, and OIS on paper.

* The Galaxy A72 and A52 use the same wide-angle, ultraviolet, selfie, macro and chip cameras; Accordingly, the photos taken with these cameras are no different; But to reassure you.

Photo gallery of the Galaxy A52 wide-angle camera in good light

Photo gallery of the Galaxy A52 wide-angle camera in low light

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Photo gallery of the Galaxy A72 wide-angle camera in good light

Photo gallery of the Galaxy A72 wide-angle camera in low light

 

 

 

 

In daylight, the Galaxy A52 / A72 wide-angle photos have great detail and attractive colors, their dynamic range is not as wide as flagship devices; But it is at the level of the best price range of the Galaxy A72 / A52.

The Galaxy A72 and A52’s 64-megapixel camera uses a Quad Bayer color filter; This means that to capture clearer and brighter images, all four adjacent pixels are the same color, and their data is aggregated, resulting in a 16-megapixel image.

Samsung galaxies can also take 64-megapixel photos by sampling the colors of adjacent pixels, which are more detailed than regular photos.

Optical image stabilization helps the wide-angle camera take sharper photos in the dark; Night photos with Photo mode show a very good balance between light and shadow areas, their colors are eye-catching and their details are desirable, more noise is expected compared to day photos; Surprisingly, using the Night mode causes the image to become too bright and the bright areas of the image to be lost.

The ultraviolet camera does not seem to be different from the past; Both the Galaxy A52 and A72 use a 12-megapixel sensor with 1.12-micrometer pixels and an f / 2.2 lens with a very wide 123-degree field of view for capturing ultraviolet photos.

As expected, there is no optical image stabilization or autofocus.

Sample photo gallery of Galaxy A52 ultraviolet camera in good light

Sample photo gallery of Galaxy A52 ultraviolet camera in low light

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Sample photo gallery of Galaxy A72 ultraviolet camera in good light

Sample photo gallery of Galaxy A72 ultraviolet camera in low light

 

 

 

 

Ultra-wide photos of the Galaxy A52 and A72 are similar; In daylight, dynamic range and colors appear close to the wide-angle camera; But as you expect less detail, more noise and corners of the image are softer due to distortion software, the dual-camera ultraviolet camera also takes very reasonable and attractive photos in the dark.

Surprisingly, Night mode is not available on the Galaxy A72 Ultraviolet; However, using it on the Galaxy A52, just like the one we mentioned in the Wide Camera section, causes the bright spots of the image to be overexposed and details to be lost.

4K video recording with all cameras and a great day or night shooting experience

The Galaxy A52 uses up to 10x digital zoom to zoom in on the camera image; The Galaxy A72, on the other hand, uses a telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom and up to 30x digital zoom.

The Galaxy A72 telephoto camera has an 8-megapixel sensor with 1.0-micrometer pixels and phase-detection autofocus with an f / 2.4 lens with optical image stabilization.

Magnification comparison of Galaxy A52 and A72

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Sample photo gallery with 3x magnification of Galaxy A52 in good light

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Sample photo gallery with 3x magnification of Galaxy A72 in good light

Sample photo gallery with 3x magnification of Galaxy A72 in low light

 

 

 

 

In terms of magnification, there is really no competition between the two phones; Thanks to its 3x telephoto camera, the Galaxy A72 even takes up to 10x more attractive photos in great detail and vivid colors, albeit with more noise than the wide-angle camera; While digital crop on Galaxy A52 widescreen photos will eventually result in satisfactory results up to 2 or 3 times the level.

The Galaxy A72 also takes nightly zoom photos with a telephoto camera while there is enough light; Otherwise, just like the A52, it goes for the use of digital camera crop.

Zoom night shots, like the other two cameras, have good detail levels and vivid colors; But the noise is more noticeable in them.

As with the previous generation, both the Galaxy E52 and E72 use a 5-megapixel sensor with a macro f / 2.4 lens to capture close-ups, as expected, with no optical image stabilization or autofocus. Attractive photos can be taken with a macro camera in daylight and in abundant light; But in order for the photos not to be blurry, great care must be taken.

Galaxy A52 Macro Photo Gallery

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Galaxy A72 Macro Photo Gallery

 

 

 

 

The Galaxy A52 and A72 selfie cameras are no different; The 32-megapixel sensor with Quad Bayer color filter and 0.8 micrometer pixels along with the 26mm f / 2.2 wide-angle lens take selfies. Selfies in daylight are full of attractive details and colors and have a relatively wide dynamic range.

Portrait and selfie photo gallery of Galaxy A52

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Portrait and selfie photo gallery of Galaxy A72

 

 

 

 

The Galaxy A52 uses a 5-megapixel depth-gauge module to measure depth and better separate the subject from the background in portrait photos; But there is no such module in the A72, on the other hand, it is not possible to take portrait photos with this phone’s telephoto camera.

When shooting subjects with neat hair, portrait photos of both phones have good accuracy in separating the subject from the background, and the bokeh effect is applied to them gradually.

The Galaxy A72 and A52 are capable of shooting 4K video at 30 frames per second with all rear cameras (except macro cameras) and selfies; 4K videos have great detail and attractive colors, and their dynamic range is wider than most mid-range devices;

Of course, the telephoto (Galaxy A72) and Ultraviolet videos are not as detailed as the wide-angle camera, and the noise is more noticeable.

The bitrate of 4K videos is about 48 Mbps. Samsung Intermediate Galaxy in Full HD resolution also offers Super Steady mode to completely eliminate vibration, these videos are recorded with an ultraviolet camera.

Conclusion

The Galaxy A52 and A72 are making significant progress in every area; The design has become more minimalist and attractive, and the overall water and dust resistance of the device has been increased by IP67 certification.

The AMOLED display is brighter than ever at 90 Hz refresh rate, the speakers are now stereo and the sound is louder.

And to make it clearer to the user, the Galaxy A72, thanks to its 3x telephoto camera, takes photos up to 10 times more satisfying, and other cameras capture photos much better than before.

On the other hand, with an increase of 500 mAh battery, even at a refresh rate of 90 Hz, both phones have a very good charge.

Thanks to the Snapdragon 720G chip, the overall performance of the Galaxy A52 is significantly improved, while the very similarity of the Snapdragon 720G and 730 brings a slight improvement to the Galaxy A72. Samsung’s new galaxies are a secure and efficient package that will satisfy the user in almost every field; But they certainly cannot be considered perfect.

Currently version 8 | 256 GB Galaxy A52 and Galaxy A72 are sold in the Iranian market with a price tag of about 10 and 11 million Tomans (or a little more), respectively;

For a slightly higher fee, you can get the 4G version of the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE and the 5G version of the Xiaomi M10T with flagship chips, or even for a smaller fee, other mid-range compatible devices with 5G connectivity, such as the Galaxy A71 5G 5G or Went.

If the price tag of the Galaxy A52 and A72 was a little more competitive, or if the 5G version of the Galaxy A52 was sold at the current price tag of the 4G version, Samsung’s new galaxies, like their predecessor, would become the default choice of many people. What do you think? Have the Galaxy A52 and A72 caught your eye? Please share your opinion with us and other dear users of Zomit.