When the Galaxy A52 came onto the market, it set price-performance standards: great display, decent camera with optical image stabilisation and waterproof housing. But compared to its successors, it lags behind technically: the display has only 90 hertz and the processor is quite slow. Often available at a good price in special offers with 128 GB.

With the Galaxy A52s 5G, Samsung is finally giving its mid-range a decent working speed - to go with the fast 5G. The A52 5G, which is only six months old, is now obsolete. But why is Samsung bringing out a successor so quickly? The A52 5G was hardly available in the summer of 2021, so Samsung allegedly had to rush a successor with different chips onto the market...