Galaxy A52 - things that could be improved

[a524g]

Random stupid apps gets installed automatically with every update. Pathetic.

A52 camera lens are made so cheap that it gets lens flare in most of the photos when there is a light bulb or sun. 

OneUI is so glitchy and 'heavy'. It takes quite a lot of time to restart and to load all the widgets and apps when the phone is restarted. Quickly double tapping the recent apps navigation button takes its own time to switch the apps instead of just teleporting from one app to another rapidly. Navigation gestures are glitchy too. When swiped across at the bottom to switch apps, the screen justs stucks midway. 

The plastic back and the plastic sides are really cheap. I don't want to justify my purchase. The sim tray is super flimsy that it breaks if you mishandle it a bit. 

No raw output in pro camera mode. 

No quick way to change the sound settings like adjusting the bass or treble without messing with the equalizer.

Just to give some context, I'm coming from a 2016 asus zenfone 3, which is built like a samsung flagship (not joking) and i got it then for 44% less than the price of this A52. And it shoots raw, has amazing headphone jack and sound settings, great display and everything great for a 2016 phone.

Not everything is bad on the A52, the things that are good need some appreciation too. 

Headphone jack. 

Great display. 

Great animations.

Stereo speakers are great (although not balanced), I'm spoiled, i won't buy a phone without stereo speakers. 

Great details in 64MP shots. 

Nice cameras except for the no raw format and the horrendous lens flare. 

Bixby voice that's integrated so tightly with the phone and can do things that google assistant can't do. 

Bixby routines.

Smsung pay.

Samsung pass.

Secure folder.

The peace of mind of knox security. 

Water resistance. 

The one handed operation focused one ui, everything comes down for the better reach in system apps. 

Great system apps; samsung internet, notes, and all other.

Everything is good expect for the mentioned bad things, and honestly they're really bad. Samsung, I hope that you hear us. Stop installing byju's on our phones, we're not school going kids. Random 3 or 4 stupid apps gets installed automatically, and that alone can make the brand cheaper than the chinese brands if you care about that.

[f62_CA]

Remove lens flare using photoshop..capture.raw photo using gcam...use sound equalizer through sound assistant good lock module...disable app cloud and samsung customization service ....use kwine armour case

[a524g]

How about taking the feedback and making the next phone better.

[f62_CA]

Paisa hai toh dusra mobile lelo...else do this ...

[a524g]

Already disabled the app cloud and disabled customization services and everything that I could do, still random apps are getting installed automatically. I had done enough tinkering on my old phone and just wanted a stable phone that just works and got the samsung. And yeah if i had more money, the answer is clear which one I would get, the one that just works, and that doesn't do the magic of installing random apps.

[f62_CA]

720 g bohot weak processor hai for one ui .....and samsung devs se jyada umeed mat rakho ......hum sabka yahi haal hai yaha...sim tray of f62 is better than a52 ....except for the... gasket

[a524g]

Never thought OneUI would be so heavy. ZenUI on sd625 processor ran like a charm for 4 years. Battery got degraded so had to buy a new phone and didn't want a chinese phone which are worse with their OS. Had no other choice tbh 🤷. I hope Sony launches their Xperia in India, also Asus.

[f62_CA]

Did u use adb to otg and package inspector to remove bloats....

[a524g]

I know that's an option and I'd do that when i was a kid studying in the college. But now, i juat want things to work, i don't want to get my hands dirty tinkering all those.

[f62_CA]

Then wait for android 14