Samsung Galaxy A52s (8GB/128GB)
Proximity Sensor
Detects when an object is near to the phone. Most commonly used to sense when a phone is held up to the users ear to turn off the display. This saves both battery life and prevents accidental screen touches.
Accelerometer and gyroscope
Accelerometers in mobile phones are used to detect the orientation of the phone. The gyroscope, or gyro for short, adds an additional dimension to the information supplied by the accelerometer by tracking rotation or twist.
An accelerometer measures linear acceleration of movement, while a gyro on the other hand measures the angular rotational velocity. Both sensors measure rate of change; they just measure the rate of change for different things.
In practice, that means that an accelerometer will measure the directional movement of a device but will not be able to resolve its lateral orientation or tilt during that movement accurately unless a gyro is there to fill in that info.
With an accelerometer you can either get a really “noisy” info output that is responsive, or you can get a “clean” output that’s sluggish. But when you combine the 3-axis accelerometer with a 3-axis gyro, you get an output that is both clean and responsive in the same time.”
Accelerometers are also used to provide ‘steps’ information for a vendors ‘health’ application.
Digital compass
The digital compass that’s usually based on a sensor called the magnetometer and provides mobile phones with a simple orientation in relation to the Earth’s magnetic field. As a result, your phone always knows which way is North so it can auto rotate your digital maps depending on your physical orientation.
Barometer
The barometer assists the GPS chip inside the device to get a faster lock by instantly delivering altitude data. Additionally,
the barometer can be utilized to provide ‘floors climbed’ information to a phones ‘health’ app.
With the advent of more accurate indoor navigation, the barometer can assist in determine what floor a user is on within an airport for example.
Biometrics
Biometric related sensors provide levels of enhanced security by capturing and validating human related metrics. Including Finger Print recognition, IRIS (eye) scanning and full facial recognition.
Biometric sensors provide a more secure but more convenient way to unlock phones and pay for purchases.
Additionally, biometric sensors can be used to collect a users heart rate and SpO2 (the estimate of arterial oxygen saturation) for use within a vendors ‘health’ application.
Augmented & Virtual Reality
The highly accurate sensors detailed above, when combined with the powerful CPU & GPU’s of modern smart phones, allow very realist and responsive Virtual Reality applications to be created. When the sensors are combined with a smartphones camera they facilitate Augmented Reality applications.

Samsung Galaxy A52s
Additional information
NETWORK | – |
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Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G |
2G bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) |
3G bands | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 |
4G bands | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 32, 38, 40, 41, 66 |
5G bands | 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 |
Speed | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA) Cat18 1200/150 Mbps, 5G |
LAUNCH | Announced 2021, August 17 |
BODY | Dimensions 159.9 x 75.1 x 8.4 mm (6.30 x 2.96 x 0.33 in) |
DISPLAY | – |
Type | Super AMOLED, 120Hz, 800 nits (HBM) |
Size | 6.5 inches, 102.0 cm2 (~84.9% screen-to-body ratio) |
Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~405 ppi density) |
Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
PLATFORM | – |
OS | Android 11, One UI 3.1 |
Chipset | Qualcomm SM7325 Snapdragon 778G 5G (6 nm) |
CPU | Octa-core (4×2.4 GHz Kryo 670 & 4×1.9 GHz Kryo 670) |
GPU | Adreno 642L |
MEMORY | Card slot |
Card slot | microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) |
Internal | 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 6GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM |
MAIN CAMERA | – |
Quad | 64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.7", 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS |
SELFIE CAMERA | – |
Single | 32 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm |
Video | 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps |
SOUND | Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers |
COMMS | WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
FEATURES | Sensors Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
BATTERY | Type Li-Po 4500 mAh, non-removable |
MISC | Colors Awesome Black, Awesome White, Awesome Purple, Awesome Mint |
TESTS | Performance AnTuTu: 429675 (v8), 506432(v9) |
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