We used to be big fans of the Galaxy A52 and Galaxy A52s. You can tell from our old reviews from a few years ago. Technically speaking, we still like these phones for what they used to represent in 2021, but given the nature of our tech-filled daily lives, we moved on to newer phones sooner than perhaps the average user has. But time is catching up with everyone sooner or later, and if you're still rocking the Galaxy A52 or Galaxy A52s today, the future is not looking too bright for your device.
Nobody can predict how the market and mobile technology will evolve. At least, not entirely. Maybe some of us expected foldable phones to become a reality, but who knew about Galaxy AI back when the Galaxy A52 and A52s were brand new? Mobile users didn't expect Generative AI to take flight and become a main selling point for Samsung Galaxy phones in 2024.
Regardless, that's exactly what happened, and as these new technologies become the norm, sometimes it feels like old ones are getting even older at a faster rate. Unfortunately for Galaxy A52 and A52s users reading this, you may soon feel the sting.
Galaxy AI may retire your phone just like people fear AI may retire human jobs
If you're using the Galaxy A52 or Galaxy A52s in 2024, you may or may not follow the latest news concerning the latest mid-range models. And in case you missed the latest reports, here is a big one: Samsung might bring Galaxy AI features to the Galaxy A35 and Galaxy A55 before the end of 2024.
The kicker is that Samsung might limit Galaxy AI to 2024 and newer Galaxy A devices. Generally speaking, many Galaxy AI features have to be capable of running on-device, and there's a lot of work to do before Samsung can roll out Galaxy AI to any new phone, even if it's a top-range one.
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By now, you're probably guessing where we're going with this. The Galaxy A52 sports the Snapdragon 720G chip and the Galaxy A52s pridefully rocks the improved Snapdragon 778G. But even if you think these chips can hold their own against most applications today — within reason — they're most likely ill-equipped to handle Samsung's Generative AI tools.
In short, older devices like the Galaxy A52 and A52s will likely never get Galaxy AI features, even if Samsung brings its clever AI tools to the mid-range market. They're simply too old and their outdated NPUs (Neural Processing Units) might not be able to handle modern tasks. And even if they could do it on paper, the company probably won't spend any time even trying to optimize its AI tools for aging phones and such Snapdragon chips that are underused in 2024.
And that's the reality of mobile technology. New things always seem to come along and make aging devices seem a tad older than they really are. I'm afraid the Galaxy A52 and A52s won't be able to survive this new Generative AI era, and if you want but a taste of these clever new AI features Samsung is working hard to develop, you'll soon have to look for an upgrade.
We can only hope Samsung's seven OS upgrade policy, available for the latest Galaxy flagship phones released in 2024, won't be made obsolete by future unpredictable technologies faster than we can imagine.
