Today’s mid-range smartphones offer lots of features for a lot less. This segment has gotten very competitive, but most new models still don’t look like premium devices. Many phones look dull, they have plastic designs and sport clumsy notched screens. That’s where Oppo stands out. Oppo has a reputation of offering stylish and powerful smartphones. Their phones are designed to be elegant and the newly launched A52 promises to be different from the competition. The phone has a punch-hole display camera, a powerful mid-range processor and even a quad-camera setup, all at an affordable price.
The Oppo A52 looks nothing like a mid-range smartphone. It takes many design elements from Oppo’s Find X series such as the punch-hole display. It offers a wide-screen experience making the device taller and wider. The phone has an aluminum chassis while the rear is made of plastic. The rear panel changes colour depending on the angle you look at it. The Oppo A52 has a side-placed power button that doubles as a fingerprint reader. This design offers better reach and accessibility. You can unlock the device without looking at it or by holding it upright. The fingerprint reader can be also used to make payments and to download apps. The Oppo A52 is a slim device and it weighs close to 192 grams. The phone is available in two colours – Twilight Black and Stream White.
The Oppo A52 promises to be a solid performer. It features Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 665 processor, designed to deliver strong gaming performance along with remarkable AI capabilities. Oppo claims the A52 can run most apps and games with ease. The A52’s Adreno 610 GPU ensures it handles most casual games along with high-end games such as PlayerUnkown’s Battleground (PUBG: Mobile) without any stuttering. The phone comes with 6GB of RAM, which means you can switch between apps, webpages, and multitasking. The A52’s 128GB UFS 2.1 storage is fast. The device also comes with a microSD card slot that lets you expand the storage up to 512 GB.
The Oppo A52 runs on Android 10 and it uses Oppo’s ColourOS 7.1. The new UI looks close to stock Android and it offers a simplified user interface. Oppo claims the ColourOS 7.1 is streamlined to offer a spacious look with its borderless design. The app icons are smaller now and the OS also offers tons of customization options in the form of themes and transition effects. The OS offers a dark mode that helps in reducing eye strain. The phone also supports Android 10 gestures that make navigating through apps and menus easier.
The Oppo A52 comes with a 6.5-inch full HD IPS display, running a resolution of 1080 x 2400. The IPS panel ensures faster response times and wider viewing angles. They render accurate colours and deliver outstanding screen consistency. This means, the A52 is a good choice for watching movies, reading e-books and playing games. The display is nearly edgeless with its 90.5 per cent screen-to-body ratio. The screen also features Oppo’s Eye Care mode, that automatically adjusts the screen brightness based on the ambient light. The display comes with 480 nits of brightness making it readable, outdoors.
The Oppo A52 sports a quad-camera configuration like most flagship smartphones. The primary camera is a 12MP unit that promises to click crisp and clear images, even in the darkest of settings. The secondary 8MP wide-angle camera offers a 119-degree field-of-view which is great for clicking landscape photos. The phone also has a 2MP macro camera that clicks close-up images. The list of rear cameras ends with an 2MP depth unit, with the purpose of clicking DSLR-like portrait photos.
The Oppo A52 promises to click great selfies with its 16MP front camera. The camera app comes with various modes such as AI detection, Smart HDR and Live photos. It also features a Pro Mode that lets you tweak the aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and exposure, to click professional photos. The camera supports EIS (Electronic Image Stability) that ensures steady photo and videos. Both, the front and rear camera support 4K video recording up to 30 fps.
Oppo ensures you never run of connectivity with the A52. This phone is a dual-SIM LTE device, and it comes with Wi-Fi 802.11ac for seamless wireless connectivity. The A52 also features Bluetooth 5.0 that offers improved speeds and wider range than older Bluetooth generations. It also allows to you to play audio on two connected devices at once. The Oppo A52’s dual-stereo speakers support Dirac 2.0 and they promise to deliver an immersive sound experience.
The Oppo A52 is a feature-packed phone, powered by its 5,000mAh battery. Oppo claims to deliver up to 12 hours of battery life even under heavy usage. Oppo also bundles a 18W fast charger which should fully charge the device in under an hour.
Many mid-range smartphones have similar designs, but the Oppo A52 manages to stand out. The large screen display with the punch-hole design feels like a flagship smartphone. The phone has everything you can expect from a mid-range device such as a powerful processor, a great screen and a quad-camera setup that clicks great pictures. All this can be yours for a price of Rs. 16,990*, making the Oppo A52 the perfect mid-range smartphone. The phone is available at your nearest Reliance Digital store, and you can also order it online from www.reliancedigital.in.
