Review of smartphone Oppo A52: survivor with stereo sound

This smartphone has a good autonomy, which provides capacious battery with support for fast charging technology Dirac 2.0, which enables high-quality sound through stereo speakers. It is also worth noting LTPS IPS screen with a narrow frame, photo modules with the AI functions, availability of NFC interface and the 5-GHz band Wi-Fi, separate slot for memory card, and a fingerprint scanner, combined with the power button/lock. In this review, Oppo A52 and understand all its pros and cons .

In mid-June, the company Oppo has announced the launch of sales of the new A-series smartphones in Russia. Among the announced models hit the A52 and A72 A91. According to the manufacturer, for example, A52 “is ideal for movie fans who do not leave the TV shows and movies wherever they may be located.”

review of the Oppo A52: technical characteristically: СРН2069ОС: Android 10 (Q) + shell ColorOS 7.1 CPU: 8-core, 11 nm LPP, 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 (4 Kryo 260 Gold, up to 2.0 GHz + 4 Kryo 260 Silver, up to 1.8 GHz), Spectra 165, Hexagon 686Графический co-processor: Adreno 610Оперативная memory: 4 Gbpuat for data storage: 64 GB, UFS 2.1, hybrid slot for memory cards microSD/HC/XC (up to 256GB)Display: capacitive, IPS-matrix, diagonal 6.5 inch, resolution FHD+ (2400х1080 points 20:9), the density of pixels per inch ppi 405, the brightness of 480 nits, contrast 500 1:1Интерфейсы: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz) 1×1 MIMO, wifi Direct, Bluetooth 5.0, USB (USB 2.0, OTG, charge/sync) NFC, 3.5 mm audio connectorcable photos module: main camera — 12 MP (1/2.8 inches, the 1.25 µm), lens (f/1.8, phase detection autofocus); supporting camera (DoF) — 2 MP (1/5 inch to 1.75 µm), lens (f/2.4); supersonicpayday (Ultra-Wide) camera — 8 MP (1/4-inch, 1,12 m), lens (f/2.2, angle of 119 degrees); macro-camera — 2 MP (1/5 inch to 1.75 µm), lens (f/2.4); led flash; video 2160p/1080p@30fps, slow motion 120 fps, electronic stabilization 1080рФронтальный for photos module: 8 MP (optical size 1/3.1, 1.0 µm), aperture f/2.0, wide-angle lens, 1080p videos@30 fpsСеть: 2G, 3G (HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps), 4G, LTE-FDD: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28; TD-LTE: 38, 40, 41Конфигурация slot: nanoSIM (4FF format) + nanoSIM (4FF format) + microSD/HC/Hereim work of SIM-cards: Dual SIM Dual Standby (DSDS)Navigation: GPS/GLONASS/BDS/Galileo, A-GPSЗвук: stereo speakers, technology Dirac 2.0 Sensors: accelerometer, light sensors and proximity, geomagnetic sensor, fingerprint getcheckstate: non-removable, lithium-polymer, 5 000 mAh, quick charge, 18 Tzveta: black, believability: 162х75,5×8,9 weight: 192 g

review of the Oppo A52: design, ergonomics

If the frame and back panel in Oppo A52 cost the usual plastic, then the screen of course protected by tempered glass with the look 2.5 D. According to unofficial information, it is Corning Gorilla Glass 3. In addition, in a further step, the protective film is used.

the Manufacturer says that the choice of colors for this model, and only two of them — with the names “white” and “black” was inspired by Arctic nature. On the test we got the camera in black colour, designed to remind you of the polar star of the night. By the way, the white color should be associated with the radiance of the glacier. Without this clarification, will probably not understand why the Navy blue color we call black, and blue-green — white.

the overall dimensions of the smartphone plan 162х75,5 mm directly linked to a 6.5-inch screen, predictably received the “cinematic” aspect ratio (20:9).

At a thickness of 8.9 mm and weights 192 g don’t forget that Oppo A52 is equipped with a built-in battery capacity of 5,000 mAh. Protection case against dust or moisture he has not provided.

Width of the side part is only of 1.73 mm, and the usable screen area at 90.5%. In the upper left corner of the display provided a round cutout for the front camera, and just at the junction of the upper end of the housing with protective glass has a small thin slit for the speaker grille.

At the bottom of the screen reserved for the control panel with virtual buttons that you can hide, or even reject them, and the whole navigation to make two-sided swipe gestures.

On the right side in a small recess there is a power button/lock, combined with a capacitive fingerprint scanner.

On the left edge, just above the two volume control buttons, was the slot with the tray where the allocated space for the simultaneous placement of not only both modules subscriber identity (with a nanoSIM card), but also expansion cards microSD.

On the lower end of the connector USB Type-C (USB 2.0) surround the hole for the “conversational” microphone and 3.5 mm audio connector, as well as decorative multimedia speaker grille.

the Upper end of the CCPtwat.

the Lower part of the back panel adorned with the Oppo logo, and the accompanying text next you can find out the company name, model number and country of origin.

the Rear photo-the module is rendered in the upper left part, where the island on a rectangular projection with rounded corners are four lens in the form of Latin letter L. There was a place for the led flash and the explanatory inscriptions AI Camera.

Glossy plastic case Oppo A52, especially in the black color is to hide the silicone clip case, prudently included with this smartphone.

review of the Oppo A52: screen

Oppo A52 received Neo Display — 6.5-inch screen with round perforation in the upper left corner under the selfie camera. At maximum resolution FHD+ (2400х1080 points 20:9) LTPS IPS-matrix the density of pixels per inch ppi is about 405. For the manufacture of screen uses In-Cell technology (option One Glass Solution), which prevents the additional air layer. It is believed that in addition to a good anti-reflective properties, thus provides better contrast and color reproduction. Wide viewing angles are accompanied by typical contrast ratio (500 1:1) and brightness of 480 nits.

to Adjust the brightness either manually or automatically, activating the switch “auto adjust brightness”. For the power saving mode dimming towhich can be activated for third-party applications include manual and scheduled. In the tab “vision Care” the intensity of the blue filter (“Color temperature of the screen”), proposed to be inserted in a specific time is selected in the range of “cold-warm”. One of the effects of display allows you to protect your eyesight, without reducing the chroma. The technology used is certified by TV Rheinland, promises long-term work with a smartphone without strain to the eyes.

review of the Oppo A52: camera

In the budget smartphones for photos of the modules frequently refer to the sensor company OmniVision, which are the good alternative products of Samsung and Sony.

According to unofficial information, with the Quartet of rear camera with support for s-functions the main party takes 12-megapixel sensor OV12A10, complemented by a bright lens (aperture f/1.8) with phase detect autofocus. For the auxiliary (“portrait”) DoF camera store 2-megapixel sensor (OV02B) and a lens with an aperture of f/2.4.

Supersonicpayday camera with 8-megapixel sensor OV08B and lens with aperture f/2.2 has a viewing angle of 119 degrees. The camera is based on a 2-megapixel sensor (OV02B) and wide angle c lens aperture f/2.4.

fans of the selfie has got front facing camera on the basis of the 8-megapixel sensor and a bright lens with aperture f/2.0 (OV08A10). As in the rear of the photo module, the AI-the functions here are designed to help HDR mode, as well as in scene recognition.

In the application interface “Camera” on the lower part of the viewfinder placed inselect one of the main modes, exchangeable horizontal swipe — “the Night”, “Video”, “Photo” and “Portrait”. In the “Photo” icon at the top of the screen allow you to define the flash, mode HDR, colour saturation, filter or transition settings. The brightness of the image changes the vertical swipe (up or down) next to the circles focus. In the settings easily, for example, to select the aspect ratio of the picture, but zooming in the photos module, alas, only digital.

Night mode characterized by multi-frame noise reduction, and shutter speed, available only for the rear photos of the module.

the transition to the macro mode automatically when a certain focusing distance. Tap on the icon “More” opens access to additional modes, including “Expert” (Pro), which offers manual adjustment of ISO, exposure, white balance, focus and exposure compensation steps. In the Portrait, in addition to a set of filters, you can use the adjust the background blur.

Both photos module write video FHD 1080p@30 fps, but as a rear-can be upgraded to 4K UHD 2160p@30 fps. Compatible compression provides a standard H. 264/AVC codec and reduce the file size — H. 265/HEVC, in this case the right is selected in the settings. The content is stored in file containers MP4 (AVC/HEVC — video, AAC — audio). Available slow motion (120 fps) and time lapses.

the Developers emphasize usedissuemy the stabilization algorithm, the switch for this option in the settings is missing. A pre-application Soloop will help you to edit the captured videos. In addition, this program is able to impose to the beat of the background music, add transition effects, subtitles, etc. sample images from the rear photo-module can be viewed here.

review of the Oppo A52: sound

the Smartphone boasts a fairly good quality and loud (80 dB) stereo sound “conversational” and “multimedia” speakers, as the audio path Oppo A52 was created in partnership with renowned Swedish company Dirac. Canal wired headphones is certified for Hi-Res Audio (24 bit/192 kHz). The results of the work presented, as the technology of Dirac 2.0. In the settings available function Real HD Sound (the company has Dirac technology Dirac HD Sound) with a Quartet of presets — “Smart”, “Movies”, “Game” and “Music”. When you connect the wired headphones in the last case available also a 7-band equalizer. The voice Recorder captures conversations in the files of the MP3 format, allowing you to leave the sound on these tracks mark time. It will also help you to record phone calls. For the FM tuner, no recording of online broadcasts required shortwave antenna, which is usually a wired audio headset.

For the wireless broadcast of the audio signal in good quality in the Arsenal supported Bluetooth codecs — AAC, aptX/aptX HD and LDAC. The installed app “Music” with the claim for energy efficiency (support for “dark” themes) is able to play high quality FLAC extension.

review of the Oppo A52: filling, productivity

Oppo A52 is based on the well-proven machines in the middle price segment of the mobile platform Qualcomm Snapdragon 665. Of its eight cores Kryo 260, is made subject to the design standards of 11 nm, four (Gold, based on ARM Cortex-A73, up to 2 GHz) are responsible for the performance, and the remaining Quartet (Silver, a derivative of the ARM Cortex-A53, up to 1.8 GHz) is responsible for the efficiency. Graphics operations takes over the accelerator Adreno 610 with support for Vulcan 1.1, while increasing energy efficiency by 20%. The architecture also provides twice more powerful than its predecessor, the signal processor Hexagon 686 and a relatively simple image processor 165 Spectra. The integrated X12 LTE modem is designed to provide download speed up to 600 Mbps, and transmission up to 150 Mbit/S. in addition, support wireless communication, satellite navigation and quick charge Quick Charge 3.0. The basic configuration of the Oppo A52 complement the 4 GB of RAM LPDDR4x.

Test Oppo A52. The results in the benchmark AnTuTu

Test Oppo A52. The results in the benchmark GeekBench

Test Oppo A52. The results in 3DMark

Built-in repository on the basis of the UFS 2.1 with a size of 64 GB can be easily expanded with memory cards microSD/HC/XC up to 256 GB of which is allocated a separate place. That is why it does not prevent the simultaneous installation of two nanoSIM-cards. Support USB OTG to connect the Oppo A52 flash drives, including those with SMI controller (with USB Type A and USB Type-C connectors — Dual USB). The volume of the connected external drive can reach 2 TB (support NTFS formatting). Previously in the settings, you activate the OTG mode, which shuts off automatically after 10 minutes of inactivity.

For the cellular 4G version of the Russian ranges of the LTE-FDD (b3, b7 and b20), as well as LTE-TDD (b38). Of wireless communications it is also worth noting wifi 5 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz), Bluetooth 5.0 and NFC.

the Interface will be useful for NFC contactless payments (Google Pay), content sharing and easy connection to the appropriate accessories. And here in a duet with the application “Transport card of Moscow” it will help to know the balance of the “Troika”.

in Addition to the coordination of cellular and Wi-Fi mode (A-GPS), in determining the location and navigation will help satellite systems GPS, GLONASS, BDS and Galileo.

review of the Oppo A52: autonomy

In Oppo A52 installed non-removable lithium-polymer battery high-capacity 5,000 mAh. So for almost any reasonable usage scenario of the smartphone stored energy, certainly enough for a whole day. To quickly fill the battery “under the neck” is a 18-watt adapter OP92KAEH (5 V/2 A, 9 V/2 A) compatible with the specification Quick Charge 3.0. With its task it copes in about two hours. Besides, in just 45 minutes the capacity is filled approximately halfway. A fully charged battery to deliver up to 34 hours of telephone conversations, up to 7 hours of video viewing and up to 50 hours of music audio. Playback test videos in MP4 format (hardware decoding) at full brightness every hour reduces the battery charge is approximately 7.5% (option intelligent power saving enabled).

In the section “the Battery” (“Battery”) is to select the power-saving settings, to determine the function of high productivity, and to use optimization hints.

review of the Oppo A52: the features of the software

Oppo A52 Smartphone running the Android operating system 10, which interface replaces a proprietary shell ColorOS 7.1. The developers pay attention to the comfort mode dimming (“dark” mode), which is activated even with quick switches and reduces overall battery consumption.

the notification Center in this launcher combined with quick switches, where is the slider to adjust the brightness, accessed using swipe from the top of the screen.

Card running apps are listed in a single row with the possibility of horizontal scrolling. One program is removed from memory with a swipe of her card up. But for simultaneous closing of all applications use the icon “Remove” at the bottom of the screen. To display total and available memory, withshould activate the corresponding option in the “advanced settings” in the “recent task Manager”. On the tab “home screen Mode”, in addition to simplified, provides a standard mode (all program shortcuts are assembled on the work tables) mode and “box” with a separate menu (screen) applications. In this section — “home screen Wallpaper” is proposed to define a style for app icons.

On the tab “navigation Buttons” selects the method of control — through bilateral swipe gestures or virtual buttons. In this section, “Convenience” are collected and other tools that facilitate administration. Thus, the “Convenient button” that offers smartphone control with gestures or via a special menu. In turn, the side of the smart bar, you can set the transparency and position, designed for quick access to tools and selected applications, as well as to switch to the split screen mode.

As already noted, the fingerprint sensor combined with the power button/lock. With this arrangement, the platform scanning the advantage is given to the thumb of the right hand thumb or the left. At the same time, to unlock off screen, you can choose a light touch or a strong touch.

the Option “Turn on screen when picked up” is recommended for face recognition using the front camera, the performance of which did not disappoint even in low-light conditions. As the papillary pattern, the acquired biometric information can be used to protect applications and access personal safety Deposit box. For convenience STOit is important to mark the option “Automatic unlock”.

review of the Oppo A52: buy, insights

Among the main feature of the Oppo A52 can be called good battery life, which is very high capacity built-in battery with support for fast charging, well and good efficiency of all the hardware, of course. In addition, it is worth noting the sound quality associated with the Dirac technology 2.0 and stereo speakers that have smartphones in the medium price range, generally speaking, uncommon. Among the key features should distinguish a good LTPS IPS screen with a narrow frame, photo modules with the AI functions, availability of NFC interface and the 5-GHz band Wi-Fi, separate slot for memory card, also has a fingerprint scanner, combined with the power button/lock.

the disadvantages of the smartphone include soiled plastic case and very modest, by today’s standards, the performance of the CPU.

In the official online store Oppo at the time of testing for model A52 asked for 17 990 rubles. For the same money (17 990 rubles) large retail chains can be purchased, for example, at 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S in the same memory configuration (4GB/64GB), who in April scored in the top five most efficient models in the medium price segment. This device, compared to Oppo A52, was not only “rapid-fire” processor, but more advanced cameras, including 48 megapixel sensor in the rear of the photo module. Fingerprint scanners are both contenders are built into the power button/lock, and battery capacity and power quick chargers they have, perhaps, the parity. However, unlike his opponent, Oppo A52 boasts stereo sound built-in speaker.

the outcome of the review Oppo A52

Pros:

Good LTPS IPS screen with narrow racemate-modules with AI-functioniong capacity battery with support for 18-watt sharedkeyverify NFC and 5 GHz band Wi-FiОтдельный slot memory card microSDДактилоскопический scanner, combined with button on/blokirovanie technology Dirac 2.0

Cons:

Soiled plastic corpuscula performance Text: News.Hi-tech