If you are still using the Galaxy A52 in 2024, you will have made good use of this mid-range smartphone from Samsung. Even if you're still happy with the Galaxy A52's performance after all this time, you'll end up having to leave it behind for safety reasons, if nothing else. When? Well, he doesn't have much time left.
Attention! The time to use the Galaxy A52 is running out!
These days, Galaxy device users often talk about how Samsung offers the best firmware support on the market. But it wasn't always like this and, unfortunately, your Galaxy A52 belongs to a bygone era.
The Galaxy A52 was one of the last devices to guarantee support for three major operating system updates and four years of security patches. A year after the launch of the A52, Samsung improved its policy to include four operating system updates and five years of security updates.
And now, for certain phones, we're looking at an impressive seven operating system updates and eight years of security updates.
Why are security patches important?
No device or system is completely protected against malicious attacks, but regular security patches prevent devices from becoming major security risks for their users. Unfortunately, companies can't keep devices indefinitely.
The Galaxy A52 has already received its last major operating system update with Android 14. It will not receive another. In relative terms, the Galaxy A52 is protected by Samsung's security patches for another year, until March 2025.
After that, Samsung may still issue critical security updates for your Galaxy A52 in extreme cases. But aside from unusual events that may or may not happen, your Galaxy A52 will no longer receive new security patches on a schedule starting early next year
In relative terms, this will be the moment when your device becomes insecure. You can still use it, but you may become more vulnerable to malicious attacks than before. And that's when you might want to switch to a new phone, even if performance or battery life aren't an issue for you.