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| Global Score | |
| 93.2 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 15.x, 14.x | -- |
| 2020-11-13 | 2017-01-13 |
| 6.33 x 3.07 x 0.29 inches | 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches |
| 8.03 ounces | 5.61 ounces |
| Gold, Graphite, Pacific blue and Silver | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Glass and Stainless steel | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 1100.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.7 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 2778 x 1284 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 457 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| 1200 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9.4 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm) chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| 64-bit 64-bit (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 10.62 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.60 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 10.01 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3687mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 5.68 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The iPhone 12 Pro Max is much better than the Galaxy A5 (2017), with a overall score of 93.2 against 75.8. The iPhone 12 Pro Max is a a lot newer and just a bit thinner cellphone than Galaxy A5 (2017), although it's also a lot heavier. The iPhone 12 Pro Max has a sharper screen than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a bigger display, a better 1284 x 2778 resolution and a little greater count of pixels in each inch of screen.
The iPhone 12 Pro Max counts with a bigger storage capacity for games and applications than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has no SD memory card expansion slot, it also counts with 96 GB more internal storage capacity. IPhone 12 Pro Max features a greater processing power than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has a lower number of cores (but faster), it also counts with 3 GB more RAM and a 64 bits processing unit.
The Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max takes clearer videos and photos than Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has a back-facing camera with a way lower resolution, it also counts with a larger camera aperture and a way better 3840x2160 (4K) video definition. The Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max has longer battery performance than Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a 23% bigger battery capacity.
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