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| Global Score | |
| 74.7 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS | -- |
| -- | 2017-01-13 |
| -- | 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches |
| -- | 5.61 ounces |
| -- | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Glass and Titanium | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.9 inches | 5.2 inches |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| -- | 424 pixels per inch |
| 2000 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 4.7 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| A18 Pro (3 nm) chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 6.3 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 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 | -- |
| 10.34 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.6 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 1.36 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.4 | 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 Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) is slightly better than Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max, having a general score of 75.8 against 74.7. Galaxy A5 (2017) features a much powerful CPU than iPhone 16 Pro Max, because although it has 5 GB less RAM, it also counts with more processing cores. The Galaxy A5 (2017) has a lot better display than iPhone 16 Pro Max, although it has a lot smaller screen.
The iPhone 16 Pro Max features a superior camera than Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a lot better (4K) video definition and a much more mega-pixels back-facing camera. The Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max features a way bigger memory to store more games and applications than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has no external memory card slot, it also counts with 224 GB more internal memory capacity.
The Galaxy A5 (2017) features a really longer battery lifetime than iPhone 16 Pro Max.
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