Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 70.1 | 83.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | -- |
| 2012-09-12 | 2019-03-15 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.24 x 2.93 x 0.30 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 5.86 ounces |
| Black and White | Black, Blue, Coral and White |
| Aluminium | Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 200.00 | $ 202.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 9610 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 25.00 MP + 25.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 10.12 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7.2 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1440mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 225 hours standby time 8 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.2 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy A50 is better than the iPhone 5, getting a score of 83.8 against 70.1. The Samsung Galaxy A50 is a much heavier cellphone than iPhone 5, but they have the same thickness. The iPhone 5 counts with a slightly better looking display than Samsung Galaxy A50, although it has a quite worse pixels count per inch of screen, a lot worse resolution of 1136 x 640 and a way smaller display.
Galaxy A50 counts with a superior memory capacity to install games and applications than iPhone 5, because it has more internal memory capacity and a SD memory slot that allows a maximum of 512 GB. The Galaxy A50 features a quite better processing power than Apple iPhone 5, because it has 3,01 GB more RAM and a higher number of cores.
Galaxy A50 features a superior camera than iPhone 5, and although they both have the same 30 frames per second video frame rate and the same 1920x1080 video quality, the Galaxy A50 also has a much more megapixels back camera, a much larger camera aperture and a larger sensor providing a higher image quality.
The Galaxy A50 has a superior battery performance than iPhone 5, because it has a 178% bigger battery size.
The Galaxy A50 is a little more expensive than iPhone 5, but you can get a better phone for that extra dollars.
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