Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 78.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2012-09-12 | 2019-05-07 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 5.96 x 2.76 x 0.32 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 5.19 ounces |
| Black and White | Black, Purple and White |
| Aluminium | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 445.00 | $ 186.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 5.6 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 441 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 SDM670 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 360, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Adreno 615 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 12.20 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 28.00mm focal length |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 9.79 |
| 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 |
| 7.2 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1440mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 3000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 225 hours standby time 8 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.2 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Google Pixel 3a is slightly better than the Apple iPhone 5, getting a overall score of 78.8 against 71.7. The Google Pixel 3a design is much newer, but a little thicker and incredibly heavier than Apple iPhone 5. Google Pixel 3a counts with Android 11 operating system, and Apple iPhone 5 works with iOS 7.x operating system.
Google Pixel 3a has a faster processing unit than Apple iPhone 5, because it has a higher amount of RAM memory and more CPU cores. The iPhone 5 features a little bit better looking display than Google Pixel 3a, although it has a lot smaller display, a much lower pixel amount per screen inch and a way worse resolution of 1136 x 640.
The Google Pixel 3a counts with a better camera than iPhone 5, because it has a much bigger camera aperture, a lot higher (4K) video resolution, a back-facing camera with much more megapixels and a lot bigger camera sensor shooting way higher quality videos and photographs. The Apple iPhone 5 and the Google Pixel 3a have really similar storage capacity for applications and games, both have the same 64 GB internal memory.
The Google Pixel 3a has a really longer battery life than Apple iPhone 5, because it has 3000mAh of battery capacity against 1440mAh.
The Google Pixel 3a not only is the best devices in this comparison, but it's also very cheap compared to the other ones, which makes it a great choice.
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