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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 77.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Asus |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | -- |
| 2012-09-12 | 2018-10-29 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.25 x 3.00 x 0.34 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 7.05 ounces |
| Black and White | Black |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | $ 1099.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2160 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 550 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2960 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.72 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 512 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 17.6 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 24.00mm 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 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 3.63 |
| 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 - Polymer 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
The Asus ROG Phone has an overall score of 77.1, which is a bit better than the iPhone 5's 71.7 general score. Although Asus ROG Phone is newer than iPhone 5, it is somewhat thicker and heavier. Apple iPhone 5 has a bit more vivid screen than Asus ROG Phone, although it has less bright screen, a really smaller display, a bit worse quantity of pixels per inch of display and a much lower resolution of 1136 x 640px.
Asus ROG Phone features a quite better performance than iPhone 5, because it has a higher amount of RAM memory and more processing cores. The Asus ROG Phone has a much greater storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPhone 5, because it has 448 GB more internal memory.
The iPhone 5 features a greater camera than Asus ROG Phone, although it has a lot tinier camera aperture which is not recommended for shooting photographs and videos in poorly lited situations, worse video frame rates and a lot smaller camera sensor capturing much worse quality photographs and videos, they both have the same video definition.
Asus ROG Phone features a much better battery performance than iPhone 5, because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity.
Although Asus ROG Phone is a better device, it costs a lot more than iPhone 5, and it doesn't have such a good quality/price relation as iPhone 5. So if you want that extra features and specs, you can buy Asus ROG Phone, else you can save some money and get the iPhone 5, giving up a couple features and specs.
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