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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2012-09-12 | 2019-10-16 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.76 x 3.09 x 0.38 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 7.58 ounces |
| Black and White | Cyber shade |
| Aluminium | Aluminum |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | $ 600.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.7 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 385 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ SM8150-AC chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 485, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2960 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Adreno 640 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.81 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 48.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 7680 x 4320 (15 fps) video resolution |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 11.88 |
| 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 | 5000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 225 hours standby time 8 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.2 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The nubia Red Magic 3S is a little bit better than the iPhone 5, getting a general score of 75.8 against 71.7. Although nubia Red Magic 3S is newer than iPhone 5, it is thicker and heavier. Nubia Red Magic 3S works with Android 9.0 Pie operating system, while iPhone 5 has iOS 7.x operating system.
The Apple iPhone 5 features a bit more vivid display than nubia Red Magic 3S, although it has a way worse resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels, a way smaller screen and a quite inferior quantity of pixels per inch of display. Nubia Red Magic 3S counts with a better performance than Apple iPhone 5, because it has more RAM memory and a larger number of cores.
The nubia Red Magic 3S counts with a way bigger memory for apps and games than Apple iPhone 5, because it has 256 GB internal storage capacity. Nubia Red Magic 3S features a very superior camera than Apple iPhone 5, because it has a much bigger sensor providing a much higher image quality, a way bigger aperture, a lot higher video resolution and a lot higher 48 megapixels resolution camera in the back.
The nubia Red Magic 3S counts with a very superior battery life than Apple iPhone 5, because it has a 247% greater battery size.
Although nubia Red Magic 3S is a better device, it costs a lot more than the iPhone 5, and it doesn't have such a good price and quality relation as iPhone 5. So if you need that extra specs, you can buy nubia Red Magic 3S, else you can save a couple dollars and buy the iPhone 5, resigning some features and specifications.
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