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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 77.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | Android 10 |
| 2012-09-12 | 2020-06-19 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.44 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.77 ounces |
| Black and White | Black, Blue, Red and White |
| Aluminium | -- |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| 326 pixels per inch | 270 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Samsung Exynos 850 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Mali-G76 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 9.84 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 48.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.00 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 | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.47 | 10.78 |
| 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 |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A21s is just a bit better than Apple iPhone 5, with a 77.7 score against 71.7. The Galaxy A21s is a way newer device than Apple iPhone 5, but it's somewhat thicker and noticeably heavier. The Galaxy A21s counts with Android 10 OS, while Apple iPhone 5 counts with iOS 7.x OS. The Apple iPhone 5 features a much sharper display than Galaxy A21s, because although it has a lot smaller display and a way worse 1136 x 640 resolution, it also counts with a little bit better quantity of pixels in each inch of display.
The Galaxy A21s has a quite better processing power than iPhone 5, because it has 6 more cores and more RAM. Samsung Galaxy A21s has a very superior camera than Apple iPhone 5, and although they both have the same (Full HD) video definition and the same 30 frames per second video frame rate, the Samsung Galaxy A21s also has a bigger aperture to take better low-light photography and videos, a much higher resolution back facing camera and a lot bigger sensor which provides a much better image and video quality.
Galaxy A21s features a lot bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than iPhone 5, because although it has just 32 GB internal storage, it also counts with a slot for an SD memory card that supports a maximum of 512 GB. The Galaxy A21s counts with a much better battery life than Apple iPhone 5, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity.
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