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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 81.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | Android 10 |
| 2012-09-12 | 2020-04-27 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.27 x 2.88 x 0.34 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.53 ounces |
| Black and White | Prism Crush black, Prism Crush blue, Prism Crush red and Prism Crush white |
| Aluminium | Plastic |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 411 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | MediaTek Helio P65 MT6768 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A75 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Mali-G52 MC2 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 48.00 MP + 20.00 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 | 10.89 |
| 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, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A31 has an overall score of 81.3, which is better than the iPhone 5's 71.7 general score. Galaxy A31 comes with Android 10 OS, while iPhone 5 comes with iOS 7.x OS. Even though the Galaxy A31 is much newer than the iPhone 5, it's way heavier and thicker. IPhone 5 counts with a little more vivid screen than Samsung Galaxy A31, although it has a really smaller display, a little bit worse count of pixels per inch of display and a way worse resolution of 1136 x 640px.
Samsung Galaxy A31 features a superior memory capacity to install games and applications than Apple iPhone 5, and although they both have the same internal memory capacity, the Samsung Galaxy A31 also has a SD memory card expansion slot that holds a maximum of 512 GB. The Samsung Galaxy A31 counts with a superior processor than iPhone 5, because it has a greater number of cores and a larger amount of RAM memory.
The Galaxy A31 has a way better camera than iPhone 5, and although they both have the same video frame rates and the same 1920x1080 video definition, the Galaxy A31 also has a lot larger back camera sensor taking much better quality photographs and videos, a bigger aperture to take better photography and video in poorly lited situations and a camera in the back with a way higher 48 mega-pixels resolution.
The Galaxy A31 counts with a much longer battery life than iPhone 5, because it has a 247 percent larger battery size.
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