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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | -- |
| 2012-09-12 | 2017-01-13 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 5.61 ounces |
| Black and White | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Aluminium | Glass and Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.47 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7.2 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1440mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion 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 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy A5 (2017) is a little bit better than the iPhone 5, getting a 75.8 score against 71.7. Galaxy A5 (2017)'s construction is way newer, but a lot heavier and just a little thicker than the iPhone 5. IPhone 5 features a slightly better screen than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), although it has a really smaller screen, a just a bit worse number of pixels per inch in the display and a way worse resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels.
Galaxy A5 (2017) has a little faster processor than iPhone 5, because it has more RAM memory and 6 more cores. Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) counts with a quite bigger storage capacity to install games and applications than iPhone 5, because although it has less internal memory capacity, it also counts with an external SD slot that allows up to 256 GB.
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) counts with a much better battery life than iPhone 5, because it has a 108% greater battery capacity. The Galaxy A5 (2017) has a slightly better camera than iPhone 5, and although they both have the same video frame rates and the same 1920x1080 video definition, the Galaxy A5 (2017) also has a way larger aperture and a camera with much more MP.
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