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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 | 6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.56 ounces |
| Black and White | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 386 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 7.9 |
| 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 | -- |
| 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 | 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 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1440mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 3600mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 225 hours standby time 8 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.2 | 5.6 |
| 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 A7 (2017) is a little bit better than the iPhone 5, getting a 75.8 score against 71.7. Galaxy A7 (2017)'s design is newer than iPhone 5's, although it's noticeably heavier and a little thicker. Galaxy A7 (2017) features a bit faster CPU than iPhone 5, because it has 2,01 GB more RAM memory and more cpu cores.
Apple iPhone 5 has a brighter screen than Galaxy A7 (2017), although it has a little worse display density, a really smaller display and a way worse resolution of 1136 x 640px. Galaxy A7 (2017) has a little bit better camera than iPhone 5, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video quality and the same video frame rate, the Galaxy A7 (2017) also has a way larger aperture for better photography and videos in poorly lited environments and a back-facing camera with lot more mega pixels.
The Galaxy A7 (2017) counts with a quite bigger memory for applications and games than Apple iPhone 5, because although it has just 32 GB internal memory capacity, it also counts with a slot for an SD memory card that admits a maximum of 256 GB. Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) has a really longer battery life than iPhone 5, because it has a 150% larger battery capacity.
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