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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 87.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | Android 11, 10 |
| 2012-09-12 | 2020-01-31 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.44 x 2.99 x 0.30 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.31 ounces |
| Black and White | Prism Crush black, Prism Crush blue, Prism Crush pink and Prism Crush white |
| Aluminium | Plastic and Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | $ 411.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.7 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED Plus |
| 326 pixels per inch | 393 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 SM7150-AA chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 470, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Adreno 618 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 64.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 12.21 |
| 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 | 4500mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 225 hours standby time 8 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.2 | 6.32 |
| 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 |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A71 has a score of 87.5, which is a lot better than Apple iPhone 5's 71.7 global score. The Galaxy A71 has Android 11 OS, while Apple iPhone 5 works with iOS 7.x OS. The Galaxy A71 construction has the same thickness than Apple iPhone 5, but it's incredibly heavier. IPhone 5 has a brighter screen than Galaxy A71, although it has a lot smaller display, a lot worse resolution of 1136 x 640 and a little less pixels per inch of screen.
Galaxy A71 has a faster processor than iPhone 5, because it has a larger amount of RAM memory and a greater number of faster cores. Samsung Galaxy A71 counts with a much better memory capacity to store more apps and games than iPhone 5, because it has a SD extension slot that admits a maximum of 512 GB and 128 GB internal storage.
The Galaxy A71 counts with a much better battery lifetime than iPhone 5, because it has 4500mAh of battery capacity instead of 1440mAh. The Galaxy A71 takes way better photographs and videos than iPhone 5, because it has a way better 3840x2160 video quality, a lot bigger back-facing camera sensor shooting lot better quality videos and photographs, a lot bigger camera aperture for better low-light images and video and a camera with lot more MP.
Galaxy A71 is way more expensive than iPhone 5, but it's still a great deal, as you can get a better phone for that extra money.
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