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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 79.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | -- |
| 2012-09-12 | 2018-01-06 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.07 ounces |
| Black and White | Black, Blue, Gold and Orchid grey |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 5.6 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 441 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.3 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 7885 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Mali-G71 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.70 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), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7.2 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1440mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 3000mAh Li - Polymer 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 5.0 |
| 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
The Galaxy A8 (2018) has a global score of 79.2, which is much better than iPhone 5's overall score of 71.7. Although Galaxy A8 (2018) is notably newer than iPhone 5, it's a little thicker and way heavier. The iPhone 5 features a bit more vivid screen than Galaxy A8 (2018), although it has a way worse resolution of 1136 x 640px, a really smaller screen and a much lower amount of pixels in each display inch.
The Galaxy A8 (2018) has a way bigger storage capacity to install games and applications than Apple iPhone 5, and although they both have exactly the same 64 GB internal memory, the Galaxy A8 (2018) also has a slot for external memory cards that allows up to 256 GB. The Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) features a superior hardware performance than iPhone 5, because it has a greater number of cores and a greater amount of RAM memory.
The Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) has a really longer battery lifetime than Apple iPhone 5, because it has a 108 percent larger battery capacity. Galaxy A8 (2018) counts with a slightly better camera than Apple iPhone 5, and although they both have the same 30 fps video frame rates and the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video definition, the Galaxy A8 (2018) also has a much bigger aperture and a camera with way more MP.
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