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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 82.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2012-09-12 | 2018-08-27 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Black and White | Black and White |
| Aluminium | Glass and Metal |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 8.47 | 10.01 |
| 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 |
| 7.2 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1440mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 225 hours standby time 8 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.2 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A8 Star is much better than the iPhone 5, getting a global score of 82.1 against 71.7. Galaxy A8 Star works with Android 9.0 Pie OS, while iPhone 5 has iOS 7.x OS. The Galaxy A8 Star is a a lot heavier cellphone than the iPhone 5, but both of them are equally thin. The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star features a quite better hardware performance than Apple iPhone 5, because it has a larger amount of RAM memory and a higher number of cores.
IPhone 5 features a brighter display than Galaxy A8 Star, although it has a much lower resolution of 1136 x 640px, a little worse pixel density and a way smaller display. Galaxy A8 Star features a superior storage for games and applications than Apple iPhone 5, and although they both have the same internal storage capacity, the Galaxy A8 Star also has a SD card slot that allows up to 400 GB.
The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star counts with a better camera than Apple iPhone 5, because it has a much bigger camera aperture to take better low-light captures and videos, a lot more mega pixels back camera, a much higher video quality and a bigger back-facing camera sensor which provides a better image and video quality.
Samsung Galaxy A8 Star has a much better battery life than iPhone 5, because it has a 3700mAh battery capacity.
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