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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 86.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | Android 11, 10 |
| 2012-09-12 | 2020-03-05 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.27 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Black and White | Black, Blue and Red |
| Aluminium | Plastic and Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 420 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Exynos 9611 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 11.74 |
| 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 |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 12.1 |
| 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 | 6000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 225 hours standby time 8 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.2 | 7.52 |
| 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
Samsung Galaxy M31 has a score of 86.5, which is much better than the iPhone 5's global score of 71.7. Samsung Galaxy M31 has Android 11 OS, and iPhone 5 comes with iOS 7.x OS. The Samsung Galaxy M31 is a noticeably newer cellphone than the iPhone 5, but it is incredibly heavier and thicker. Samsung Galaxy M31 has a better hardware performance than Apple iPhone 5, because it has a larger number of cores (and also faster) and a greater amount of RAM memory.
The iPhone 5 has a bit better display than Samsung Galaxy M31, because although it has a way lower 1136 x 640 resolution, a really smaller screen and a little lower count of pixels per inch of screen, it also counts with a quite more brightness. The Samsung Galaxy M31 features a much greater storage capacity for games and applications than iPhone 5, and although they both have exactly the same 64 GB internal storage capacity, the Samsung Galaxy M31 also has a slot for SD memory cards that allows up to 512 GB.
Galaxy M31 takes much better pictures and videos than iPhone 5, because it has a way higher 3840x2160 video quality, a way larger sensor which offers a way higher image and video quality, a back-facing camera with much more mega-pixels and a way larger aperture to capture better photography and videos in low-light environments.
The Samsung Galaxy M31 has a really longer battery duration than Apple iPhone 5, because it has 6000mAh of battery capacity instead of 1440mAh.
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