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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 85 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | Android 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2012-09-12 | 2019-06-18 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.11 x 2.91 x 0.31 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 5.93 ounces |
| Black and White | Midnight blue and Seawater blue |
| Aluminium | Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 326 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 SM6150 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 460, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Adreno 612 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.18 |
| 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 | 32.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 27.00mm 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 |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 10.78 |
| 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 | 3500mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 225 hours standby time 8 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.2 | 5.44 |
| 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 and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy M40 is much better than the Apple iPhone 5, having an 85 score against 71.7. The Samsung Galaxy M40 is a way newer device than Apple iPhone 5, although it is a little thicker and noticeably heavier. The Samsung Galaxy M40 counts with Android 10 operating system, while Apple iPhone 5 has iOS 7.x operating system.
IPhone 5 counts with a bit more vivid screen than Samsung Galaxy M40, although it has a way worse resolution of 1136 x 640, a just a little worse pixels density and a really smaller display. Galaxy M40 counts with a quite superior hardware performance than iPhone 5, because it has a larger number of faster cores and a higher amount of RAM memory.
Samsung Galaxy M40 has a way bigger storage for applications, games, photos and videos than iPhone 5, because it has 128 GB internal memory capacity and an external memory slot that supports up to 512 GB. The Galaxy M40 counts with a really longer battery duration than iPhone 5, because it has a 143% bigger battery size.
Samsung Galaxy M40 captures much better pictures and videos than iPhone 5, because it has a lot more mega pixels back facing camera, a lot better (4K) video definition, a bigger back camera sensor capturing higher quality photos and videos and a much larger camera aperture to capture better low light images and videos.
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