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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 83 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2012-09-12 | 2017-09-15 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.40 x 2.94 x 0.34 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.88 ounces |
| Black and White | Deep Sea blue, Maple gold, Midnight black and Orchid gray |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | $ 440.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2960 x 1440 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 522 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 280, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2350 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Adreno 540 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.36 |
| 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 | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") 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 | 9.79 |
| 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 | 3300mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 225 hours standby time 8 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.2 | 5.28 |
| 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 |
Comparison review
Galaxy Note8 is better than Apple iPhone 5, with an 83 score against 71.7. Even though the Galaxy Note8 is incredibly newer than Apple iPhone 5, it's much heavier and somewhat thicker. Galaxy Note8 counts with Android 9.0 Pie OS, and Apple iPhone 5 works with iOS 7.x OS. The Samsung Galaxy Note8 features a better CPU than Apple iPhone 5, because it has a higher amount of RAM memory and 6 more CPU cores.
The iPhone 5 has a little more vivid display than Galaxy Note8, although it has a lot smaller screen, a lot worse resolution of 1136 x 640px and a much worse pixels number per inch in the display. Samsung Galaxy Note8 shoots better videos and photos than Apple iPhone 5, because it has a lot more megapixels back-facing camera, a much higher video definition, a lot larger diafragm aperture and a way larger sensor taking much higher quality pictures and videos.
The Galaxy Note8 has a much greater memory capacity to store more games and applications than Apple iPhone 5, and although they both have equal 64 GB internal memory, the Galaxy Note8 also has a slot for SD memory cards that holds a maximum of 256 GB. The Galaxy Note8 features a much longer battery lifetime than Apple iPhone 5, because it has a 3300mAh battery capacity instead of 1440mAh.
Galaxy Note8 costs a lot more than Apple iPhone 5, but you can get a better phone for that few extra dollars.
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