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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 83.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | -- |
| 2012-09-12 | 2018-03-16 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 5.81 x 2.70 x 0.33 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 5.75 ounces |
| Black and White | Burgundy red, Coral blue, Ice blue, Lilac purple, Midnight black, Sunrise gold and Titanium gray |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | $ 158.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 5.8 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2960 x 1440 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 568 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.54 |
| 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 | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.50 aperture |
| 33.00mm 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 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 10.23 |
| 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 | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 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 S9 has a global score of 83.3, which is much better than the Apple iPhone 5's 71.7 score. The Galaxy S9 design is way newer than Apple iPhone 5's, although it's just a little thicker and a lot heavier. Galaxy S9 features a screen that is just as good as the display in iPhone 5, although the Galaxy S9 also has a way bigger display, a lot higher 1440 x 2960 resolution and a way better display density.
Galaxy S9 features a much bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than iPhone 5, and although they both have exactly the same 64 GB internal storage, the Galaxy S9 also has a SD memory card expansion slot that admits up to 400 GB. The Samsung Galaxy S9 has a superior processing power than iPhone 5, because it has a larger amount of RAM memory and a higher number of cores (and also faster).
The Samsung Galaxy S9 counts with a really longer battery lifetime than iPhone 5, because it has a 3000mAh battery capacity. The Galaxy S9 features a lot better camera than iPhone 5, because it has a way bigger camera aperture for better low-light images and videos, a lot better resolution camera, a lot larger back camera sensor taking much higher quality videos and pictures and a lot better 3840x2160 video resolution.
The Galaxy S9 is not only the best devices of the ones in this comparison, but it's also by far the cheapest.
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