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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 90.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Sony |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | Android 11 |
| 2012-09-12 | 2021-04-14 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.18 x 2.68 x 0.32 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 5.96 ounces |
| Black and White | Black, Green and Pink |
| Aluminium | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 6) and Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.1 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2520 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 449 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SM8350 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 680, 64-bit, 5 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Adreno 660 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 18.62 |
| 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 | 24.00mm 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 (120 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 10.89 |
| 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 | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7.2 | 10.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1440mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 4500mAh Nano SIM Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 225 hours standby time 8 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.2 | 6.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Xperia 5 III has a score of 90.5, which is much better than the Apple iPhone 5's 71.7 global score. Although Xperia 5 III is incredibly newer than the Apple iPhone 5, it is just a bit thicker and way heavier. The Xperia 5 III has Android 11 OS, and Apple iPhone 5 comes with iOS 7.x OS. Apple iPhone 5 features a little sharper display than Sony Xperia 5 III, although it has a way worse 1136 x 640 resolution, a lot smaller screen and a lot lower pixels quantity per inch in the display.
Xperia 5 III counts with a much greater memory for applications and games than Apple iPhone 5, because it has a SD memory slot that admits a maximum of 1 TB and 256 GB internal memory. Xperia 5 III has a superior processor than iPhone 5, because it has a greater amount of RAM memory and a larger number of cores.
The Xperia 5 III has a much better battery lifetime than Apple iPhone 5, because it has a 4500mAh battery capacity. The Xperia 5 III takes much clearer pictures and videos than iPhone 5, because it has a much bigger sensor providing a lot higher image quality, a lot larger camera aperture for better low light photos and video, a way higher 3840x2160 video resolution and a back-facing camera with much more mega pixels.
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