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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1429A1429
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 78.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2012-09-12 | 2019-05-07 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 5.96 x 2.76 x 0.32 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 5.19 ounces |
| Black and White | Black, Purple and White |
| Aluminium | Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 600.00 | $ 186.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 5.6 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 441 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 SDM670 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 360, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Adreno 615 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 12.20 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 28.00mm 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 | 3000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 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 |
Comparison review
Google Pixel 3a is a little bit better than the iPhone 5, having a 78.8 score against 71.7. The Google Pixel 3a works with Android 11 OS, and iPhone 5 has iOS 7.x OS. Google Pixel 3a's construction is extremely newer than iPhone 5's, although it's a little bit thicker and a lot heavier. Google Pixel 3a features a superior hardware performance than iPhone 5, because it has a larger amount of RAM and a higher number of cores (and also faster).
The iPhone 5 counts with a little sharper display than Google Pixel 3a, although it has a lot lower 1136 x 640 resolution, a way worse display pixel density and a much smaller display. The Google Pixel 3a has as much memory capacity to store more games and applications as the iPhone 5, both of them have exactly the same 64 GB internal storage capacity.
The Google Pixel 3a has a much longer battery performance than Apple iPhone 5, because it has 3000mAh of battery capacity. Google Pixel 3a shoots much clearer photos and videos than Apple iPhone 5, because it has a lot larger sensor, a much better 3840x2160 video resolution, a much larger camera aperture and a much better 12.2 mega pixels resolution back facing camera.
The Google Pixel 3a not only is the best phones between the ones we are comparing, but it's also by far the cheapest, making buying this phone an easy decision.
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