Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 70 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | -- |
| 2013-09-10 | 2018-05-22 |
| 4.90 x 2.33 x 0.35 inches | 5.90 x 2.79 x 0.30 inches |
| 4.66 ounces | 5.71 ounces |
| Blue, Green, Pink, White and Yellow | Black, Blue, Gold and Lavender |
| Polycarbonate | Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 209.00 | $ 109.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 5.6 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 1480 x 720 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 294 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 7.3 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7884 chipset |
| Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX 543MP3 GPU | Mali-T830 MP1 GPU |
| 8.19 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 9.44 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.47 | 9.46 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1507mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.28 | 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, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy A6 has a score of 75.8, which is a little bit better than the Apple iPhone 5c's 70 overall score. The Galaxy A6 body is newer and thinner than Apple iPhone 5c's, although it is also heavier. The iPhone 5c features a much more vibrant screen than Samsung Galaxy A6, because although it has a bit worse resolution of 1136 x 640px and a really smaller screen, it also counts with a little better pixel density.
The Galaxy A6 has a way bigger storage capacity to install games and applications than Apple iPhone 5c, and although they both have the same internal storage capacity, the Galaxy A6 also has an external memory card slot that supports a maximum of 400 GB. Samsung Galaxy A6 has a bit faster processor than Apple iPhone 5c, because it has 6 more CPU cores and a greater amount of RAM.
The Samsung Galaxy A6 features a superior camera than iPhone 5c, and although they both have the same video frame rates and the same 1920x1080 video resolution, the Samsung Galaxy A6 also has a bigger camera sensor, a back camera with much more megapixels and a lot larger aperture to take better images in low light environments.
Samsung Galaxy A6 has a very superior battery duration than iPhone 5c, because it has 3000mAh of battery capacity instead of 1507mAh.
In addition to being the best phone of the ones we are comparing, Galaxy A6 is also by far the cheapest, which makes buying this phone an easy decision.
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