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Apple iPhone 5s
CDMAA1533
| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 82 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | -- |
| 2013-09-10 | 2018-10-26 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 5.94 x 2.98 x 0.33 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.84 ounces |
| Black, Gold and Gray | Black, Blue, Red, Rose gold, White and Yellow |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 205.00 | $ 749.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.1 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 1792 x 828 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 326 pixels per inch | 324 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 625 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 (7 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone ARMv8 (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 9.27 | 10.26 |
| 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 | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 29.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") 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 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.69 | 10.12 |
| 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, Dual SIM |
| 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1570mAh Li-Ion Battery | 2942mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.36 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPhone XR has a global score of 82, which is a bit better than iPhone 5s's score of 75.5. IPhone XR's construction is a lot newer, but much heavier and just a bit thicker than iPhone 5s. The iPhone 5s counts with a little more vivid display than iPhone XR, because although it has a way worse resolution of 1136 x 640px, a way smaller display and much lower brightness, it also counts with a just a bit greater display pixels density.
The iPhone 5s and the iPhone XR both have extremely similar memory capacity to store more apps and games, both have exactly the same internal memory capacity. Apple iPhone XR counts with a quite better performance than iPhone 5s, because although it has doesn't have an extra graphics processing unit, and they both have a 64-bit processing unit, the Apple iPhone XR also counts with 2 GB more RAM and more processing cores.
The iPhone XR takes better videos and photos than iPhone 5s, because it has a bigger camera sensor capturing higher quality photos, a bigger diafragm aperture to capture better low light photos and videos, a camera in the back with a lot better 12 MP resolution and a lot better 3840x2160 video quality.
Apple iPhone XR has a much better battery life than Apple iPhone 5s, because it has an 87% larger battery size.
Although iPhone XR is a better device, it costs a lot more money than iPhone 5s, and it doesn't have such a good price and quality relation as the iPhone 5s. If you prefer to save some money, you can get iPhone 5s, letting go some specs and features, but you will get the most out of your budget.
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