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Apple iPhone 5s
CDMAA1533
| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 79.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2013-09-10 | 2019-04-10 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 5.69 x 2.72 x 0.31 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 4.94 ounces |
| Black, Gold and Gray | Black, Blue, Coral and White |
| Aluminium | Plastic and Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 205.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 5.9 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 437 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Exynos 7904 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone ARMv8 (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9.27 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 16.00 MP + 25.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 29.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") 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 |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.69 | 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, Dual SIM |
| 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1570mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3100mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.36 | 5.12 |
| 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
The Galaxy A40 has an overall score of 79.6, which is slightly better than iPhone 5s's 75.5 score. Galaxy A40 is a extremely newer cellphone than iPhone 5s, but it is notably heavier and just a bit thicker. The Galaxy A40 works with Android 11 operating system, while iPhone 5s comes with iOS 8.x operating system.
Apple iPhone 5s features a little more vivid display than Samsung Galaxy A40, although it has a way worse 1136 x 640 resolution, a lot worse display pixels density and a lot smaller display. The Galaxy A40 has a much greater memory capacity for applications and games than Apple iPhone 5s, and although they both have exactly the same 64 GB internal storage, the Galaxy A40 also has a slot for external memory cards that admits up to 512 GB.
IPhone 5s counts with a little better processing power than Samsung Galaxy A40, because although it has less and slower cpu cores and lesser RAM memory, it also counts with an additional graphics co-processor and a 64 bits processing unit. Galaxy A40 has just a bit better camera than Apple iPhone 5s, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same video resolution, the Galaxy A40 also has a lot larger aperture to take better low light captures and videos, a larger camera sensor which offers a better image and video quality and a lot more mega-pixels camera in the back.
The Galaxy A40 features a much better battery duration than iPhone 5s, because it has a 3100mAh battery capacity instead of 1570mAh.
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