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Apple iPhone 5s
CDMAA1533
| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 87 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | Android 11, 10 |
| 2013-09-10 | 2020-11-06 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.47 x 2.99 x 0.34 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.81 ounces |
| Black, Gold and Gray | Prism Dot black, Prism Dot grey and Prism Dot white |
| Aluminium | -- |
| $ 205.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.6 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 266 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G SM7225 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone ARMv8 (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 570, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Adreno 619 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 15.38 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 29.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.69 | 11.11 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7.1 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1570mAh Li-Ion Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.36 | 6.8 |
| 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 |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy A42 has an overall score of 87, which is much better than iPhone 5s's 75.5 general score. The Samsung Galaxy A42 has Android 11 OS, while iPhone 5s comes with iOS 8.x OS. The Samsung Galaxy A42 body is noticeably newer, but much heavier and thicker than iPhone 5s. The iPhone 5s features a much sharper screen than Samsung Galaxy A42, because although it has a way worse resolution of 1136 x 640px and a way smaller screen, it also counts with a quite higher display pixels density.
The iPhone 5s has a little bit better processing power than Samsung Galaxy A42, because although it has a smaller amount of RAM and an inferior number of slower cores, it also counts with a 64-bit processing unit and an additional GPU. Galaxy A42 captures way better videos and photos than iPhone 5s, because it has a bigger camera aperture to take better low-light photography and video, a lot higher 3840x2160 video quality and a camera with a much better 48 mega-pixels resolution.
Samsung Galaxy A42 features a very superior memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Apple iPhone 5s, because it has 128 GB internal memory and a SD memory slot that holds up to 1000 GB. The Samsung Galaxy A42 has a much better battery duration than Apple iPhone 5s, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity.
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