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Apple iPhone 5s
CDMAA1533
| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | -- |
| 2013-09-10 | 2017-01-13 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.56 ounces |
| Black, Gold and Gray | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 205.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 386 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone ARMv8 (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 29.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") 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 | 9.24 |
| 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) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7.1 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1570mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3600mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.36 | 5.6 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) is a bit better than iPhone 5s, with a global score of 75.8 against 75.5. Although the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) is noticeably newer than the iPhone 5s, it is incredibly heavier and just a little bit thicker. Apple iPhone 5s features just a little better performance than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has 6 less and slower CPU cores and 2 GB lesser RAM, it also counts with a graphics processor and a 64 bits processor.
The Apple iPhone 5s has a sharper display than Galaxy A7 (2017), although it has a just a little inferior pixel quantity in each inch in the screen, a really smaller screen and a lot lower resolution of 1136 x 640. Galaxy A7 (2017) has just a bit better camera than Apple iPhone 5s, and although they both have the same 30 frames per second video frame rates and the same video definition, the Galaxy A7 (2017) also has a larger aperture to capture better low-light captures and a much higher resolution back facing camera.
Galaxy A7 (2017) has a greater storage for games and applications than Apple iPhone 5s, because although it has just 32 GB internal storage capacity, it also counts with an external memory slot that supports up to 256 GB. The Galaxy A7 (2017) features a really longer battery performance than iPhone 5s, because it has 3600mAh of battery capacity.
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