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Apple iPhone 5s
CDMAA1533
| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 79.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | -- |
| 2013-09-10 | 2018-01-06 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.07 ounces |
| Black, Gold and Gray | Black, Blue, Gold and Orchid grey |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 205.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 5.6 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 441 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.3 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 7885 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone ARMv8 (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Mali-G71 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.70 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), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7.1 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1570mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.36 | 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, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) is a little bit better than the iPhone 5s, having a overall score of 79.2 against 75.5. The Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) design is extremely newer, but much heavier and just a little bit thicker than iPhone 5s. The Apple iPhone 5s features a bit better CPU than Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018), because although it has a smaller amount of RAM and an inferior number of cores, it also counts with a GPU and a 64-bits processing unit.
IPhone 5s has a bit more vivid screen than Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018), although it has a way worse resolution of 1136 x 640px, a lot lesser pixels per inch in the screen and a much smaller screen. Galaxy A8 (2018) features a bit better camera than Apple iPhone 5s, and although they both have the same 30 frames per second video frame rate and the same 1920x1080 video resolution, the Galaxy A8 (2018) also has a back-facing camera with a way better resolution and a way bigger aperture for better low-light photos and video.
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) has a lot bigger memory to install applications and games than Apple iPhone 5s, and although they both have equal internal memory capacity, the Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) also has a slot for SD memory cards that admits up to 256 GB. Galaxy A8 (2018) counts with a superior battery lifetime than Apple iPhone 5s, because it has a 91% bigger battery size.
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