| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 86.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | Android 11, 10 |
| 2013-09-10 | 2020-03-05 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.27 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Black, Gold and Gray | Black, Blue and Red |
| Aluminium | Plastic and Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 205.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 420 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Exynos 9611 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone ARMv8 (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.36 |
| 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 | 64.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 29.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") 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 | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.69 | 12.1 |
| 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 | 6000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.36 | 7.52 |
| 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 |
The Galaxy M31 is better than iPhone 5s, getting a overall score of 86.5 against 75.5. Even though Galaxy M31 is much newer than the iPhone 5s, it is somewhat thicker and heavier. The Galaxy M31 comes with Android 11 operating system, and iPhone 5s counts with iOS 8.x operating system. Galaxy M31 counts with a little bit better hardware performance than iPhone 5s, because although it has doesn't have an extra graphics processing unit and a 32-bit processing unit against 64-bits, it also counts with a larger number of cores (and also faster) and a higher amount of RAM.
The Apple iPhone 5s counts with just a bit better display than Galaxy M31, because although it has a way worse resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels, a really smaller display and a little bit lower display pixels density, it also counts with a quite brighter screen. Galaxy M31 shoots much clearer photos and videos than iPhone 5s, because it has a way higher 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution, a larger camera aperture to take better low light captures and video, a much better 64 mega pixels resolution camera in the back and a much bigger sensor.
Galaxy M31 has a very superior memory for applications, games, photos and videos than Apple iPhone 5s, and although they both have equal internal memory, the Galaxy M31 also has a slot for external memory cards that allows up to 512 GB. Samsung Galaxy M31 features a really longer battery duration than Apple iPhone 5s, because it has a 282 percent bigger battery size.
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