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Apple iPhone 5s
CDMAA1533
| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 80.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | -- |
| 2013-09-10 | 2015-08-21 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.03 x 3.00 x 0.30 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.03 ounces |
| Black, Gold and Gray | Black sapphire, Gold platinum, Silver titan and White pearl |
| Aluminium | Glass and Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 205.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2560 x 1440 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 515 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone ARMv8 (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2100 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Mali-T760 MP8 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 16.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 29.00mm focal length | 28.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.38 inches (1/2.6") 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 | 2560 x 1440 (60 fps) (Quad HD / 2K) slow motion video |
| 8.69 | 10.01 |
| 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 - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.36 | 4.96 |
| 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 |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy Note5 is a little bit better than the iPhone 5s, getting a global score of 80.2 against 75.5. The Samsung Galaxy Note5 is a noticeably heavier cellphone than the iPhone 5s, but both of them are equally thin. The Apple iPhone 5s counts with a bit superior processor than Galaxy Note5, because although it has lesser and slower cores and a lower amount of RAM memory, it also counts with an extra graphics processing unit and a 64-bits processor.
The Apple iPhone 5s has a bit more vivid screen than Galaxy Note5, although it has a really smaller screen, a way lower count of pixels per inch of screen and a lot worse resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels. Galaxy Note5 shoots much clearer videos and photos than iPhone 5s, because it has a much more mega-pixels back-facing camera, a larger aperture to take better low light photos and videos, a larger sensor and a lot better (4K) video definition.
Apple iPhone 5s and Galaxy Note5 count with similar storage capacity to install applications and games, both of them have exactly the same 64 GB internal memory capacity. The Galaxy Note5 counts with a much longer battery lifetime than Apple iPhone 5s, because it has a 3000mAh battery capacity instead of 1570mAh.
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