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Apple iPhone 5s
CDMAA1533
| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 83 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2013-09-10 | 2017-09-15 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.40 x 2.94 x 0.34 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.88 ounces |
| Black, Gold and Gray | Deep Sea blue, Maple gold, Midnight black and Orchid gray |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 205.00 | $ 440.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2960 x 1440 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 522 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone ARMv8 (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 280, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2350 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Adreno 540 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.36 |
| 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 | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 29.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") 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 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.69 | 9.79 |
| 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 |
| 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1570mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3300mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.36 | 5.28 |
| 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 |
Comparison review
Galaxy Note8 is a little bit better than iPhone 5s, with an 83 score against 75.5. Galaxy Note8's design is notably newer, but thicker and notably heavier than the iPhone 5s. The Galaxy Note8 comes with Android 9.0 Pie OS, while iPhone 5s has iOS 8.x OS. The Apple iPhone 5s has a bit more vivid screen than Samsung Galaxy Note8, although it has a much lower resolution of 1136 x 640px, a really smaller screen and much lesser pixels per inch in the screen.
Galaxy Note8 has a bit faster CPU than Apple iPhone 5s, because although it has a 32 bits processing unit instead of 64-bits and doesn't have an extra GPU, it also counts with a higher number of faster cores and a larger amount of RAM. The Galaxy Note8 shoots much clearer photographs and videos than Apple iPhone 5s, because it has a lot better 12 mega pixels resolution camera, a much better 3840x2160 (4K) video quality, a bigger back-facing camera sensor providing a higher image quality and a much larger diafragm aperture.
Galaxy Note8 features a much greater memory for games and applications than iPhone 5s, and although they both have the same internal memory capacity, the Galaxy Note8 also has a SD extension slot that admits up to 256 GB. The Samsung Galaxy Note8 has a much longer battery performance than Apple iPhone 5s, because it has a 110 percent larger battery size.
Although Samsung Galaxy Note8 is a better device, it is way more expensive than Apple iPhone 5s, and it doesn't have such a good price and quality relation as Apple iPhone 5s. If you want to save some money, you can get the Apple iPhone 5s, and give up a few specs and features, but you'll get the most with your budget.
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