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| Global Score | |
| 84.5 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| 2018-09-21 | 2017-01-13 |
| 6.20 x 3.05 x 0.30 inches | 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches |
| 7.34 ounces | 5.61 ounces |
| Gold, Silver and Space gray | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Glass and Stainless steel | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 1099.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 2688 x 1242 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 456 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| 625 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 (7 nm) chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2490 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 10.26 | 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 | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 10.12 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3179mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 5.2 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Apple iPhone XS Max has an overall score of 84.5, which is much better than the Galaxy A5 (2017)'s global score of 75.8. The Apple iPhone XS Max is a newer and a little thinner phone than the Galaxy A5 (2017), but it's heavier. IPhone XS Max counts with a faster processor than Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has an inferior number of cores (but faster), it also counts with 1 GB more RAM memory and a 64 bits processor.
The iPhone XS Max has a bit more vivid screen than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a higher resolution of 1242 x 2688px, a bit greater count of pixels per inch in the screen and a bigger display. The Apple iPhone XS Max shoots just a bit better photographs and videos than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has a way lower 12 mega-pixels resolution camera in the back, it also counts with a larger diafragm aperture to take better images and video in low light situations and a way higher 3840x2160 (4K) video quality.
The Galaxy A5 (2017) features more storage capacity for games and applications than iPhone XS Max, because although it has just 32 GB internal memory capacity, it also counts with a slot for SD memory cards that supports up to 256 GB. The iPhone XS Max counts with just a bit better battery lifetime than Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a 3179mAh battery size instead of 3000mAh.
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