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| Global Score | |
| 84.7 | 81.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Asus | Samsung |
| -- | Android 10 |
| 2021-04-26 | 2020-04-27 |
| 6.80 x 3.04 x 0.41 inches | 6.27 x 2.88 x 0.34 inches |
| 8.40 ounces | 6.53 ounces |
| Phantom Black and Storm White | Prism Crush black, Prism Crush blue, Prism Crush red and Prism Crush white |
| Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.8 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2448 x 1080 pixels | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 393 pixels per inch | 411 pixels per inch |
| 1200 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Snapdragon 888 chipset | MediaTek Helio P65 MT6768 chipset |
| Kryo 680, 64-bit, 5 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A75 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 660 GPU | Mali-G52 MC2 GPU |
| 9.63 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 64.00 MP + 24.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 11.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 7680 x 4320 (30 fps) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 12.87 | 10.89 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6000mAh Nano SIM Battery | 5000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 7.52 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Asus ROG Phone 5 is a bit better than Samsung Galaxy A31, getting a overall score of 84.7 against 81.3. The Asus ROG Phone 5 is a newer cellphone than the Samsung Galaxy A31, but it is somewhat thicker and heavier. Asus ROG Phone 5 has a little faster processing unit than Samsung Galaxy A31, and although they both have a Octa-Core CPU, the Asus ROG Phone 5 also has a higher amount of RAM memory.
Asus ROG Phone 5 has a much better looking display than Galaxy A31, because although it has a quite lower pixels count per inch of screen, it also counts with a little bit larger screen and a slightly better resolution of 1080 x 2448. Asus ROG Phone 5 has a superior camera than Samsung Galaxy A31, because it has a back camera with a much better resolution, a bigger camera sensor taking better quality videos and photos, a much higher video resolution and a larger aperture.
Galaxy A31 features a quite bigger storage to store more games and applications than Asus ROG Phone 5, because although it has less internal memory capacity, it also counts with a SD memory card expansion slot that holds a maximum of 512 GB. Asus ROG Phone 5 features longer battery performance than Samsung Galaxy A31, because it has 6000mAh of battery capacity against 5000mAh.
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