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| Global Score | |
| 76.4 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Motorola | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | -- |
| 2014-10-28 | 2017-01-13 |
| 5.65 x 2.89 x 0.44 inches | 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches |
| 6.21 ounces | 5.61 ounces |
| Black and Blue | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| -- | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 179.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.2 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 1440 x 2560 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 565 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.7 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2700 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Adreno 420 (500 MHz) GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 9.54 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 20.70 MP + 2.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| 3840 x 2160 (24 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.9 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.6 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3900mAh Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.84 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Motorola Droid Turbo is a little bit better than Galaxy A5 (2017), with a 76.4 score against 75.8. The Motorola Droid Turbo is a notably older, noticeably thicker and a bit heavier device than the Galaxy A5 (2017). The Motorola Droid Turbo has a sharper screen than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), and although they both have a same size display, the Motorola Droid Turbo also has a greater number of pixels per inch in the display and a higher 2560 x 1440 pixels resolution.
The Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) features a superior storage capacity for games and applications than Motorola Droid Turbo, and although they both have the same 32 GB internal storage capacity, the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) also has an external SD slot that supports up to 256 GB. Motorola Droid Turbo counts with a bit better processor than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has an inferior number of cores , and they both have a 3 GB RAM, the Motorola Droid Turbo also counts with an additional graphics processor.
Motorola Droid Turbo has improved battery performance than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has 3900mAh of battery capacity. Motorola Droid Turbo captures slightly better videos and photos than Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has a tinier aperture which is not nice for low light images and videos, it also counts with a much higher (4K) video resolution and a back camera with lot more megapixels.
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