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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 15 | -- |
| -- | 2017-01-13 |
| -- | 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches |
| -- | 5.61 ounces |
| -- | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Plastic and Plastic | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.6 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 390 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.4 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 (5 nm) chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 6.12 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 50.00 MP + 13.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.6 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Nano SIM Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | 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 Galaxy A5 (2017) is slightly better than the Galaxy A36 5G (Rumored), having a 75.8 score against 75.6. The Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) features a very superior processor than Galaxy A36 5G (Rumored), although it has a lower amount of RAM memory, they both have the same number of cores. Galaxy A5 (2017) features a slightly better looking display than Galaxy A36 5G (Rumored), because although it has a quite lower resolution of 1080 x 1920px and a much smaller display, it also counts with a little higher pixel count per inch of screen.
Galaxy A36 5G (Rumored) shoots just a bit better pictures and videos than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a much more mega-pixels back-facing camera and a much better video quality. The Galaxy A36 5G (Rumored) has a quite bigger storage to store more apps and games than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has no external memory card slot, it also counts with 128 GB internal memory capacity.
The Galaxy A36 5G (Rumored) counts with a really longer battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a 5000mAh battery size.
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