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| Global Score | |
| 87 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 11, 10 | -- |
| 2020-11-06 | 2017-01-13 |
| 6.47 x 2.99 x 0.34 inches | 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches |
| 6.81 ounces | 5.61 ounces |
| Prism Dot black, Prism Dot grey and Prism Dot white | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| -- | Glass and Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.6 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 1600 x 720 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 266 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.2 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G SM7225 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| Kryo 570, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Adreno 619 GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 9.18 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 15.38 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | 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 |
| 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 11.11 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | 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
Samsung Galaxy A42 has a global score of 87, which is much better than the Galaxy A5 (2017)'s 75.8 overall score. Although the Samsung Galaxy A42 is much newer than the Galaxy A5 (2017), it is a bit thicker and somewhat heavier. The Galaxy A42 has just a little better performance than Galaxy A5 (2017), and although they both have the same number of cores, the Galaxy A42 also has a greater amount of RAM memory.
The Galaxy A5 (2017) counts with a more vivid screen than Samsung Galaxy A42, because although it has a much smaller screen, it also counts with a lot better amount of pixels per inch of display and a higher resolution of 1080 x 1920. The Samsung Galaxy A42 features a much bigger memory capacity to store more games and applications than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has an external SD slot that admits a maximum of 1000 GB and 128 GB internal storage.
Galaxy A42 features a much longer battery life than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity instead of 3000mAh. Galaxy A42 has a very superior camera than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a much better resolution back-facing camera, a much higher (4K) video quality and a larger camera aperture.
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