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Apple iPhone 5s
CDMAA1533
| Global Score | |
| 68.7 | 75.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android | iOS 8.x, 7.x |
| 2016-01-08 | 2013-09-10 |
| 5.70 x 2.80 x 0.29 inches | 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches |
| 5.47 ounces | 3.95 ounces |
| Black, Gold, Pink and White | Black, Gold and Gray |
| -- | Aluminium |
| $ 305.00 | $ 205.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.2 inches | 4 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 640 x 1136 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 424 pixels per inch | 326 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.9 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| -- | Apple A7 chipset |
| 64-bit (Single-Core 1600 MHz) processor | 64-bit Cyclone ARMv8 (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 1 GB (1600 MHz) RAM |
| Yes GPU | PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU |
| 8.01 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.72 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| -- | 29.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.03 | 8.69 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE and GPRS | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 6 | 7.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2900mAh Battery | 1570mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time |
| 4.88 | 3.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPhone 5s is slightly better than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016), having a overall score of 75.5 against 68.7. Apple iPhone 5s's construction is way lighter than the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016), although it is just a little bit thicker and was released many years before. The Apple iPhone 5s has iOS 8.x OS, and Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) comes with Android OS.
The Apple iPhone 5s features a greater performance than Galaxy A5 (2016), because although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory, it also counts with 1 more processing cores , a 64-bits CPU and a GPU. The Galaxy A5 (2016) and the Apple iPhone 5s feature incredibly similar screens, although the Apple iPhone 5s has a way lower 1136 x 640 resolution, a quite lower screen pixels density and a lot smaller display.
Apple iPhone 5s has a bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than Galaxy A5 (2016), because although it has no slot for SD memory cards, it also counts with 48 GB more internal memory. The Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) features a very superior battery performance than iPhone 5s, because it has 2900mAh of battery capacity.
IPhone 5s shoots slightly better videos and photos than Galaxy A5 (2016), although it has a smaller aperture and a back facing camera with much less mega-pixels resolution.
Despite of being the best phone in our current comparison, the iPhone 5s is also very cheap compared to the other ones.
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