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| Global Score | |
| 75.8 | 84.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Asus |
| -- | Android 12, 11 |
| 2017-01-13 | 2021-08-26 |
| 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches | 6.80 x 3.04 x 0.39 inches |
| 5.61 ounces | 8.40 ounces |
| Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud | Phantom Black and Storm White |
| Glass and Metal | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.2 inches | 6.8 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2448 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | AMOLED |
| 424 pixels per inch | 393 pixels per inch |
| -- | 1200 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 9 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset | Snapdragon 888+ SM8350 (5 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor | Kryo 660, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2990 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP3 GPU | Adreno 660 GPU |
| 9 | 9.72 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 8.88 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 64.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 11.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 7680 x 4320 (30 fps) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.24 | 12.87 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 5.5 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 6000mAh Nano SIM Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 4.96 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
Asus ROG Phone 5s is better than the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), with a general score of 84.9 against 75.8. The Asus ROG Phone 5s is a much newer phone than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), although it is notably heavier and extremely thicker. Asus ROG Phone 5s features a much better screen than Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has a just a little inferior number of pixels per inch in the display, it also counts with a really bigger screen and a quite better 1080 x 2448 pixels resolution.
Asus ROG Phone 5s features a bit better CPU than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), and although they both have the same number of cores, the Asus ROG Phone 5s also has 5 GB more RAM memory. The Asus ROG Phone 5s captures much clearer photos and videos than Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a much better video quality, a larger aperture and a back facing camera with much more mega-pixels.
Asus ROG Phone 5s features a bigger memory for apps and games than Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has no SD memory slot, it also counts with 128 GB internal memory capacity. The Asus ROG Phone 5s has a way better battery lifetime than Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a 6000mAh battery size.
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