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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 78.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2014-10-30 | 2019-05-07 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.30 x 3.00 x 0.32 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 5.89 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Black, Purple and White |
| Aluminium | Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 239.00 | $ 167.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2160 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 SDM670 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | Kryo 360, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 615 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.16 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 12.20 MP + 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 28.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 9.79 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2300mAh Battery | 3700mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Google Pixel 3a XL is a little bit better than the Samsung Galaxy A5, getting a 78.9 score against 72.4. The Google Pixel 3a XL is a notably newer cellphone than Samsung Galaxy A5, although it is thicker and much heavier. Both of these devices include Android OS, but the Google Pixel 3a XL has the previous 11 version and Samsung Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4 version.
Google Pixel 3a XL has a CPU that is very similar to the processing unit in Samsung Galaxy A5, because although the Google Pixel 3a XL has a 32-bits processing unit against 64-bits and doesn't have an extra graphics processing unit, it also counts with more RAM and a larger number of cores (and faster).
The Samsung Galaxy A5 has a little bit better looking screen than Google Pixel 3a XL, although it has a bit smaller display, a much worse count of pixels in each inch of screen and a way worse resolution of 1280 x 720. Google Pixel 3a XL has much more memory for applications, games, photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy A5, because although it has no external memory slot, it also counts with 64 GB internal memory capacity.
Google Pixel 3a XL features a very superior battery duration than Galaxy A5, because it has a 61% bigger battery size. Google Pixel 3a XL captures much better photographs and videos than Samsung Galaxy A5, because although it has a back facing camera with a worse 12.2 mega-pixels resolution, it also counts with a much higher (4K) video definition.
Despite of being the best phone in this comparison, Google Pixel 3a XL is also by far the cheapest one.
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