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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 76.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 12 |
| 2014-10-30 | 2022-07-21 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 5.99 x 2.83 x 0.35 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 6.28 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | -- |
| Aluminium | Glass, Metal and Plastic |
| $ 239.00 | $ 449.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.1 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 431 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 7.7 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Tensor (5 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G78 MP20 GPU |
| 9.09 | 6.12 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.16 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 12.20 MP + 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.70 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 9.79 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7 | 10.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2300mAh Battery | 4410mAh Nano SIM Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 6.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Google Pixel 6a has a global score of 76.4, which is slightly better than Samsung Galaxy A5's score of 72.4. Both devices in our current comparison include Android OS (Operating System), but Google Pixel 6a has older 12 version while Samsung Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4. The Google Pixel 6a design is noticeably newer than Samsung Galaxy A5's, but it is noticeably heavier and noticeably thicker.
Samsung Galaxy A5 has a slightly better looking display than Google Pixel 6a, although it has a lot worse 1280 x 720px resolution, a little bit smaller display and a much lower display pixels density. The Samsung Galaxy A5 counts with a really superior hardware performance than Google Pixel 6a, because although it has a lower number of cores and 4 GB less RAM, it also counts with a 64-bit processor and an extra GPU.
Google Pixel 6a features a way bigger memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy A5, because although it has no SD extension slot, it also counts with more internal memory capacity. The Google Pixel 6a counts with a lot better camera than Galaxy A5, because although it has a back camera with a lower resolution, it also counts with a lot higher video resolution.
The Google Pixel 6a features a really longer battery duration than Galaxy A5, because it has 4410mAh of battery capacity against 2300mAh.
Although Google Pixel 6a is a better device, it is a lot more expensive than the Galaxy A5, and it doesn't have such a good price and quality relation as Galaxy A5. So if you need that extra specs, you can buy the Google Pixel 6a, otherwise you can save a couple dollars and buy the Galaxy A5, letting go a couple features and specifications.
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