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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 76.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Motorola |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 11, 10 |
| 2014-10-30 | 2020-04-16 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.29 x 2.99 x 0.38 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 7.02 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Smoke black |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Plastic |
| $ 239.00 | $ 150.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2300 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 294 pixels per inch | 397 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SM6125 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 610 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.16 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 10.01 |
| 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 | 5000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Moto G Power has an overall score of 76.1, which is just a bit better than Galaxy A5's 72.4 global score. Moto G Power's body is way newer, but incredibly thicker and way heavier than Galaxy A5. These devices include Android operating system, but the Moto G Power has 11 version and Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4 version.
The Samsung Galaxy A5 counts with a slightly better looking screen than Moto G Power, although it has a lot lesser pixels per inch in the screen, a lot worse resolution of 1280 x 720 and a way smaller display. The Moto G Power counts with a superior storage capacity for applications and games than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has a slot for an external memory card that allows a maximum of 512 GB and more internal memory.
Motorola Moto G Power and Samsung Galaxy A5 count with very similar CPUs, because although the Motorola Moto G Power has a 32-bits processing unit instead of 64-bits and doesn't have an additional graphics processing unit, it also counts with 2 GB more RAM memory and a greater number of cores. The Moto G Power has a much better battery duration than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has a 5000mAh battery size against 2300mAh.
The Motorola Moto G Power takes much better videos and photos than Galaxy A5, because it has a back facing camera with more MP and a way better 3840x2160 video quality.
The Motorola Moto G Power is not only the best phones between the ones we are comparing, but it's also a bargain compared to the other phones.
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