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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 75.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Nokia |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2014-10-30 | 2019-09-30 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.29 x 2.96 x 0.32 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 6.35 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Charcoal, Cyan green and Ice |
| Aluminium | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) and Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 294 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.16 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 9.9 |
| 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, Dual SIM |
| 7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2300mAh Battery | 3500mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 5.44 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Nokia 7.2 has a global score of 75.9, which is just a bit better than Samsung Galaxy A5's 72.4 score. The Nokia 7.2 body is incredibly newer than the Samsung Galaxy A5's, although it's way heavier and somewhat thicker. Both devices in this comparison include Android OS, but Nokia 7.2 has an older 10 version while Samsung Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4.
Galaxy A5 has a bit better display than Nokia 7.2, although it has a lot smaller display, a much worse pixels number per inch of screen and a lot lower resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. Nokia 7.2 features a much bigger memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy A5, because it has 128 GB internal memory capacity and a slot for an SD memory card that supports up to 512 GB.
Nokia 7.2 counts with a bit better processing unit than Galaxy A5, because although it has a 32 bits processor against 64-bits and doesn't have an additional graphics co-processor, it also counts with a larger number of cores and 4 GB more RAM. Nokia 7.2 counts with a very superior camera than Galaxy A5, and although they both have the same (Full HD) video quality and the same video frame rates, the Nokia 7.2 also has a camera with lot more megapixels.
Nokia 7.2 has a way better battery performance than Galaxy A5, because it has a 52% larger battery size.
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