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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 77.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 10 |
| 2014-10-30 | 2020-06-19 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.44 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 6.77 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Black, Blue, Red and White |
| Aluminium | -- |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | TFT |
| 294 pixels per inch | 270 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Samsung Exynos 850 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G76 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.16 | 9.84 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.00 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 10.78 |
| 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 | 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 | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy A21s is just a bit better than Samsung Galaxy A5, getting a overall score of 77.7 against 72.4. These devices use Android OS (operating system), but Samsung Galaxy A21s has the previous 10 version and Samsung Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4. Samsung Galaxy A21s is a incredibly newer cellphone than Samsung Galaxy A5, although it's way thicker and a lot heavier.
The Samsung Galaxy A5 counts with a much better looking display than Samsung Galaxy A21s, because although it has a little lower resolution of 1280 x 720 and a really smaller display, it also counts with a just a bit higher screen density. Samsung Galaxy A21s has a lot bigger memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy A5, because it has a SD memory card expansion slot that allows up to 512 GB and more internal storage capacity.
The Galaxy A21s's processor is very similar to the processing unit in Galaxy A5, because although the Galaxy A21s has doesn't have an additional graphics processor and a 32-bits processing unit against 64-bits, it also counts with 4 more processing cores and more RAM. The Samsung Galaxy A21s counts with a superior battery duration than Galaxy A5, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity.
Samsung Galaxy A21s counts with a much better camera than Galaxy A5, and although they both have the same 30 frames per second video frame rate and the same video resolution, the Samsung Galaxy A21s also has a back-facing camera with lot more MP.
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