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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 81.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 10 |
| 2014-10-30 | 2020-04-27 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.27 x 2.88 x 0.34 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 6.53 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Prism Crush black, Prism Crush blue, Prism Crush red and Prism Crush white |
| Aluminium | Plastic |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 411 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | MediaTek Helio P65 MT6768 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A75 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G52 MC2 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 | 48.00 MP + 20.00 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 | 10.89 |
| 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, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy A31 has a global score of 81.3, which is much better than the Samsung Galaxy A5's score of 72.4. The Samsung Galaxy A31 construction is noticeably newer, but incredibly heavier and much thicker than the Samsung Galaxy A5. Both phones in this comparison come with Android OS, but the Samsung Galaxy A31 has 10 version while Samsung Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4 version.
The Samsung Galaxy A5 has a little bit better looking screen than Galaxy A31, although it has a way smaller screen, a way worse resolution of 1280 x 720px and a much lower quantity of pixels in each screen inch. Galaxy A31 features a processor that is very similar to Samsung Galaxy A5's processor, because although the Galaxy A31 has a 32-bit processor against 64-bits and doesn't have an additional GPU, it also counts with a higher number of cores and a greater amount of RAM.
The Galaxy A31 features a greater camera than Galaxy A5, and although they both have the same video frame rates and the same video resolution, the Galaxy A31 also has a camera in the back with much more MP. The Galaxy A31 features a lot bigger storage to install games and applications than Galaxy A5, because it has a slot for an SD memory card that allows a maximum of 512 GB and 64 GB internal memory capacity.
Samsung Galaxy A31 has a very superior battery lifetime than Galaxy A5, because it has a 117% larger battery size.
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