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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 79.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2014-10-30 | 2019-04-10 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 5.69 x 2.72 x 0.31 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 4.94 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Black, Blue, Coral and White |
| Aluminium | Plastic and Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 5.9 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 437 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Exynos 7904 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9.09 | 8.91 |
| 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 + 25.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 9.46 |
| 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 | 3100mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 5.12 |
| 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 Galaxy A40 has an overall score of 79.6, which is a little bit better than Samsung Galaxy A5's 72.4 global score. Although Galaxy A40 is notably newer than Samsung Galaxy A5, it is heavier and thicker. Both phones in this review come with Android OS (operating system), but the Galaxy A40 has the older 11 version and Samsung Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4 version.
Samsung Galaxy A5 counts with a bit better hardware performance than Galaxy A40, because although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory and an inferior number of cores, it also counts with an additional GPU and a 64 bits processor. Galaxy A5 counts with a slightly better screen than Samsung Galaxy A40, although it has a lot lower 1280 x 720 resolution, a quite smaller screen and much less pixels per inch in the screen.
Samsung Galaxy A40 counts with a better camera than Samsung Galaxy A5, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same (Full HD) video resolution, the Samsung Galaxy A40 also has a back facing camera with more MP. Galaxy A40 has a way bigger storage capacity to install games and applications than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has 48 GB more internal memory capacity and a SD extension slot that allows up to 512 GB.
Samsung Galaxy A40 counts with a very superior battery performance than Galaxy A5, because it has 3100mAh of battery capacity.
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