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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 86.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2014-10-30 | 2019-10-20 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.24 x 2.93 x 0.30 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 5.86 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Prism crush black, Prism crush green, Prism crush violet and Prism crush white |
| Aluminium | Plastic and Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 9610 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.36 |
| 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 + 32.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.00 aperture |
| -- | 13.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 11.55 |
| 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 | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 5.92 |
| 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
Galaxy A50s is much better than Galaxy A5, having an 86.6 score against 72.4. Both of these devices come with Android OS, but Galaxy A50s has 10 version and Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4 version. The Galaxy A50s construction is extremely newer than the Galaxy A5's, but it's noticeably heavier and somewhat thicker.
Galaxy A5 features a slightly better display than Galaxy A50s, although it has a lot lesser pixels per inch in the display, a way lower 1280 x 720 resolution and a much smaller display. Samsung Galaxy A50s features a superior memory capacity to install applications and games than Galaxy A5, because it has a SD memory card expansion slot that allows up to 512 GB and 128 GB internal storage.
The Samsung Galaxy A50s features a little bit better performance than Galaxy A5, because although it has a 32-bits CPU against 64-bits and doesn't have an extra graphics processing unit, it also counts with a greater number of cores and a higher amount of RAM memory. Galaxy A50s has a really longer battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity against 2300mAh.
The Galaxy A50s shoots greater pictures and videos than Galaxy A5, because it has a lot better (4K) video definition and a back-facing camera with a much higher 48 megapixels resolution.
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