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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | -- |
| 2014-10-30 | 2017-01-13 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 6.56 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 386 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.16 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 9.24 |
| 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) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2300mAh Battery | 3600mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 5.6 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy A7 (2017) is a bit better than the Samsung Galaxy A5, having a general score of 75.8 against 72.4. The Galaxy A7 (2017) is a way newer device than the Samsung Galaxy A5, although it's extremely heavier and thicker. Galaxy A5 features a little more vivid screen than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), although it has a quite worse pixels amount per inch of screen, a much lower resolution of 1280 x 720px and a little smaller display.
Galaxy A7 (2017) has a much better memory capacity to install applications and games than Galaxy A5, because it has a slot for SD memory cards that holds up to 256 GB and 32 GB internal memory capacity. The Galaxy A5 features a bit faster CPU than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has a lower number of slower cores and a lower amount of RAM, it also counts with a 64 bits processor and a graphics processor.
Galaxy A7 (2017) features a way better battery life than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has a 3600mAh battery capacity instead of 2300mAh. The Galaxy A7 (2017) counts with a much better camera than Galaxy A5, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video definition and the same video frame rates, the Galaxy A7 (2017) also has a better 16 mega-pixels resolution back-facing camera.
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