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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 85.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | -- |
| 2014-10-30 | 2018-11-15 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.40 x 3.03 x 0.31 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 6.46 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Bubblegum pink, Caviar black and Lemonade blue |
| Aluminium | Glass and Metal |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.27 |
| 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 | 24.00 MP + 24.00 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 | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 10.45 |
| 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 | 3800mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 5.76 |
| 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
Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) is better than Galaxy A5, getting an 85.2 score against 72.4. The Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) body is incredibly newer than the Galaxy A5's, although it is thicker and a lot heavier. The Galaxy A5 has a little bit better screen than Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018), although it has a lot worse pixels density, a way lower 1280 x 720px resolution and a much smaller display.
The Galaxy A9 (2018) features just a little better performance than Galaxy A5, because although it has a 32-bits CPU instead of 64-bits and doesn't have an additional graphics processor, it also counts with 4 GB more RAM memory and more processing cores. Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) has a way better camera than Galaxy A5, because it has a much better 24 mega-pixels resolution back-facing camera and a much higher 3840x2160 video definition.
The Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) counts with a way bigger memory capacity for games and applications than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has a slot for external memory cards that admits up to 512 GB and 112 GB more internal memory capacity. Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) features a really longer battery lifetime than Galaxy A5, because it has a 65% larger battery capacity.
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