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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 78.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 6.0 Marshmallow |
| 2014-10-30 | 2017-04-07 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.16 x 3.04 x 0.28 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 6.07 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Blue and Gold |
| Aluminium | Metal |
| $ 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 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 8953 Pro chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 506 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.16 | 10.78 |
| 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 (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7 | 6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2300mAh Battery | 3300mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 5.28 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| 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 C7 Pro has a global score of 78.4, which is a bit better than the Galaxy A5's global score of 72.4. Both devices in this review work with Android operating system, but the Galaxy C7 Pro has 6.0 Marshmallow version and Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4. Even though the Galaxy C7 Pro is way newer than the Galaxy A5, it's notably heavier and just a bit thicker.
The Galaxy A5 features just a bit better looking display than Galaxy C7 Pro, although it has a quite worse display density, a way worse 1280 x 720 resolution and a little bit smaller display. Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro counts with a much greater storage capacity to install games and applications than Galaxy A5, because it has 64 GB internal memory capacity and an external SD slot that admits up to 256 GB.
Galaxy C7 Pro counts with a bit better processing unit than Samsung Galaxy A5, because although it has doesn't have an extra graphics co-processor and a 32-bits processing unit against 64-bits, it also counts with a higher amount of RAM and a larger number of faster cores. Galaxy C7 Pro captures much better videos and photos than Galaxy A5, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 video resolution and the same 30 frames per second video frame rate, the Galaxy C7 Pro also has a better 16 MP resolution back-facing camera.
Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro features a very superior battery duration than Galaxy A5, because it has 3300mAh of battery capacity.
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