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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 78.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 10, 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2014-10-30 | 2019-02-05 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.16 x 2.93 x 0.35 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 6.56 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Charcoal black and Ocean blue |
| Aluminium | Plastic and Plastic |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 294 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 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 | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 12.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.32 inches (1/3.1") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 9.02 |
| 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 | 5000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 6.8 |
| 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 and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy M20 is slightly better than Samsung Galaxy A5, having a 78.9 score against 72.4. The Galaxy M20 body is newer than Samsung Galaxy A5's, but it's heavier and a lot thicker. Both of these phones use Android operating system, but Galaxy M20 has the previous 10 version and Samsung Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4 version.
Samsung Galaxy A5 has just a bit better looking display than Galaxy M20, although it has a lot smaller display, a lot lower resolution of 1280 x 720px and way less pixels per inch in the screen. Galaxy M20 features a way bigger storage capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Galaxy A5, because it has more internal storage capacity and a SD memory card expansion slot that allows a maximum of 512 GB.
The Samsung Galaxy A5 has a bit better CPU than Galaxy M20, because although it has an inferior number of cores and 2 GB lesser RAM memory, it also counts with a 64 bits CPU and an extra GPU. Galaxy M20 counts with a very superior battery performance than Galaxy A5, because it has a 5000mAh battery capacity instead of 2300mAh.
Samsung Galaxy M20 has a superior camera than Galaxy A5. Both have a 13 mega pixels back camera, the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video quality and the same video frame rates.
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