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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 82.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2014-10-30 | 2019-03-07 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 6.14 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Black and Blue |
| Aluminium | Plastic |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2280 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 394 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 | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9 |
| 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 | 13.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm 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 | 9.13 |
| 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 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 | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy M30 has a global score of 82.4, which is better than Galaxy A5's 72.4 global score. Both of these devices have Android operating system, but the Samsung Galaxy M30 has the newer 9.0 Pie version and Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4, giving you a lot of extra features and improved performance. Even though Samsung Galaxy M30 is noticeably newer than the Galaxy A5, it's noticeably thicker and way heavier.
Galaxy A5 has a slightly better looking screen than Galaxy M30, although it has a way worse 1280 x 720 resolution, a lot less pixels per display inch and a way smaller screen. Galaxy A5 features a little faster processing unit than Samsung Galaxy M30, because although it has a lower number of cores and slower and lesser RAM, it also counts with a 64-bits processing unit and a graphics co-processor.
Galaxy M30 has a much bigger memory capacity to install applications and games than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has a SD card slot that holds up to 512 GB and 128 GB internal storage capacity. Samsung Galaxy M30 features a superior battery duration than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has a 117% bigger battery capacity.
Galaxy M30 takes better pictures and videos than Samsung Galaxy A5. Both of them have the same 30 frames per second video frame rates, a 13 megapixels back-facing camera and the same (Full HD) video resolution.
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