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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 86.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 11, 10 |
| 2014-10-30 | 2020-03-05 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.27 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Black, Blue and Red |
| Aluminium | Plastic and Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| -- | 420 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Exynos 9611 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.36 |
| 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 | 64.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 12.1 |
| 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 | 6000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 7.52 |
| 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
Galaxy M31 has an overall score of 86.5, which is much better than Galaxy A5's 72.4 general score. Both phones we are comparing use Android operating system, but Galaxy M31 has the previous 11 version and Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4. Even though the Galaxy M31 is a lot newer than the Galaxy A5, it is a lot heavier and way thicker.
Galaxy M31 counts with a slightly better display than Galaxy A5, because it has a larger display, a lot higher resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels and a higher pixel density. The Galaxy M31 has a bit better performance than Galaxy A5, because although it has doesn't have an extra GPU and a 32 bits processing unit against 64-bits, it also counts with a higher amount of RAM and 4 more CPU cores.
Samsung Galaxy M31 counts with a very superior camera than Galaxy A5, because it has a much better (4K) video resolution and a lot more mega-pixels back facing camera. Galaxy M31 counts with a much better storage capacity for games and applications than Galaxy A5, because it has 64 GB internal storage capacity and a slot for an SD memory card that allows a maximum of 512 GB.
The Galaxy M31 counts with a much longer battery duration than Galaxy A5, because it has a 161% bigger battery capacity.
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