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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 88 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 11, 10 |
| 2014-10-30 | 2020-08-06 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.27 x 2.93 x 0.37 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 7.16 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Mirage black and Mirage blue |
| Aluminium | -- |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 405 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Samsung 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 | 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 | 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 |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (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 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 M31s is way better than Galaxy A5, getting an 88 score against 72.4. Both of these phones work with Android OS, but Galaxy M31s has older 11 version and Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4 version. Although Galaxy M31s is newer than Galaxy A5, it is extremely thicker and a lot heavier. Galaxy M31s has just a little better hardware performance than Galaxy A5, because although it has a 32-bits processor against 64-bits and doesn't have an additional graphics processor, it also counts with more RAM and a larger number of cores (and also faster).
The Samsung Galaxy A5 features a little bit better looking display than Galaxy M31s, although it has a way worse 1280 x 720 resolution, a lot smaller screen and a way lower pixels number per inch of screen. Galaxy M31s captures way better photographs and videos than Galaxy A5, because it has a much more megapixels camera in the back and a much better video resolution.
The Samsung Galaxy M31s has a way bigger memory capacity for games and applications than Galaxy A5, because it has 128 GB internal storage capacity and a slot for external memory cards that allows up to 512 GB. The Samsung Galaxy M31s counts with a way better battery performance than Galaxy A5, because it has a 161% greater battery size.
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