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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 85 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2014-10-30 | 2019-06-18 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.11 x 2.91 x 0.31 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 5.93 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Midnight blue and Seawater blue |
| Aluminium | Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 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 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 SM6150 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | Kryo 460, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 612 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.18 |
| 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 | 32.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 10.78 |
| 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 |
| 7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2300mAh Battery | 3500mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 5.44 |
| 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 M40 has an overall score of 85, which is much better than Galaxy A5's general score of 72.4. These devices work with Android OS (operating system), but the Galaxy M40 has 10 version and Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4 version. Galaxy M40 is a way newer cellphone than Galaxy A5, but it's thicker and a lot heavier.
The Galaxy A5 features a little bit better screen than Galaxy M40, although it has a way worse resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, a much lower display pixel density and a way smaller screen. The Galaxy M40 features a very superior storage capacity to install games and applications than Galaxy A5, because it has 112 GB more internal memory and a slot for SD memory cards that allows a maximum of 512 GB.
The Galaxy M40 has just a little better performance than Samsung Galaxy A5, because although it has a 32-bits processing unit against 64-bits and doesn't have a graphics processor, it also counts with a larger amount of RAM memory and 4 more processing cores. The Galaxy M40 features a very superior battery duration than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has a 52% larger battery capacity.
Galaxy M40 counts with a much better camera than Galaxy A5, because it has a lot better 3840x2160 video definition and a back facing camera with a much higher resolution.
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