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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 87.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | -- |
| 2014-10-30 | 2018-08-24 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.37 x 3.01 x 0.35 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 7.09 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Cloud silver, Lavender purple, Midnight black and Ocean blue |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 239.00 | $ 457.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2960 x 1440 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 514 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.63 |
| 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 | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.50 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 10.23 |
| 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 | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Note9 is much better than the Galaxy A5, with an 87.1 score against 72.4. Although the Galaxy Note9 is notably newer than Galaxy A5, it's a lot heavier and incredibly thicker. The Galaxy Note9 counts with a slightly better looking screen than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has a much better pixels quantity per inch in the screen, a bigger display and a lot higher resolution of 1440 x 2960px.
The Samsung Galaxy Note9 counts with a very superior storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy A5, because it has an external memory slot that holds a maximum of 512 GB and 128 GB internal memory. Galaxy Note9 counts with a bit superior CPU than Galaxy A5, because although it has doesn't have a graphics processor and a 32 bits CPU instead of 64-bits, it also counts with a greater number of cores and a greater amount of RAM.
Galaxy Note9 counts with a really longer battery performance than Galaxy A5, because it has a 4000mAh battery size instead of 2300mAh. Galaxy Note9 takes much better pictures and videos than Galaxy A5, because although it has a lower resolution back-facing camera, it also counts with a way better video quality.
Galaxy Note9 is way more expensive than Samsung Galaxy A5, but it's still a great deal, as you can get a lot more features for that extra money.
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