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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 88.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2014-10-30 | 2019-03-08 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 5.90 x 2.77 x 0.31 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 5.54 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Flamingo pink, Prism black, Prism blue, Prism green and Prism white |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 239.00 | $ 281.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.1 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 3040 x 1440 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 551 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | Kryo 485, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 640 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 + 10.00 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 | 3400mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 5.36 |
| 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 |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy S10 is way better than the Galaxy A5, having a general score of 88.3 against 72.4. The Galaxy S10 design is extremely newer than the Galaxy A5's, but it's noticeably heavier and thicker. Both of these phones have Android OS (Operating System), but the Galaxy S10 has the previous 11 version and Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4 version.
Galaxy S10 counts with a little bit better looking display than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has a lot better resolution of 1440 x 3040px, a lot better amount of pixels per inch of display and a bigger screen. The Samsung Galaxy S10 has a little better performance than Samsung Galaxy A5, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics co-processor and a 32-bit processor against 64-bits, it also counts with a higher number of cores and a larger amount of RAM memory.
The Galaxy S10 features a greater camera than Galaxy A5, because although it has a camera with lesser mega-pixels, it also counts with a much higher 3840x2160 video quality. Galaxy S10 has a much bigger storage to store more games and applications than Galaxy A5, because it has 128 GB internal memory capacity and a SD extension slot that supports a maximum of 512 GB.
Galaxy S10 has a much better battery life than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has 3400mAh of battery capacity against 2300mAh.
The Galaxy S10 costs more than the Samsung Galaxy A5, but you can get a much better phone for that few more dollars.
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