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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 81 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 11, 10 |
| 2014-10-30 | 2020-01-31 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.30 x 3.02 x 0.39 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 7.76 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Black |
| Aluminium | -- |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 239.00 | $ 421.00 |
| 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 | 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 | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.27 |
| 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 | 25.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.25 inches (1/4") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 9.79 |
| 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 | 4050mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 6 |
| 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
The Galaxy XCover Pro has a global score of 81, which is much better than the Galaxy A5's global score of 72.4. The Galaxy XCover Pro body is much newer, but noticeably thicker and extremely heavier than Galaxy A5. Both of these phones have Android operating system, but the Galaxy XCover Pro has older 11 version while Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4.
The Samsung Galaxy A5 counts with a little bit better looking screen than Galaxy XCover Pro, although it has a much lower 1280 x 720px resolution, a way worse display density and a lot smaller screen. The Galaxy XCover Pro has a much greater memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy A5, because it has more internal storage and an external SD slot that holds up to 512 GB.
The Galaxy XCover Pro features a bit better hardware performance than Galaxy A5, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics co-processor and a 32-bits CPU instead of 64-bits, it also counts with more RAM memory and more cpu cores. Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro features a really longer battery performance than Galaxy A5, because it has a 4050mAh battery size instead of 2300mAh.
Galaxy XCover Pro has a very superior camera than Galaxy A5, and although they both have the same (Full HD) video resolution and the same 30 fps video frame rate, the Galaxy XCover Pro also has a camera with a lot higher 25 MP resolution.
Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro is a lot more expensive than the Galaxy A5, but it's still a good choice, because you can get a lot more features for that extra money.
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