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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 91.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 14 |
| 2014-10-30 | -- |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.04 x 5.22 x 0.22 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 8.32 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Black Shadow |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2) |
| $ 239.00 | $ 2020.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 8 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2184 x 1968 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 367 pixels per inch |
| -- | 2600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 9.5 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy SM8650-AC (4 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 750 GPU |
| 9.09 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 512 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.16 | 17.6 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 200.00 MP + 4.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 7.92 | 11.11 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7 | 10.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2300mAh Battery | 4400mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 6.24 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| 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 Z Fold Special Edition has a general score of 91.1, which is much better than Galaxy A5's general score of 72.4. The Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition is a thinner but a lot heavier cellphone than the Galaxy A5. Both of these phones work with Android OS, but Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition has the older 14 version and Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4.
Galaxy A5 has a lot better processing power than Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition, because although it has 4 less cpu cores (although faster) and less RAM memory, it also counts with a GPU and a 64-bit processor. The Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition has a sharper screen than Galaxy A5, because it has a bit greater display pixels density, a much better resolution of 1968 x 2184px and a really larger display.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition captures way better pictures and videos than Galaxy A5, because it has a way higher resolution back facing camera. Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition counts with much more memory capacity for applications and games than Samsung Galaxy A5, because although it has no slot for external memory cards, it also counts with 496 GB more internal memory capacity.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition features a much longer battery lifetime than Galaxy A5, because it has a 4400mAh battery size against 2300mAh.
Although Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition is a better device, it is a lot more expensive than Samsung Galaxy A5, and it doesn't have such a good relation between it's price and quality as the Samsung Galaxy A5. So if you need that extra specs, you can buy the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition, otherwise you can save some money and buy the Samsung Galaxy A5, resigning some specs and features.
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