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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 82.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Sony |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 13 |
| 2014-10-30 | 2023-05-11 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.50 x 2.80 x 0.33 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 6.60 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Black, Khaki Green and Platinum Silver |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 3840 x 1644 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 643 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SM8550 (4 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 740 GPU |
| 9.09 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.16 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 24.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.74 inches (1/1.35") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (120 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 12.43 |
| 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 | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 6.8 |
| 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 Sony Xperia 1 V is much better than the Galaxy A5, with an 82.7 score against 72.4. Both of these devices include Android OS (Operating System), but the Sony Xperia 1 V has an older 13 version and Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4 version. The Sony Xperia 1 V is a notably newer phone than the Galaxy A5, but it is extremely heavier and much thicker.
Xperia 1 V features a little sharper display than Galaxy A5, because it has a lot higher 1644 x 3840px resolution, a lot higher pixels number per inch of screen and a bigger screen. Samsung Galaxy A5 features a lot better hardware performance than Sony Xperia 1 V, because although it has less cpu cores (although they are faster) and a smaller amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a 64-bits processor and a graphics processing unit.
Xperia 1 V counts with a very superior camera than Galaxy A5, because it has a lot better (4K) video quality and a way higher 48 MP resolution back camera. Sony Xperia 1 V counts with much more storage to install games and applications than Samsung Galaxy A5, because although it has no external memory card slot, it also counts with more internal memory capacity.
Sony Xperia 1 V has a superior battery duration than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has a 5000mAh battery size.
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