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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 82.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Xiaomi |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2014-10-30 | 2019-10-20 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.44 x 2.95 x 0.35 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 7.23 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Iceberg grey and Shadow black |
| Aluminium | -- |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | AMOLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| -- | 430 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ SM8150-AC chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | Kryo 485, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2960 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 640 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.72 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.16 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 11.88 |
| 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 | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Xiaomi Black Shark 2 Pro has an overall score of 82.9, which is much better than the Samsung Galaxy A5's overall score of 72.4. Xiaomi Black Shark 2 Pro's construction is newer, but way heavier and extremely thicker than the Samsung Galaxy A5. Both of these devices come with Android OS (Operating System), but Xiaomi Black Shark 2 Pro has a newer 9.0 Pie version and Samsung Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4 version.
Xiaomi Black Shark 2 Pro features a bit superior processing unit than Galaxy A5, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics co-processor and a 32-bits processor against 64-bits, it also counts with a larger number of cores and a higher amount of RAM. The Xiaomi Black Shark 2 Pro counts with a little sharper screen than Galaxy A5, because it has a lot higher 1080 x 2340 resolution, a better quantity of pixels per display inch and a bigger screen.
Xiaomi Black Shark 2 Pro counts with a much better camera than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has a way higher video resolution and a back camera with a lot higher 48 mega-pixels resolution. Xiaomi Black Shark 2 Pro counts with a much bigger memory for games and applications than Galaxy A5, because although it has no slot for an SD memory card, it also counts with 128 GB internal storage capacity.
The Xiaomi Black Shark 2 Pro features a very superior battery performance than Galaxy A5, because it has a 4000mAh battery size.
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