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| Global Score | |
| 74.9 | 78.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| -- | Android 11 |
| 2016-01-01 | 2021-03-12 |
| 6.37 x 3.19 x 0.29 inches | 5.79 x 2.82 x 0.36 inches |
| 7.05 ounces | 6.07 ounces |
| Champagne gold, Midnight black, Pearl white and Pink | Black |
| Metal | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6 inches | 5.3 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 1480 x 720 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | LCD |
| 367 pixels per inch | 311 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 7.5 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 8976 chipset | Samsung Exynos 850 S5E3830 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 28 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 510 GPU | Mali-G52 MP1 GPU |
| 8.91 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 8.12 | 13.02 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.46 | 9.13 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 5.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Battery | 3000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | 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 |
Comparison review
Galaxy XCover 5 is a bit better than the Galaxy A9 (2016), having a 78.1 score against 74.9. The Galaxy XCover 5 body is newer and somewhat lighter than the Galaxy A9 (2016)'s, although it's thicker. Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016) features a little bit better looking screen than Galaxy XCover 5, because it has a better resolution of 1080 x 1920px, a quite greater pixels number per display inch and a little bit larger display.
Galaxy XCover 5 has just a little better performance than Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016), and although they both have the same number of cores, the Galaxy XCover 5 also has 1 GB more RAM memory. Galaxy A9 (2016) captures slightly better photographs and videos than Galaxy XCover 5, because although it has a tinier aperture which is not recommended for shooting photos or videos in low-light environments and a lower resolution back-facing camera, it also counts with a lot better (4K) video quality.
Galaxy XCover 5 features a lot bigger storage for applications, games, photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016), because it has a slot for external memory cards that allows up to 1 TB and 64 GB internal memory capacity. Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016) features improved battery life than Galaxy XCover 5, because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity against 3000mAh.
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