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Samsung Galaxy Note
32 GBSamsung Galaxy S5 Active
SM-G870| Global Score | |
| 68.8 | 75.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.1.2, 4.0.4, 4.0.3, 2.3.5, 2.3.4 | Android 4.4.4, 4.4.2 |
| 2011-09-01 | 2014-06-23 |
| 5.78 x 3.27 x 0.38 inches | 5.72 x 2.89 x 0.35 inches |
| 6.28 ounces | 6.00 ounces |
| Black, Pink and White | Gray, Green and Red |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 263.00 | $ 199.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.3 inches | 5.1 inches |
| 800 x 1280 pixels | 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 285 pixels per inch | 432 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.1 | 9.1 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 4 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor | Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| ARM Mali-400 MP4 (Quad-Core 266 MHz) GPU | Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU |
| 8.73 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.12 | 6.72 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/2.60 aperture | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 8.25 | 8.69 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and GSM | LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| SIM | Micro SIM |
| 4.3 | 6.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2500mAh Li-Ion Battery | 2800mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 960 hours standby time 26 hours talk time | 480 hours standby time 29 hours talk time |
| 4.48 | 4.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy S5 Active is slightly better than Galaxy Note, having a 75.6 score against 68.8. The Galaxy S5 Active is a a lot newer phone, and it's also just a bit lighter and just a little thinner than the Galaxy Note. These phones use Android OS (operating system), but Galaxy S5 Active has the newer 4.4.4 version and Galaxy Note has Android 4.1.2, counting with a lot of extra features and optimized performance.
Galaxy S5 Active has just a little better processing power than Samsung Galaxy Note, because although it has a worse graphics processor, it also counts with more CPU cores and more RAM memory. Galaxy S5 Active has a much better looking screen than Samsung Galaxy Note, because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a much better resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and a lot greater pixel count per inch of display.
Samsung Galaxy S5 Active counts with a bit better camera than Galaxy Note, because it has a lot better (4K) video resolution and a lot better resolution camera. Samsung Galaxy Note has a little bit better storage capacity to store more games and applications than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, because although it has a SD memory card expansion slot that supports a maximum of 32 GB against 128 GB, it also counts with 32 GB internal memory.
Samsung Galaxy S5 Active has a little longer battery duration than Galaxy Note, because it has 2800mAh of battery capacity instead of 2500mAh.
In addition to being the best phone of the ones in this comparison, Galaxy S5 Active is also very cheap compared to the other ones.
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