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Samsung Galaxy S5 Active
SM-G870Motorola Droid Turbo
32 GB| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 76.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Motorola |
| Android 4.4.4, 4.4.2 | Android 4.4.4 |
| 2014-06-23 | 2014-10-28 |
| 5.72 x 2.89 x 0.35 inches | 5.65 x 2.89 x 0.44 inches |
| 6.00 ounces | 6.21 ounces |
| Gray, Green and Red | Black and Blue |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 199.00 | $ 179.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.1 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 1440 x 2560 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) |
| Super AMOLED | AMOLED |
| 432 pixels per inch | 565 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 9.1 | 9.7 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2700 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 3 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 420 (500 MHz) GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.54 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.72 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 20.70 MP + 2.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.00 aperture |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (24 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.69 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.5 | 6.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2800mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3900mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 480 hours standby time 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.8 | 5.84 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Motorola Droid Turbo has a global score of 76.4, which is a bit better than the Galaxy S5 Active's 75.6 global score. Both of these phones come with the same Android 4.4.4 OS. Despite being the best we are comparing here, the Motorola Droid Turbo body is much thicker and just a bit heavier than the Galaxy S5 Active.
The Motorola Droid Turbo has a little bit better processing power than Galaxy S5 Active, and although they both have 4 processing cores, the Motorola Droid Turbo also has more RAM memory and a faster GPU running at 500 MHz. The Motorola Droid Turbo counts with a bit more vivid screen than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, because it has more pixels per screen inch, a higher resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels and a little bigger screen.
The Motorola Droid Turbo captures better photographs and videos than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, because although it has worse 24 frames per second video frame rate, and they both have the same 3840x2160 video quality, the Motorola Droid Turbo also counts with a back camera with a way higher 20.7 mega-pixels resolution.
Galaxy S5 Active features a greater storage capacity for applications and games than Motorola Droid Turbo, because although it has only 16 GB internal memory capacity, it also counts with a slot for external memory cards that admits up to 128 GB. The Motorola Droid Turbo counts with a much better battery lifetime than Galaxy S5 Active, because it has a 3900mAh battery size.
In addition to being the best phone between the ones we are comparing here, Motorola Droid Turbo is also cheap compared to the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active.
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