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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 83.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4, 4.4.2 | -- |
| 2014-06-23 | 2019-03-15 |
| 5.72 x 2.89 x 0.35 inches | 6.24 x 2.93 x 0.30 inches |
| 6.00 ounces | 5.86 ounces |
| Gray, Green and Red | Black, Blue, Coral and White |
| -- | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 199.00 | $ 202.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.1 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 432 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 9610 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.72 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 25.00 MP + 25.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.69 | 10.12 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.5 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2800mAh Li-Ion Battery | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 480 hours standby time 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.8 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy A50 is much better than the Galaxy S5 Active, having a general score of 83.8 against 75.6. The Samsung Galaxy A50 construction is extremely newer, somewhat thinner and a bit lighter than the Galaxy S5 Active. Galaxy S5 Active has a better looking screen than Galaxy A50, because although it has a really smaller display and a quite lower resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, it also counts with a bit more pixels per inch in the screen.
Galaxy A50 counts with a way bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, because it has an external SD slot that holds a maximum of 512 GB and 128 GB internal memory capacity. Samsung Galaxy S5 Active counts with a bit better processing unit than Galaxy A50, because although it has less CPU cores (although faster) and 2 GB lesser RAM memory, it also counts with an extra graphics processor.
The Galaxy A50 has a superior camera than Galaxy S5 Active, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same 1920x1080 video definition, the Galaxy A50 also has a back facing camera with way more mega-pixels. Samsung Galaxy A50 counts with a way better battery performance than Galaxy S5 Active, because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity.
Samsung Galaxy A50 costs a bit more money than the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, but you can get a better phone for that few extra dollars.
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