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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 84.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4, 4.4.2 | -- |
| 2014-06-23 | 2018-10-20 |
| 5.72 x 2.89 x 0.35 inches | 6.29 x 3.02 x 0.30 inches |
| 6.00 ounces | 5.93 ounces |
| Gray, Green and Red | 16 777 216 |
| -- | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 199.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.1 inches | 6 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 432 pixels per inch | 411 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7885 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 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 | 24.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm 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 |
| 8.69 | 9.9 |
| 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 | 3300mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 480 hours standby time 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.8 | 5.28 |
| 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
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) is much better than the Galaxy S5 Active, having an 84.2 score against 75.6. Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) is a much newer device, and it is also somewhat thinner and just a bit lighter than the Galaxy S5 Active. Samsung Galaxy S5 Active features a more vivid screen than Galaxy A7 (2018), because although it has a little bit smaller display and a little bit worse 1920 x 1080 resolution, it also counts with a just a little greater pixel count in each inch in the screen.
The Galaxy A7 (2018) has a superior memory capacity for applications and games than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, because it has 128 GB internal storage and a slot for SD memory cards that admits a maximum of 512 GB. Samsung Galaxy S5 Active has a bit better hardware performance than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018), because although it has a smaller amount of RAM and less processing cores (although faster), it also counts with an extra GPU.
Galaxy A7 (2018) features a much better camera than Galaxy S5 Active, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video quality and the same video frame rate, the Galaxy A7 (2018) also has a camera with way more mega-pixels. Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) counts with greater battery life than Galaxy S5 Active, because it has 3300mAh of battery capacity instead of 2800mAh.
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