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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 79.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4, 4.4.2 | -- |
| 2014-06-23 | 2018-01-06 |
| 5.72 x 2.89 x 0.35 inches | 5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 inches |
| 6.00 ounces | 6.07 ounces |
| Gray, Green and Red | Black, Blue, Gold and Orchid grey |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 199.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.1 inches | 5.6 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 432 pixels per inch | 441 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8.3 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | Samsung Exynos 5 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 | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G71 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.72 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.70 aperture |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.69 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.5 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2800mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 480 hours standby time 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.8 | 4.96 |
| 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, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A8 (2018) is slightly better than Galaxy S5 Active, having a 79.2 score against 75.6. Even though the Galaxy A8 (2018) is a little bit heavier than the Galaxy S5 Active, it's a little bit thinner and also a lot newer. Samsung Galaxy S5 Active counts with a little more vivid display than Galaxy A8 (2018), although it has a little bit worse pixels count per screen inch, a bit worse resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and a little smaller display.
Samsung Galaxy S5 Active has just a bit better processing power than Galaxy A8 (2018), because although it has a lower number of cores and a lower amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a graphics processing unit. Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) shoots a bit better videos and photos than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active. Both of them have a camera with a 16 mega-pixels resolution, the same video frame rates and the same 1920x1080 video quality.
The Galaxy A8 (2018) has a way bigger storage to install games and applications than Galaxy S5 Active, because it has 64 GB internal memory capacity and an external memory slot that supports up to 256 GB. Galaxy A8 (2018) has a bit longer battery lifetime than Galaxy S5 Active, because it has 3000mAh of battery capacity against 2800mAh.
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