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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 78.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4, 4.4.2 | Android 11 |
| 2014-06-23 | 2021-03-12 |
| 5.72 x 2.89 x 0.35 inches | 5.79 x 2.82 x 0.36 inches |
| 6.00 ounces | 6.07 ounces |
| Gray, Green and Red | Black |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 199.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.1 inches | 5.3 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 1480 x 720 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | LCD |
| 432 pixels per inch | 311 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 7.5 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | Samsung Exynos 850 S5E3830 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G52 MP1 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 6.72 | 13.02 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.69 | 9.13 |
| 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 | 3000mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | 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 |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy XCover 5 is slightly better than Galaxy S5 Active, getting a 78.1 score against 75.6. These phones have Android OS (operating system), but Galaxy XCover 5 has an older 11 version and Galaxy S5 Active has Android 4.4.4. Galaxy XCover 5's design is noticeably newer, but just a little thicker and a little bit heavier than the Galaxy S5 Active.
Samsung Galaxy S5 Active features just a bit better hardware performance than Samsung Galaxy XCover 5, because although it has a lower amount of RAM and an inferior number of cores (although they are faster), it also counts with an extra graphics processing unit. The Galaxy S5 Active features a much sharper screen than Galaxy XCover 5, because although it has a little smaller display, it also counts with a better resolution of 1920 x 1080px and a higher pixels quantity per inch in the screen.
The Samsung Galaxy XCover 5 has just a bit better camera than Galaxy S5 Active. Both have a 16 mega-pixels resolution camera in the back, the same video frame rates and the same (Full HD) video quality. Galaxy XCover 5 features much more storage to store more games and applications than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, because it has a SD memory slot that admits up to 1 TB and 48 GB more internal memory capacity.
Galaxy XCover 5 has just a little bit longer battery duration than Galaxy S5 Active, because it has 3000mAh of battery capacity against 2800mAh.
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