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| Global Score | |
| 78.1 | 82.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.2 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2014-06-23 | 2018-08-27 |
| 5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 inches | 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches |
| 5.11 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold and White | Black and White |
| -- | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 249.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.1 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 432 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 420 (500 MHz) GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.72 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 2.10 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.38 inches (1/2.6") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 9.79 | 10.01 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7.2 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2800mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 390 hours standby time 21 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.8 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A8 Star is a little bit better than the Galaxy S5 Plus, having an 82.1 score against 78.1. These devices use Android OS (Operating System), but Galaxy A8 Star has newer 9.0 Pie version and Galaxy S5 Plus has Android 4.4.2 version, offering some extra features and optimized performance. Even though the Galaxy A8 Star is way heavier than the Galaxy S5 Plus, it's just a little bit thinner and noticeably newer.
Galaxy S5 Plus features a little faster CPU than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has 4 GB less RAM and less processing cores (but faster), it also counts with an additional graphics co-processor. Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus counts with a much better looking screen than Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has a little smaller display and a bit worse resolution of 1920 x 1080px, it also counts with a little greater quantity of pixels per display inch.
Galaxy A8 Star features a much bigger memory for applications and games than Galaxy S5 Plus, because it has a slot for an SD memory card that holds up to 400 GB and more internal memory. Samsung Galaxy A8 Star takes clearer photographs and videos than Galaxy S5 Plus, because although it has a tinier sensor shooting worse quality photographs, and they both have the same video frame rate, the same resolution camera in the back and the same 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution, the Samsung Galaxy A8 Star also counts with a way bigger aperture to take better low light captures and video.
The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star features superior battery lifetime than Galaxy S5 Plus, because it has a 32 percent bigger battery size.
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