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| Global Score | |
| 86.6 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Xiaomi | Samsung |
| Android 10 | -- |
| 2020-05-08 | 2017-01-13 |
| 6.64 x 3.04 x 0.41 inches | 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches |
| 7.83 ounces | 5.61 ounces |
| Armor gray, Lightning black and Star silver | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Glass and Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.7 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 393 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SM8250 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| Kryo 585, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Adreno 650 GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 9.63 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 64.00 MP + 20.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 12.43 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4720mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.56 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Xiaomi Black Shark 3 has a general score of 86.6, which is much better than Galaxy A5 (2017)'s score of 75.8. Xiaomi Black Shark 3's design is much newer, but incredibly heavier and much thicker than Galaxy A5 (2017). Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) and Xiaomi Black Shark 3 both count with similar screens, because although the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) has a really smaller display and a quite lower resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels, it also counts with a just a bit higher number of pixels per inch of screen.
The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 has a bit superior processing unit than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), and although they both have the same number of cores, the Xiaomi Black Shark 3 also has 5 GB more RAM memory. The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 features a quite bigger storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has no external memory card slot, it also counts with more internal memory.
Xiaomi Black Shark 3 counts with a way better battery performance than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a 57 percent larger battery size. Xiaomi Black Shark 3 has a much better camera than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a much higher 3840x2160 (4K) video definition, a camera in the back with a way higher resolution and a larger diafragm aperture to capture better captures in low-light situations.
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