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Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy A5 2017
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Samsung Galaxy Light Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy Light
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Samsung Galaxy S8 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S8
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It’s no secret that many kids are scared of the dark. If you’re a human being with a pulse, there’s a good chance you used to be one of them. But at some point, your kids need to sleep, and a brightly-lit room is not the best environment for that. One solution is to use a simple nightlight. As a matter of fact, it’s such a popular solution that manufacturers often build them into other household products. For example, there are many HEPA filters that come with built-in night lights. A built-in nightlight is a utilitarian solution that gets theRead more
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 7.0Android 4.2Android 5.0Android 7.0
CPU clock speed1.9 GHz1.4 GHz2.1 GHz2.3 GHz
CPU cores8-coreQuad-core8-core8-core
CPU modelSamsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880Samsung Exynos 4 Quad 4412Samsung Exynos Octa 7420Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895
GPU modelARM Mali-T830 MP2ARM Mali-400ARM Mali-T760ARM Mali-G71 MP20
RAM memory3 GB1 GB3 GB4 GB

Display

Screen size5.2 in4.0 in5.1 in5.8 in
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeOLEDLCDOLEDOLED
Resolution1080 x 1920 px800 x 480 px2560 x 1440 px1440 x 2960 px
Technology
  • AMOLED
  • Full HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
N/A
  • Quad HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Quad HD+ Super AMOLED
Pixel density424.0 ppi233.0 ppi576.0 ppi570.0 ppi
Multi touch
N/A
yesyesyes
Touchscreen
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Screen material
N/A
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0Corning Gorilla Glass 5.0
Dual screen support
N/A
N/A
nono
Scratch resistant display
N/A
N/A
yesyes
HDR
N/A
N/A
noyes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution16.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
N/A
Automatic
  • Automatic
  • Manual
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px4096 x 2160 px3840 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps
N/A
60.0 fps240.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px
N/A
1280 x 720 px1280 x 720 px
3D Capture
N/A
no
N/A
N/A
Autofocus
N/A
yesyesyes
Digital zoom
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Face detection
N/A
yesyesyes
Geo-tagging
N/A
yesyesyes
LED Flash
N/A
yesyesyes
Slow-Mo
N/A
noyes
N/A
Touch focus
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Primary sensor size
N/A
N/A
1/2.6"1/2.55"
Primary lens aperture
N/A
N/A
1.9 f
N/A
Video recording
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Burst Mode
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Gesture Shot
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
HDR Capture
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Optical image stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Panorama
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Smile detection
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Number of rear cameras
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Night Mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Scene mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution16.0 Mpx0.3 Mpx5.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx
Lens apertureF/1.9
N/A
N/A
F/1.7
Light sourceDisplay flash
N/A
N/A
N/A
Number of front cameras
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Primary sensor size
N/A
N/A
1/2.6"1/2.55"
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
N/A
Automatic
  • Automatic
  • Manual

Storage

Internal storage32 GB
N/A
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
64 GB
Maximum card storage256GB32GB
N/A
256GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
microSDNo memory slot
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
Memory card reader
N/A
yesnoyes

Dimensions

Height5.75 in4.78 in5.59 in5.86 in
Width2.81 in2.5 in2.76 in2.68 in
Depth0.31 in0.4 in0.28 in0.31 in
Weight5.61 oz4.27 oz4.66 oz5.47 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyesyes
Gyroscopeyes
N/A
yesyes
Barometeryes
N/A
yesyes
Digital compass
N/A
yesyesyes
Ambient light sensor
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Fingerprint
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
N/A
yesyes
ANT+
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Face scanner
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyes
N/A
nono
Sim card size
  • Nano SIM
  • Nano-SIM
Micro-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
Bluetoothyesyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.22.1 EDR4.15.0
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • DIP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
N/A
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • SAP
Bluetooth codecSBC
N/A
  • aptX
  • SBC
  • aptX
  • SBC
NFCyesyesyesyes
Charging connectionUSB
N/A
  • USB
  • Wireless
USB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.0
N/A
2.0
3.1
Type of USB connectorUSB Type-CMicro-USBMicro-USBUSB Type-C
USB On-The-Go (OTG)no
N/A
yesyes
Video outputNo
N/A
MHLDisplayPort over USB-C
DLNA certified
N/A
yesyesno

Cellular

Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
N/A
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmission
  • GPRS
  • EDGE
  • HSDPA
  • HSUPA
  • HSPA+
  • FDD-LTE
  • TDD-LTE
HSPA+
  • EDGE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
  • LTE Advanced
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TDD-LTE
Navigation system
  • GPS
  • GLONASS
  • BeiDou
N/A
  • A-GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
  • Galileo
GSM frequencies
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
Streaming standardsGoogle Cast
N/A
Google Cast
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
Wireless network (Wi-Fi)
N/A
yesyesyes
2G GSM
N/A
yesyesyes
4G LTE
N/A
yesyesyes
LTE frequencies
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
N/A
Mobile hotspot
N/A
yesyes
N/A
3G UMTS
N/A
N/A
yesyes
UMTS frequences
N/A
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz

Battery

Battery capacity3000.0 mAh1800.0 mAh2600.0 mAh3000.0 mAh
Talk time16.0 h13.0 h18.0 h20.0 h
Battery type
N/A
Lithium ionLithium ion
N/A
Standby time
N/A
460.0 h302.0 h326.0 h
Replaceable battery
N/A
N/A
nono
Fast charging
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Wireless charging
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Wireless charging standard
N/A
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
  • PMA
  • QI
  • WPC
Fast charging standard
N/A
N/A
N/A
Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge

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