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Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 Mobile Phone
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 7.0Android 4.4Android 6.0
CPU clock speed1.9 GHz2.5 GHz2.3 GHz
CPU cores8-coreQuad-core8-core
CPU modelSamsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC v3Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890
GPU modelARM Mali-T830 MP2Qualcomm Adreno 330ARM Mali-T880 MP12
RAM memory3 GB2 GB4 GB

Display

Screen size5.2 in5.1 in5.1 in
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeOLEDOLEDOLED
Resolution1080 x 1920 px1920 x 1080 px2560 x 1440 px
Technology
  • AMOLED
  • Full HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • Quad HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Pixel density424.0 ppi432.0 ppi576.0 ppi
Touchscreen
N/A
yesyes
Screen material
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 3.0Corning Gorilla Glass 5.0
Dual screen support
N/A
yesno
Scratch resistant display
N/A
yesyes
HDR
N/A
nono
Multi touch
N/A
yesyes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
N/A
Automatic
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps60.0 fps240.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.6"1/2.6"
Primary lens aperture
N/A
2.2 f1.7 f
Video recording
N/A
yesyes
Autofocus
N/A
yesyes
Burst Mode
N/A
yesyes
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
yesyes
Digital zoom
N/A
yesyes
Geo-tagging
N/A
yesyes
HDR Capture
N/A
yesyes
LED Flash
N/A
yesyes
Panorama
N/A
yesyes
Slow-Mo
N/A
yes
N/A
Touch focus
N/A
yesyes
Face detection
N/A
N/A
yes
Optical image stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution16.0 Mpx2.1 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Lens apertureF/1.9
N/A
F/1.7
Light sourceDisplay flash
N/A
LED flash

Storage

Internal storage32 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Maximum card storage256GB128GB200GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
Memory card reader
N/A
yesyes

Design

Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Metal
Plastic
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Metal
Shock resistantyesnono
Colour of product
N/A
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Green
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Silver
  • Turquoise
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Black
  • Gold
  • Pink
  • Pink/gold
  • Platinum gold
  • Silver
  • Titanium
  • White
  • White pearl
Water resistant
N/A
yesyes
Dust resistant
N/A
yesyes
Fully waterproof
N/A
N/A
yes

Dimensions

Height5.75 in5.59 in5.61 in
Width2.81 in2.85 in2.74 in
Depth0.31 in0.32 in0.31 in
Weight5.61 oz5.11 oz5.36 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Gyroscopeyesyesyes
Barometeryesyesyes
Digital compass
N/A
yesyes
Ambient light sensor
N/A
yesyes
Fingerprint
N/A
yesyes
Pedometer
N/A
yesyes
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
yesyes
ANT+
N/A
yesyes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesnoyes
Sim card size
  • Nano SIM
  • Nano-SIM
Micro-SIMNano-SIM
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.24.04.2
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • DIP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • SAP
Bluetooth codecSBC
  • SBC
  • aptX
  • aptX
  • SBC
NFCyesyesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.0
3.0/3.1
2.0
Type of USB connectorUSB Type-C
N/A
Micro-USB
USB On-The-Go (OTG)noyesyes
Video outputNoMHLNo
DLNA certified
N/A
yesyes

Cellular

Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 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
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TDD-LTE
Navigation system
  • GPS
  • GLONASS
  • BeiDou
GLONASS
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
GSM frequencies
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
Streaming standardsGoogle CastMiracast
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
  • MirrorLink
Wireless network (Wi-Fi)
N/A
yesyes
2G GSM
N/A
yesyes
3G UMTS
N/A
yesyes
UMTS frequences
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
CDMA frequences
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
N/A
4G LTE
N/A
yesyes
LTE frequencies
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
  • 700 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2500 MHz
Mobile hotspot
N/A
yesyes

Battery

Battery capacity3000.0 mAh2800.0 mAh3000.0 mAh
Talk time16.0 h21.0 h27.0 h
Replaceable battery
N/A
yesno
Battery type
N/A
Lithium ionLithium ion
Standby time
N/A
390.0 h288.0 h
Fast charging
N/A
yesyes
Wireless charging
N/A
yesyes
Wireless charging standard
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
  • PMA
  • QI
  • WPC
Fast charging standard
N/A
N/A
Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0

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