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Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy Note 5
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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Plus Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S7 Active
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4.2 out of 5
7 user ratings
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3.6 out of 5
8 user ratings
5 stars
62 %
4 stars
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4.4 out of 5
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5 stars
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4.3 out of 5
3 user ratings
5 stars
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User rating
38
4.1 out of 5
38 user ratings
5 stars
31 %
4 stars
50 %
3 stars
18 %
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4.1 out of 5
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44 %
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18 %
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3.9 out of 5
37 user ratings
5 stars
24 %
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48 %
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24 %
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38
4.1 out of 5
38 user ratings
5 stars
39 %
4 stars
36 %
3 stars
18 %
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 5.1Android 7.1Android 5.0Android 6.0
CPU clock speed2.1 GHz2.3 GHz
N/A
2.15 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core6-coreQuad-core
CPU modelSamsung Exynos Octa 7420Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895
N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996
GPU modelARM Mali-T760ARM Mali-G71 MP20
N/A
Qualcomm Adreno 530
RAM memory4 GB6 GB2 GB4 GB

Display

Screen size5.7 in6.3 in5.5 in5.1 in
Number of colors16.7M16.7M
N/A
16.7M
Panel typeOLEDOLEDOLEDOLED
Resolution2560 x 1440 px1440 x 2960 px1920 x 1080 px2560 x 1440 px
Technology
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
AMOLEDSuper AMOLEDSuper AMOLED
Pixel density518.0 ppi521.0 ppi401.0 ppi576.0 ppi
Screen materialCorning Gorilla Glass 4.0
N/A
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
Multi touch
N/A
yesyesyes
Touchscreen
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture1.9 f
N/A
N/A
1.7 f
Highest video resolution4096 x 2160 px3840 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps
N/A
N/A
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)120.0 fps240.0 fps
N/A
N/A
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.55"
N/A
N/A
Video recording
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Max resolution (highest frame rate)
N/A
1280 x 720 px
N/A
N/A
3D Capture
N/A
no
N/A
N/A
Autofocus
N/A
yesyesyes
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Optical zoom
N/A
2x
N/A
N/A
Face detection
N/A
yesyesyes
Geo-tagging
N/A
yesyesyes
LED Flash
N/A
yesyesyes
Night Mode
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Panorama
N/A
yesyesyes
HDR Capture
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Touch focus
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Number of rear cameras
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Smile detection
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution5.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Number of front cameras
N/A
N/A
N/A
1

Storage

Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 256 GB
  • 64 GB
N/A
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readernoyesyesyes
Types of memory card supportedNo memory slot
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
microSDmicroSD
Maximum card storage
N/A
256GB
N/A
256GB

Design

Colour of product
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Gold
  • Black
BlackGrey
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
N/A
N/A
Water resistant
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Shock resistant
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Dust resistant
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesno
N/A
no
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIM
N/A
Nano-SIM
Bluetooth version4.15.04.14.2
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
A2DP
N/A
N/A
Bluetooth codecSBCSBC
N/A
N/A
Charging connection
  • USB
  • Wireless
USB
N/A
N/A
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.0
3.0/3.1
N/A
N/A
Video outputMHLDisplayPort over USB-C
N/A
N/A
DLNA certified
N/A
no
N/A
N/A
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Bluetooth
N/A
N/A
yesyes
NFC
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Type of USB connector
N/A
N/A
Micro-USBMicro-USB

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