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Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy A5 2017
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Plus Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy S8 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S8
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4.3 out of 5
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4.4 out of 5
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5 stars
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User rating
54
4.3 out of 5
54 user ratings
5 stars
44 %
4 stars
40 %
3 stars
14 %
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4.4 out of 5
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3.9 out of 5
37 user ratings
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 7.0Android 5.0Android 5.0Android 7.0
CPU clock speed1.9 GHz2.1 GHz
N/A
2.3 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core6-core8-core
CPU modelSamsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880Samsung Exynos Octa 7420
N/A
Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895
GPU modelARM Mali-T830 MP2ARM Mali-T760
N/A
ARM Mali-G71 MP20
RAM memory3 GB3 GB2 GB4 GB

Display

Screen size5.2 in5.1 in5.5 in5.8 in
Number of colors16.7M16.7M
N/A
16.7M
Panel typeOLEDOLEDOLEDOLED
Resolution1080 x 1920 px2560 x 1440 px1920 x 1080 px1440 x 2960 px
Technology
  • AMOLED
  • Full HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • Quad HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Quad HD+ Super AMOLED
Pixel density424.0 ppi576.0 ppi401.0 ppi570.0 ppi
Touchscreen
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Screen material
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 5.0
Dual screen support
N/A
no
N/A
no
Scratch resistant display
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
HDR
N/A
no
N/A
yes
Multi touch
N/A
yesyesyes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Focus adjustmentAutomaticAutomatic
N/A
  • Automatic
  • Manual
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px3840 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps
N/A
30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps60.0 fps
N/A
240.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
N/A
1280 x 720 px
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.6"
N/A
1/2.55"
Primary lens aperture
N/A
1.9 f
N/A
N/A
Video recording
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Autofocus
N/A
yesyesyes
Burst Mode
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Digital zoom
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Face detection
N/A
yesyesyes
Geo-tagging
N/A
yesyesyes
Gesture Shot
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
HDR Capture
N/A
yesyes
N/A
LED Flash
N/A
yesyesyes
Optical image stabilization
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Panorama
N/A
yesyesyes
Slow-Mo
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Smile detection
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Touch focus
N/A
yesyes
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 Mpx5.0 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
1/2.6"
N/A
1/2.55"
Focus adjustmentAutomaticAutomatic
N/A
  • Automatic
  • Manual

Storage

Internal storage32 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
N/A
64 GB
Maximum card storage256GB
N/A
N/A
256GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
No memory slotmicroSD
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
Memory card reader
N/A
noyesyes

Sensors

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

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesno
N/A
no
Sim card size
  • Nano SIM
  • Nano-SIM
Nano-SIM
N/A
Nano-SIM
Bluetoothyesyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.24.14.15.0
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • DIP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
N/A
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • SAP
Bluetooth codecSBC
  • aptX
  • SBC
N/A
  • aptX
  • SBC
NFCyesyesyesyes
Charging connectionUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
N/A
USB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.0
N/A
3.1
Type of USB connectorUSB Type-CMicro-USBMicro-USBUSB Type-C
USB On-The-Go (OTG)noyesyesyes
Video outputNoMHL
N/A
DisplayPort over USB-C
DLNA certified
N/A
yes
N/A
no

Cellular

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

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