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Apple iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A

General Info

Manufacturer
Apple Samsung
Announced
September 2012 June 2014
Status
Available - September 2012 Available - August 2014
Colors
Black, White Charcoal Black, Shimmering White, Electric Blue, Copper Gold, Sw
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
Weight
112 g (3.95 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - for Verizon
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 TD-SCDMA / HSDPA
4G Network
LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 - for AT&T LTE-A
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes

Display

Type
LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 5.1 inches [Similar]
Resolution
640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
60.84% 69.63%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
iOS 6 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor
Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Apple A6 [Similar] Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX 543MP3 [Similar] Adreno 420 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64 GB storage 16/32 GB storage
External Memory
No microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Backside Illumin [Similar] 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash phase detection auto
Features
Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR 1/2.6' Sensor Size, 1.12 �m Pixel Size, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging, face detection Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, video stabilization, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No No
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 73 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE-A, 255 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, Lightning Port Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2.1), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser
HTML (Safari) HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1440 mAh 2800 mAh
Stand by
Up to 225 h -
Talk Time
Up to 8 h -
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