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Microsoft Lumia 550 vs Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016)

General Info

Manufacturer
Microsoft Samsung
Announced
October 2015 December 2015
Status
Available - December 2015 Available - February 2016
Price
Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 21,900 ($322.06) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black, White Black, White, Gold, Pink Gold
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
136.1 x 67.8 x 9.9 mm
(5.36 x 2.67 x 0.39 in)
144.8 x 71.0 x 7.3 mm
(5.7 x 2.8 x 0.29 in)
Weight
141.9 (4.97.0.32) 155 g (5.47 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.7 inches [Similar] 5.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (315 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
64.94% 72.38%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Microsoft Windows 10 Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor
Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210 [Similar] Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 304 [Similar] -
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB 16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama
Video
720p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
2 MP, 480p [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
FM radio FM radio, recording
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.1, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
2100 mAh 2900 mAh
Stand by
Up to 672 h (2G)
Up to 672 h (3G)
-
Talk Time
Up to 16 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)
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