Phone Comparison - Microsoft Lumia 550 vs Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017)

Microsoft Lumia 550
microsoft lumia 550
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017)
samsung galaxy j5 (2017)
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general General Info

Manufacturer Microsoft Samsung
Announced October 2015 June 2017
Status Available - December 2015 Available - June 2017
Price Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 19,500 ($300.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Blue, Black, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.1 x 67.8 x 9.9 mm
(5.36 x 2.67 x 0.39 in)
146.3 x 71.3 x 7.9 mm
(5.76 x 2.81 x 0.31 in)
Weight 141.9 (4.97.0.32) -
SIM Type - Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - J710F, J710H
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - J710M
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), 40(2300) - J710F
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor
Notification LED - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows 10 Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210 [Similar] Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53, Exynos 7870 Octa [Similar]
GPU Adreno 304 [Similar] Mali-T830MP2 [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 256 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 2.5D Gorilla Glass
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches [Similar] 5.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (315 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (282 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.94% 71.68%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus Autofocus, f/1.7, 28mm, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP, 480p [Similar] 13 MP, f/1.9 [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

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

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 672 h (2G)
Up to 672 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 16 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)
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