Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy A5 vs Samsung Galaxy A8 vs Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018)

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced October 2014 July 2015 October 2018
Status Available - November 2014 Available - August 2015 Available
Price Rs. 18,090 ($266.03) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 30,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light B Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold Caviar Black, Lemonade Blue, Bubblegum Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7 mm
(5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 in)
158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
162.5 x 77 x 7.8 mm
(6.4 x 3.03 x 0.31 in)
Weight 123 g (4.34 oz) 151 g (5.33 oz) 183 g (6.46 oz)
SIM Type - - Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.35 W/kg (head)
1.59 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor Fingerprint Sensor
Samsung Pay
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) Android 8.0 (Oreo), planned upgrade to Android 9.0 (Pie)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260), Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 (14 nm)
GPU - Adreno 405 Adreno 512
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 6/8 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16/32 GB 64/128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.7 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 1080 x 2220 pixels (392 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.85% 73.99% 80.45%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio - FM radio with RDS; recording FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 24 MP + 8 MP + 10 MP + 5 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR, Wide Selfie, Rear-cam Selfie Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR 24 MP, f/1.7, 27mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.9µm, PDAF
8 MP, f/2.4, 12mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm
10 MP f/2.4, 52mm, (telephoto), 1/3.9", 1.0µm, 2x optical zoom
5 MP, f/2.2, 24mm (wide), 1/5.0", 1.12µm, depth sensor
Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 24 MP, f/2.0, 27mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.9µm
HDR, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, BLE, ANT+ v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 64/128 GB, 6/8 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2300 mAh 3050 mAh 3800 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -