Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy A8 vs Sony Xperia 5

Samsung Galaxy A8
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Sony Xperia 5
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Sony
Announced July 2015 September 2019
Status Available - August 2015 Coming Soon - October 2019
Price Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold Blue, Red, Black, Grey
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
158 x 68 x 8.2 mm
(6.22 x 2.68 x 0.32 in)
Weight 151 g (5.33 oz) 164 g (5.78 oz)
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46, 66(1700/2100)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor - Fingerprint Sensor(side-mounted)
IP65/IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
24-bit/192kHz audio
Dynamic vibration system
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Dolby Atmos sound

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) Android 9.0 (Pie)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar] Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.78 GHz Kryo 485), Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) [Similar]
GPU Adreno 405 [Similar] Adreno 640 [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 6GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 128GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 1 TB (uses shared SIM slot) - dual SIM model only

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Full HD+ OLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Corning Gorilla Glass 6
DCI-P3 100%
HDR BT.2020
Triluminos display
X-Reality Engine
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches [Similar] 6.1 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 2520 pixels (449 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 73.99% 81.06%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes no
Radio FM radio with RDS; recording No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels [Similar] 12 MP + 12 MP + 12 MP [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR 12 MP, f/1.6, 26mm (wide), 1/2.6", 1.4µm, predictive Dual Pixel PDAF, 5-axis OIS
12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.4", 1.0µm, predictive PDAF, 2x optical zoom, 5-axis OIS
12 MP, f/2.4, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/3.4", 1.0µm
Panorama, HDR, Eye Tracking
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@24/30fps HDR, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (5-axis gyro-EIS), 1080p@960fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/4", 1.12µm, HDR, 1080p@30fps (5-axis gyro-EIS) [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes
Edge Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat19 1600/150 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE
Wi-Fi 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, DLNA, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 128GB, 6GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 1 TB (uses shared SIM slot) - dual SIM model only
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Fast Battery Charging 18W
Capacity 3050 mAh 3140 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -