Comparison of Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) vs Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016)

Comparison of
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017)

General Features General Features
Release Date 2017, January 2015, December
SIM Support Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Phone Dimensions 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 in 5.70 x 2.80 x 0.29 in
Phone Weight 157 g 155 g
Operating System Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat)
Display Display
Screen Size 5.2 inches 5.2 inches
Screen Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels 1080 x 1920 pixels
Screen Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Screen Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Memory Memory
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 16 GB
RAM 3 GB RAM 2 GB RAM
Card Slot microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
Performance Performance
Processor Octa-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A53 Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53Octa-core (4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) - China only
GPU Mali-T830MP3 Mali-T720MP2Adreno 405 - China only
Battery Battery
Type Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery Non-removable Li-Ion 2900 mAh battery
Camera Camera
Front Camera 16 MP 5 MP
Front Flash Light
Front Video Recording 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Back Flash Light Yes Yes
Back Camera 16 MP 13 MP
Back Video Recording 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Connectivity Connectivity
Bluetooth Yes Yes
3G Yes Yes
4G/LTE Yes Yes
5G
Radio FM radio FM radio
WiFi Yes Yes
NFC Yes Yes

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