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Network
Technology GSM GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - A500F, A500FQ, A500FU, A500HQ, A500YZ, A500M, A500Y
4G Network 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20 - A500F, A500FQ, A500FU
  3, 7, 8, 28 - A500YZ
  1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 17 - A500M
  1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 28 - A500Y
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2009, March. Released 2009, May 2014, October 30. Released 2014, December
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 104 x 53 x 11.9 mm (4.09 x 2.09 x 0.47 in) 139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7 mm (5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 in)
Weight 93.5 g (3.28 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz)
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 4), plastic back, aluminum frame
SIM Mini-SIM Nano-SIM
Display
Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors Super AMOLED
Size 3.0 inches, 25.6 cm2 (~46.5% screen-to-body ratio) 5.0 inches, 68.9 cm2 (~71.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 240 x 400 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~155 ppi density) 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~294 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
 Handwriting recognition
Platform
OS Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm)
CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 306
Memory
Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Phonebook Yes, Photo Contact Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocal
Call records Yes Practically unlimited
Internal 50MB 16GB 2GB RAM
  eMMC 4.5
Main Camera
Modules 3.15 MP 13 MP, f/2.0, 28mm (wide), AF
Features LED flash, panorama
Video 320p@15fps 1080p@30fps
Selfie Camera
Modules No 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide)
Video
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Sound
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
3.5mm jack No Yes
Comms
WLAN No Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 2.1, A2DP 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Positioning No GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes (LTE model only)
Infrared port No No
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS FM radio, recording
USB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Features
Sensors Accelerometer Accelerometer, proximity, compass
 MP3/WMA/AAC player
H.264/MP4 player
Organizer
Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
Shazam Find Music service
ANT+
S-Voice
Battery
Type Removable Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery Li-Ion 2300 mAh, non-removable
Stand-by Up to 800 h
Talk time Up to 10 h Up to 15 h (3G)
Music play Up to 68 h
Misc
Colors Black, White, Pink Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light Blue, Champagne Gold
SAR 0.91 W/kg (head)     0.72 W/kg (body)     0.65 W/kg (head)     0.48 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.53 W/kg (head)     0.23 W/kg (head)     0.40 W/kg (body)    
Models SM-A5000, SM-A5009, SM-A500F, SM-A500F1, SM-A500FQ, SM-A500FU, SM-A500G, SM-A500H, SM-A500HQ, SM-A500K, SM-A500L, SM-A500S, SM-A500YZ, SM-A500Y, SM-A500W
Price About 70 EUR About 360 EUR
Tests
Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 569
Basemark X: 1897
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 3.895 (sunlight)
Camera Compare PHOTO / Compare VIDEO
Loudspeaker Voice 77dB / Noise 75dB / Ring 82dB Voice 57dB / Noise 60dB / Ring 66dB
Audio quality Noise -88.0dB / Crosstalk -82.3dB Noise -94.5dB / Crosstalk -93.8dB
Battery (old) Endurance rating 74h

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