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Samsung Galaxy A5

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Network
Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
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
GPRS Yes Class 12
EDGE Yes Class 12
Launch
Announced 2014, October 30. Released 2014, December 2009, March. Released 2009, May
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7 mm (5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 in) 104 x 53 x 11.9 mm (4.09 x 2.09 x 0.47 in)
Weight 123 g (4.34 oz) 93.5 g (3.28 oz)
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 4), plastic back, aluminum frame
SIM Nano-SIM Mini-SIM
Display
Type Super AMOLED TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 5.0 inches, 68.9 cm2 (~71.0% screen-to-body ratio) 3.0 inches, 25.6 cm2 (~46.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~294 ppi density) 240 x 400 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~155 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 microSDXC (dedicated slot) microSDHC (dedicated slot)
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocal Yes, Photo Contact
Call records Practically unlimited Yes
Internal 16GB 2GB RAM 50MB
 eMMC 4.5
Main Camera
Modules 13 MP, f/2.0, 28mm (wide), AF 3.15 MP
Features LED flash, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 320p@15fps
Selfie Camera
Modules 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide) No
Video
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Sound
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
3.5mm jack Yes No
Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot No
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE 2.1, A2DP
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, BDS No
NFC Yes (LTE model only)
Infrared port No No
Radio FM radio, recording Stereo FM radio, RDS
USB microUSB 2.0 2.0
Features
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass Accelerometer
 ANT+
S-Voice
MP3/WMA/AAC player
H.264/MP4 player
Organizer
Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
Shazam Find Music service
Battery
Type Li-Ion 2300 mAh, non-removable Removable Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 800 h
Talk time Up to 15 h (3G) Up to 10 h
Music play Up to 68 h
Misc
Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light Blue, Champagne Gold Black, White, Pink
SAR 0.65 W/kg (head)     0.48 W/kg (body)     0.91 W/kg (head)     0.72 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.23 W/kg (head)     0.40 W/kg (body)     0.53 W/kg (head)    
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 360 EUR About 70 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 57dB / Noise 60dB / Ring 66dB Voice 77dB / Noise 75dB / Ring 82dB
Audio quality Noise -94.5dB / Crosstalk -93.8dB Noise -88.0dB / Crosstalk -82.3dB
Battery (old) Endurance rating 74h

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