Alcatel 3L (2019) vs Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 24, 2019	Jan 02, 2017

Design

Dimensions
5.95 x 2.74 x 0.31 inches 151.1 x 69.7 x 7.99 mm	5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches 146.1 x 71.4 x 7.9 mm
Weight
5.11 oz / 145.0 g	5.61 oz / 159.0 g
Materials
	Back: Glass Frame: Metal
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
2D Face unlock	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
	Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Blue	Black sky, Gold sand, Blue mist, Peach cloud

Display

Size
5.9-inch, 81.24% screen-to-body	5.2-inch, 71.51% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED
Resolution
1560x720px, 291 PPI	1920x1080px, 424 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Dragontrail	Corning Gorilla Glass

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	1.8 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 429 SDM429 (12 nm)	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 (14 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1950 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1900 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 504	Mali-T830 MP3
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo)	Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)

Battery

Type
3500 mAh	3000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	16 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 27 mm
Second camera
5 MP Aperture size: F2.4 Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP Video capture: 720p (30 fps)	16 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	4.2
WLAN
b,g,n Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M3
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Galileo	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM	FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 11 Mbit/s, UMTS	LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback, Music ringtones, Vibration
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Dec 06, 2016 FCC ID value: A3LSMA520F
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.30 W/kg Body: 0.55 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.09 W/kg

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