General Mobile GM5 vs Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) Specs Comparison

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Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017)
General Mobile GM5 Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017)
2500 mAh
3000 mAh
5.0-inch · 1280x720px
5.2-inch · 1280x720px
Single camera
Single camera
2GB · 16GB
2GB · 16GB
Released · Jul 04, 2017

Availability

Officially announced
Jun 06, 2017

Design

Dimensions
5.53 x 2.75 x 0.37 inches
140.5 x 69.75 x 9.3 mm
5.76 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches
146.3 x 71.3 x 7.9 mm
Weight
5.64 oz / 160.0 g 5.64 oz / 160.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Gray Black, Gold, Silver, Pink

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 70.24% screen-to-body 5.2-inch, 71.39% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Resolution
1280x720px, 294 PPI 1280x720px, 282 PPI
Colors
16 777 216 16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 4
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
Untested 3 (Average)

Hardware

System chip
Qualcomm Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)
Processor
Quad-core
1200 MHz
Octa-core
1600 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Yes Mali-T830 MP2
Memory
2GB/16GB 2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB
Storage expansion
microSDHC microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat) Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)

Battery

Type
2500 mAh, Li - Polymer 3000 mAh

Camera

Rear
Single camera Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus) 13 MP (Autofocus)
Aperture size: F1.7
Flash
Dual LED LED
Video recording
1080p
Video calling, Video sharing
1080p (30 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
Front
5 MP 13 MP (Flash)
Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.0 4.1
WLAN
b,g,n
Hotspot
802.11 b, g, n
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0 microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC, ANT+, 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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
3, 7, 20 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
40
3G Bands
8, 1 5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: May 03, 2017
FCC ID value: A3LSMJ530F
Measured SAR
Head: 0.12 W/kg
Body: 0.89 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.58 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.01 W/kg
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