Nokia 5 vs Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 26, 2017	Sep 30, 2016

Design

Dimensions
5.89 x 2.85 x 0.32 inches 149.7 x 72.5 x 8.05 mm	6.17 x 3.02 x 0.28 inches 156.6 x 76.8 x 7.2 mm
Weight
5.64 oz / 160.0 g	6.42 oz / 182.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Silver, Brown, Blue	Gold, Silver, Blue

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 68.83% screen-to-body	5.7-inch, 74.51% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 500 nits	Super AMOLED
Resolution
1280x720px, 282 PPI	1920x1080px, 386 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass	Corning Gorilla Glass

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

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 430 8937	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420 (14 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2100 MHz ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 505	Yes
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB 3GB/16GB	3GB (LPDDR4)/32GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)	Android (6.0 Marshmallow)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Ion	3300 mAh, Li - Ion

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Pixel size: 1.12 μm	16 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
1080p Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP (Wide Angle, Autofocus)	8 MP

Connectivity & Features

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28	1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40	40
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

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

Alternative variants

Dual SIM	Yes

with 3 GB RAM

Memory	3GB

Links

Full specifications
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