OnePlus 5T vs Samsung Galaxy A55 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Nov 16, 2017	Mar 11, 2024
Prices (MSRP)
8GB/128GB - $559	8GB/128GB - $489

Design

Dimensions
6.15 x 2.95 x 0.29 inches 156.1 x 75 x 7.3 mm	6.34 x 3.05 x 0.00 inches 161.1 x 77.4 8.2 mm
Weight
5.71 oz / 162.0 g	7.51 oz / 213.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass) Frame: Plastic
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Red, White	Iceblue, Lilac, Navy, Lemon

Display

Size
6.0-inch, 80.43% screen-to-body	6.6-inch, 84.30% screen-to-body
Type
AMOLED	Super AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 550 nits
Resolution
2160x1080px, 18:9 ratio, 400 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 399 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Features
Oleophobic coating

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	1510 (Good)
Bright Min
2 (Good)	1.3 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 (10 nm)	Exynos 1480 (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core Kryo 280	Octa-core 4x2.7GHz Cortex-A78 4x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 540	Yes
Memory
8GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 6GB/64GB	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	microSDXC
OS
Android (10, 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)	Android (14)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1163
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	3487
3D Mark High
Untested	930
3D Mark Low
Untested	916

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Battery

Type
3300 mAh, Li - Polymer	5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
OnePlus Dash Charge	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 36min

Browsing

17h 7min

Video

8h 15min

Gaming

9h 39min

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Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Triple camera
Main camera
16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/2.8" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	50 MP (OIS, Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/1.56" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
20 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal Length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/2.8" Pixel size: 1 μm	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/3.06" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps), 720p (120 fps) Time-lapse video, Picture-taking during video recording, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
16 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p	32 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

132

Overall

140

Photo

123

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, 5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	1, 2, 3, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 12/13 (600/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Nov 17, 2017 FCC ID value: 2ABZ2-A5010
Measured SAR
Head: 1.38 W/kg Body: 0.76 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.50 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.25 W/kg Phablet: 3.61 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 64 GB storage

Memory	6GB/64GB
Prices (MSRP)	$500

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB

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