Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) vs Sony Xperia 5 V Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jan 02, 2017	Sep 01, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
	€999

Design

Dimensions
5.33 x 2.61 x 0.31 inches 135.4 x 66.2 x 7.9 mm	6.06 x 2.68 x 0.34 inches 154 x 68 x 8.6 mm
Weight
4.87 oz / 138.0 g	6.46 oz / 183.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68	Yes; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black sky, Gold sand, Peach cloud, Blue mist

Display

Size
4.7-inch, 67.85% screen-to-body	6.1-inch, 82.96% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	OLED, 120Hz
Resolution
1280x720px, 312 PPI	2520x1080px, 21:9 ratio, 449 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

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

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)	Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SM8550 (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1600 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1x3.2GHz Kryo Prime 4x2.8GHz Kryo Gold 3x2.0GHz Kryo Silve
GPU
Mali-T830 MP2	Adreno 740
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	8GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (13)

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GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	2012
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	5132
3D Mark High
Untested	3686
3D Mark Low
Untested	1564

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Battery

Type
2350 mAh	5000 mAh
Charging
	Fast charging Qi wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 30.0W Wireless: 15.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

23h 28min

Video

8h 38min

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9	52 MP Sensor size: 1/1.35"
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Sensor size: 1/2.5"
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (120 fps)
Front
8 MP	12 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band 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	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, ANT+, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

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

Cellular

5G Bands
	5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
40
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Dec 21, 2016 FCC ID value: A3LSMA320F
Measured SAR
Head: 0.45 W/kg Body: 0.74 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.56 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.94 W/kg

Alternative variants

Dual SIM	Yes

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