Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) vs Samsung Galaxy A42 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jan 02, 2017	Sep 02, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	€340

Design

Dimensions
5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches 146.1 x 71.4 x 7.9 mm	6.47 x 2.99 x 0.34 inches 164.4 x 75.9 x 8.6 mm
Weight
5.61 oz / 159.0 g	6.81 oz / 193.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Metal
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black sky, Gold sand, Blue mist, Peach cloud	Prism Dot black, Prism Dot white, Prism Dot grey

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 71.51% screen-to-body	6.6-inch, 84.26% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	Super AMOLED, 60Hz
Resolution
1920x1080px, 424 PPI	1600x720px, 20:9 ratio, 266 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass

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

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 (14 nm)	Snapdragon 750G SM7225 (8 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1900 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.2GHz Kryo 570 6x1.8GHz Kryo 570
GPU
Mali-T830 MP3	Adreno 619
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (12, 11, 10)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Ion	5000 mAh
Charging
Fast charging	Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
16 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 27 mm	48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 720p (480 fps)
Front
16 MP	20 MP (Autofocus)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
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, BeiDou	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, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20, 28	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Dec 06, 2016 FCC ID value: A3LSMA520F	Date approved: Apr 08, 2021 FCC ID value: A3LSMA426U
Measured SAR
Head: 0.30 W/kg Body: 0.55 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.09 W/kg	Head: 1.11 W/kg Body: 1.25 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.06 W/kg Phablet: 3.81 W/kg

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