Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) vs Samsung Galaxy A53 5G Specs Comparison

Design

Dimensions
5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches 146.1 x 71.4 x 7.9 mm	6.30 x 2.94 x 0.32 inches 159.9 x 74.7 x 8.1 mm
Weight
5.61 oz (159.0 g)	6.67 oz (189.0 g)
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Metal	Back: Plastic
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68	Yes; IP67
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black sky, Gold sand, Blue mist, Peach cloud

Display

Size
5.2-inch	6.5-inch
Resolution
1920x1080px, 424 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 405 PPI
Technology
Super AMOLED	Super AMOLED
Refresh rate
	120Hz
Screen-to-body
71.51 %	85.36 %
Peak brightness
	800 cd/m2 (nit)
Features
Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 (14 nm)	Exynos 1280 (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1900 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x 2.4GHz Cortex A-78 + 6x 2.0GHz Cortex A-55
GPU
Mali-T830 MP3	Yes
RAM
3GB (LPDDR3)	6GB
Internal storage
32GB, available to use: 23.1 GB	128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (12), One UI UI

Battery

Capacity
3000 mAh	5000 mAh
Type
Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

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Gaming

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15h 45min

Video

7h 45min

Gaming

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
16 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 27 mm	64 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	Yes
Front
16 MP	32 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.1
WLAN
802.11 a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct	802.11 a,b,g,n,ac Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers)
Other
NFC, ANT+, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), 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
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G
	Bands 5G Ready
4G (FDD)
Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700 b), 20(800 DD), 28(700 APT)
4G (TDD)
Bands 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
3G
Bands 5(850), 8(900), 4(1700/2100), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Dec 06, 2016 FCC ID value: A3LSMA520F
Measured SAR
Head: 0.30 W/kg Body: 0.55 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.09 W/kg

Buyers information

MSRP
	$ 450

Availability

Officially announced
Jan 02, 2017	Mar 17, 2022

Alternative variants

With 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

RAM	8GB
Internal storage	256GB

Links

Full specifications
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) Specs	Samsung Galaxy A53 5G Specs
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