Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) vs Sony Xperia 5 IV Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jan 02, 2017

Design

Dimensions
5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches 146.1 x 71.4 x 7.9 mm	6.14 x 2.64 x 0.32 inches 156 x 67 x 8.2 mm
Weight
5.61 oz (159.0 g)	6.07 oz (172.0 g)
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Metal	Back: Glass
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, Blue mist, Peach cloud

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 71.51% screen-to-body	6.1-inch, 83.11% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	OLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
1920x1080px, 424 PPI	2520x1080px, 21:9 ratio, 449 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 (14 nm)	Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SM8450 (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1900 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core
GPU
Mali-T830 MP3	Adreno 730
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB	8GB/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 (13, 12)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Ion	5000 mAh
Charging
Fast charging	Qi wireless charging, Reverse wired charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 30.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 35min

Browsing

14h 30min

Video

6h 52min

Gaming

8h 22min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
16 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 27 mm	12 MP (OIS, Autofocus) Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 1.8 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.4 Sensor size: 1/2.5"
Third camera
	12 MP (Telephoto, OIS) Optical zoom: 2.5x Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	Yes
Front
16 MP	12 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct 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, USB 3.1
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, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1
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	Dual 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

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