Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) vs Nokia 5 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Sep 30, 2016	Feb 26, 2017

Design

Dimensions
6.17 x 3.02 x 0.28 inches 156.6 x 76.8 x 7.2 mm	5.89 x 2.85 x 0.32 inches 149.7 x 72.5 x 8.05 mm
Weight
6.42 oz / 182.0 g	5.64 oz / 160.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum	Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
	Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Silver, Blue	Black, Silver, Brown, Blue

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 74.51% screen-to-body	5.2-inch, 68.83% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	IPS LCD, 500 nits
Resolution
1920x1080px, 386 PPI	1280x720px, 282 PPI
Colors
	16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass	Corning Gorilla Glass

PhoneArena Display Test

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

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420 (14 nm)	Snapdragon 430 8937
Processor
Octa-core 2100 MHz ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Yes	Adreno 505
Memory
3GB (LPDDR4)/32GB	2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB 3GB/16GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)

Battery

Type
3300 mAh, Li - Ion	3000 mAh, Li - Ion

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
16 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9	13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
LED	Dual LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	1080p Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP	8 MP (Wide Angle, Autofocus)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	4.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n	b,g,n Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 b, g, n
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS
Other
NFC, ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20	1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
40	38, 40
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
	LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
	Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
	Haptic feedback
Other features
	Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

Dual SIM	Yes

with 3 GB RAM

Memory	3GB

Links

Full specifications
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) Specs	Nokia 5 Specs
PhoneArena Review
	Nokia 5 Review