Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) vs Samsung Galaxy C5 Specs Comparison

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Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) Samsung Galaxy C5
Released · Oct 01, 2016
Released · Jun 01, 2016
5.7-inch · 1920x1080px
5.2-inch · 1920x1080px
Single camera
Single camera
3GB · 32GB
4GB · 64GB
3300 mAh
2600 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Sep 30, 2016 May 26, 2016

Design

Dimensions
6.17 x 3.02 x 0.28 inches
156.6 x 76.8 x 7.2 mm
5.74 x 2.83 x 0.26 inches
145.9 x 72 x 6.7 mm
Weight
6.42 oz / 182.0 g 5.04 oz / 143.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum
Frame: Aluminum
Back: Metal
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Silver, Blue Gold, Gray, Pink

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 74.51% screen-to-body 5.2-inch, 71.13% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Resolution
1920x1080px, 386 PPI 1920x1080px, 424 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420 (14 nm) Snapdragon 617 8952 (28 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2100 MHz
ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53
Octa-core
1500 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Yes Adreno 405
Memory
3GB (LPDDR4)/32GB 4GB (LPDDR3)/64GB
4GB/32GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow) Android (6.0 Marshmallow)

Battery

Type
3300 mAh, Li - Ion 2600 mAh

Camera

Rear
Single camera Single camera
Main camera
16 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor)
Aperture size: F1.9
16 MP (Autofocus)
Aperture size: F1.9
Flash
LED Dual LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
1080p (30 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP 8 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1 4.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n
a,b,g,n,dual-band
Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
802.11 a, b, g, n
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0 microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
NFC, ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC, ANT+, 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, Stereo, RDS, Recording option
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20 1, 3, 7, 8
4G (TDD) Bands
40 38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1 5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA
Dual SIM
Yes Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM

Phone Features

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

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