Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch vs Samsung Galaxy A55 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 26, 2017	Mar 11, 2024
Prices (MSRP)
	$489

Design

Dimensions
11.47 x 7.87 x 0.29 inches 291.3 x 199.8 x 7.4 mm	6.34 x 3.05 x 0.00 inches 161.1 x 77.4 8.2 mm
Weight
26.60 oz (754.0 g)	7.51 oz (213.0 g)
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass) Frame: Plastic
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Stylus
Keys
	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Silver	Iceblue, Lilac, Navy, Lemon

Display

Size
12.0-inch, 73.63% screen-to-body	6.6-inch, 84.30% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED, HDR	Super AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 550 nits
Resolution
1440x2160px, 216 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 399 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Features
HDR support, Ambient light sensor

Hardware

System chip
Intel Core i5 (14 nm)	Exynos 1480 (5 nm)
Processor
Dual-core 3100 MHz	Octa-core 4x2.7GHz Cortex-A78 4x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Intel HD	Yes
Memory
8GB/256GB 4GB/128GB	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC
OS
Windows (10)	Android (14)

Battery

Type
5070 mAh	5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

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Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 36min

Browsing

17h 7min

Video

8h 15min

Gaming

9h 39min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.9	50 MP (OIS, Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/1.56" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/3.06" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
	LED
Video recording
1080p	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
5 MP	32 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

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Overall

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Photo

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Video

132

Overall

140

Photo

123

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	5.3
WLAN
b,g,n,ac,dual-band Multiple antennas, MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 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 3.1	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, 5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
	1, 2, 3, 5, 8
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
	Nano SIM, eSIM

Alternative variants

Memory	4GB/128GB

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB

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Full specifications
Samsung Galaxy Book 12-inch Specs	Samsung Galaxy A55 5G Specs
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