Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) vs Samsung Galaxy A15 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 28, 2016	Dec 11, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
	$200

Design

Dimensions
5.74 x 2.85 x 0.32 inches 145.8 x 72.3 x 8.1 mm	6.30 x 3.02 x 0.33 inches 160.1 x 76.8 x 8.4 mm
Weight
5.57 oz / 158.0 g	7.05 oz / 200.0 g
Materials
Frame: Metal	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Soft keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, White	Blue Black, Light Blue

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 70.63% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 84.49% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	Super AMOLED, 90Hz, 800 nits
Resolution
1280x720px, 282 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 396 PPI
Colors
16 777 216

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	1072 (Average)
Bright Min
3 (Average)	1.7 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 410 8916 (28 nm)	Mediatek Dimensity 6100+ (6 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1200 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.2GHz Cortex-A76 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 306	Mali-G57 MC2
Memory
2GB/16GB	4GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (7.1 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (14)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	683
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	1728
3D Mark High
Untested	340
3D Mark Low
Untested	335

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Battery

Type
3100 mAh, Li - Ion	5000 mAh
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 43min

Browsing

10h 41min

Video

12h 15min

Gaming

10h 19min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 28 mm	50 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8
Second camera
	5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling	1080p (30 fps)
Front
5 MP (Flash)	13 MP Video capture: 1080p

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

122

Overall

136

Photo

107

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	5.3
WLAN
b,g,n Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, ANT+, 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	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM, RDS
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28, n40, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
40	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
	LTE-A
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Micro SIM	Dual Nano SIM
HD Voice
	Yes
VoLTE
	Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

Measured SAR
Head: 0.45 W/kg Body: 1.17 W/kg

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