Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) vs Samsung Galaxy A15 5G Specs Comparison

Design

Dimensions
5.76 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches 146.3 x 71.3 x 7.9 mm	6.30 x 3.02 x 0.33 inches 160.1 x 76.8 x 8.4 mm
Weight
5.64 oz (160.0 g)	7.05 oz (200.0 g)
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
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
Black, Gold, Silver, Pink	Blue Black, Light Blue

Display

Size
5.2-inch	6.5-inch
Resolution
1280x720px, 282 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 396 PPI
Technology
Super AMOLED	Super AMOLED
Refresh rate
	90Hz
Screen-to-body
71.39 %	84.49 %
Colors
16 777 216
Peak brightness
	800 cd/m2 (nit)
Features
Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)	Mediatek Dimensity 6100+ (6 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1600 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.2GHz Cortex-A76 + 6x2.0GHz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-T830 MP2	Mali-G57 MC2
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	4GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)	Android (14)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh	5000 mAh
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

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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) Aperture size: F1.7	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, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps)
Front
13 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p	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
802.11 a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot	802.11 a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers)	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass
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
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	Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66(AWS-3)
4G (TDD)
Bands 40	Bands 38, 40, 41
3G
Bands 5, 8, 4, 2, 1	Bands 1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM
HD Voice
	Yes
VoLTE
Yes	Yes

Phone Features

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

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: May 03, 2017 FCC ID value: A3LSMJ530F
Measured SAR
Head: 0.12 W/kg Body: 0.89 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.58 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.01 W/kg

Buyers information

MSRP
	$ 200
In The Box
	Phone, USB Type-C cabel, SIM ejector tool, Papers

Availability

Officially announced
Jun 06, 2017	Dec 11, 2023

Links

Full specifications
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) Specs	Samsung Galaxy A15 5G Specs
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