Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) vs Samsung Galaxy A55 5G Specs Comparison

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6.5	5.8
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017)	Samsung Galaxy A55 5G
Released · Jul 04, 2017	Released · Mar 20, 2024
5.2-inch · 1280x720px	6.6-inch · 2400x1080px
Single camera	Triple camera
2GB · 16GB	8GB · 128GB
3000 mAh	5000 mAh
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Design

Dimensions
5.76 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches 146.3 x 71.3 x 7.9 mm	6.34 x 3.05 x 0.00 inches 161.1 x 77.4 8.2 mm
Weight
5.64 oz (160.0 g)	7.51 oz (213.0 g)
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass) Frame: Plastic
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Silver, Pink	Iceblue, Lilac, Navy, Lemon

Display

Size
5.2-inch	6.6-inch
Resolution
1280x720px, 282 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 399 PPI
Technology
Super AMOLED	Super AMOLED
Refresh rate
	120Hz
Screen-to-body
71.39 %	84.30 %
Colors
16 777 216
Peak brightness
	550 cd/m2 (nit)
Features
Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	HDR support, Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)	Exynos 1480 (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1600 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 4x 2.7GHz Cortex-A78 + 4x 2.0GHz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-T830 MP2	Yes
RAM
2GB (LPDDR3)	8GB
Internal storage
16GB, available to use: 10.1 GB	128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat), Samsung One UI	Android (14)

Battery

Capacity
3000 mAh	5000 mAh
Type
	Li - Ion
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 36min

Browsing

17h 7min

Video

8h 15min

Gaming

9h 39min

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.7	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	LED
Video recording
1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps)
Front
13 MP (Flash), Video capture: 1920x1080 (Full HD)	32 MP, Video capture: 3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps)

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

132

Overall

140

Photo

123

Video

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,ax(Wi-Fi 6) Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, 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	No 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, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, 5G Ready
4G (FDD)
Bands 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800 DD)	Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 17(700 b), 20(800 DD), 25(1900+), 26(850+), 28(700 APT), 32(1500 L-band), 66(AWS-3)
4G (TDD)
Bands 40(2300)	Bands 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
3G
Bands 5(850), 8(900), 4(1700/2100), 2(1900), 1(2100)	Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900)
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM
VoLTE
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
	$ 489

Availability

Officially announced
Jun 06, 2017	Mar 11, 2024

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage


Internal storage	256GB

With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage


RAM	12GB
Internal storage	256GB

Links

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