Which Samsung device is worth the purchase? We pit the Galaxy S5 DX against the Galaxy Note 3 Neo to see which is better.
For the design and display, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo has a Super AMOLED display measuring 5.5 inches, which supports a resolution of 720x1280pixels and 267ppi. It comes with an S Pen stylus for a better user experience, and its back panel is made of a faux leather with stitches on the edges. Its dimensions are 148.4×77.4×8.6 mm and it weights 162.5 grams.
The Galaxy S5 DX has a 4.5inches display that uses the same technology and supports the same resolution, but the pixel density is at 326ppi. This device comes with a fingerprint scanner, a heart rate monitor and it’s dust and water resistant. It weighs 120 grams and it measures 131.1×64.8×9.1 mm.
For the hardware and OS, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo is powered by a combination consisting of a quad core Cortex A7 clocked at 1.3GHz and a dual core Cortex A15, clocked at 1.7GHz, based on an Exynos 5260 chipset and using a Mali-T624 GPU. The 2GB of RAM speed up the system and the 16GB of ROM (11GB user available) can be expanded up to 64GB. The phablet runs on the Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) OS, but users can upgrade it to v4.4.2 (KitKat).
The Galaxy S5 DX, on the other hand, has a quad core Cortex A7 processor, clocked at 1.4GHz, combined with an Exynos 3 Quad 3470 chipset and a Mali-400MP4 GPU. This device has 1.5GB of Ram and 16GB of internal storage, expandable up to 64GB and it runs on the Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) OS with TouchWiz UI on top of it, just like its rival.
In addition, both smartphones have accelerometer, compass, gyro and proximity sensors.
For the battery and camera specs, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo has a bigger battery with the capacity of 3100mAh, which delivers 18 hours of talk time on 3G and 64 hours of music playtime. The Galaxy S5 DX has a 2100mAh battery with which users can talk 10 hours on 3G and listen to music for 47 hours.
Both Samsung devices have rear cameras of 8MP with many similar features: autofocus, LED flash, geo tagging, face and smile detection, touch focus, panorama and HDR and the Note 3 Neo has in addition image stabilization. The video recording capabilities is at 1080p@30fps on both devices. The Note 3 Neo has a 2MP camera on the front, while the S5 DX has a 2.1MP secondary camera.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo cost $439 in amazon.com, while the Samsung Galaxy S5 DX is around $600.
Which Samsung smartphone is worth the purchase? Sound off in the comments section below.
