We compare the Samsung Galaxy S5 against Samsung Galaxy A5 to see which Samsung smartphone is better.
According to the specs from GSMArena, the Samsung Galaxy A5 has a 5 inch Super AMOLED display which can render a resolution 720 x 1280 pixels at 294 ppi pixel density. Its dimension is at 139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7 mm, and weighs around 126 grams in terms of weight.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 on the other hand, is equipped with a slightly larger Super AMOLED at 5.1 inches that can render a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels at 432 ppi. The S5 is is protected by a Corning Gorilla Glass 3, has the dimensions of 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm, and its heavier at 145 grams.
For the hardware and OS, the Fuse Joplin stated that the Samsung Galaxy S5 has a powerful quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, paired up with the qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801, and Adreno 330 for graphics. It has a RAM capacity of 2GB, and has two internal memories: 16 and 32 GB, but it can expand up to 128 GB with a microSD card. It runs on the Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat), which can be upgraded into the v5.0 (Lollipop).
The Galaxy A5 has the same quad-core processor but clocked at 1.2GHz, paired with a qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410, and a Adreno 306 GPU. It also has 2GB of RAM, but has an internal memory of 16GB expandable up to 64GB with a microSD card. Its software is a Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat).
The Galaxy A5 battery is at 2300 mAh , which can last up to 15 hours of talktime, while the S5 is at 2800 mAh capacity that can last up to 21 hours.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 has a primary shooter of 16 MP, and 2MP secondary camera. Its features include 1/2.6'' sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, and HDR. The A5 on the other hand, has low primary camera of 13MP, but a better secondary camera at 5MP and it features include autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, and panorama.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is worth $528, while according to Amazon.com the Galaxy A5 is at $480.