Samsung Galaxy A5

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Versions: A500F (Global), A500FU (Europe), A500M (Peru, Colombia), A500Y (Australia, New Zealand), A500YZ (Taiwan), A500F1/A500K/A500S (Korea), A500FQ (Turkey)

• Network Technology: GSM / HSPA / LTE

• Launch Announced: 2014, October 30. Released 2014, December Status: Discontinued

• Body Dimensions: 139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7 mm (5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 in) Weight: 123 g (4.34 oz) Build: Glass front (Gorilla Glass 4), plastic back, aluminum frame SIM: Nano-SIM

• Display Type: Super AMOLED Size: 5.0 inches, 68.9 cm² (~71.0% screen-to-body ratio) Resolution: 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~294 ppi density) Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 4

• Platform OS: Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat) Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm) CPU: Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 GPU: Adreno 306

• Memory Card slot - microSDXC (dedicated slot) Internal: 16GB 2GB RAM
• - : eMMC 4.5

• Main Camera Single: 13 MP, f/2.0, 28mm (wide), AF Features: LED flash, panorama Video: 1080p@30fps

• Selfie camera Single: 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide) Video:

• Sound Loudspeaker : Yes 3.5mm jack : Yes

• Comms WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Bluetooth: 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE Positioning: GPS, GLONASS, BDS NFC: Yes (LTE model only) Radio: FM radio, recording USB: microUSB 2.0

• Features Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity, compass
• - : ANT+
  S-Voice

• Battery Type: Li-Ion 2300 mAh, non-removable Talk time: Up to 15 h (3G) Music play: Up to 68 h

• Misc Colors: Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light Blue, Champagne Gold Models: SM-A5000, SM-A5009, SM-A500F, SM-A500F1, SM-A500FQ, SM-A500FU, SM-A500G, SM-A500H, SM-A500HQ, SM-A500K, SM-A500L, SM-A500S, SM-A500YZ, SM-A500Y, SM-A500W SAR: 0.65 W/kg (head) - - 0.48 W/kg (body) - - SAR EU: 0.23 W/kg (head) - - 0.40 W/kg (body) - - Price: About 360 EUR

• Tests Performance: Basemark OS II 2.0: 569
  Basemark X: 1897
• Display: Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 3.895 (sunlight)
• Camera: Photo / Video
• Loudspeaker: Voice 57dB / Noise 60dB / Ring 66dB
• Audio quality: Noise -94.5dB / Crosstalk -93.8dB
• Battery (old):
  Endurance rating 74h

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