Samsung Galaxy S5 mini vs Samsung Galaxy S5 CDMA Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S5 mini or Samsung Galaxy S5 CDMA Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S5 mini Samsung Galaxy S5 CDMA
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Release date 2014, June 2014, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 131.1 x 64.8 x 9.1 mm | 5.16 x 5.16 x 2.55 in 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm | 5.59 x 5.59 x 2.85 in
Weight 120 g | 4.23 oz 145 g | 5.11 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors Charcoal Black, Shimmery White, Electric Blue and Copper Gold Charcoal Black, Copper Gold, Electric Blue, Shimmery White
Battery 2100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 2800 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 10 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 47 h
Stand by time - Up to 390 h
Talking time - Up to 21 h
Music play - Up to 67 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 4.5" in 5.1" in
Screen area 55.8 cm2 71.7 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 65.7% 69.6%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 326 PPI 432 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 8 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -8 MP, f/2.4, 31mm (standard), AF -16 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, PDAF
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front camera, selfie 2.1 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 2.1 MP 2 MP, f/2.4, 22mm (wide)
Functions Dual video call
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.1.1 (Lollipop); TouchWiz UI Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow); TouchWiz UI
Chipset - Exynos 3470 Quad - Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 (28 nm)
CPU - Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A7 - Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400
GPU Mali-400MP4 Adreno 330
External memory microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 73 139
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 243 373
GeekBench 4 Single Core 414
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1122
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 743
GeekBench 4 Battery 1032

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Micro-SIM Micro-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - G800F 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 12(700), 17(700) - G800R4 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 28(700) - G800Y
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Speed HSPA 42.2(LTE)/21.1(3G)/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes (LTE model only) Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 3.0 (MHL 2.1 TV-out), USB Host
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.63 W/kg (head)     0.82 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.97 W/kg (head)     0.56 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 1.20 W/kg (head)     1.58 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.56 W/kg (head)     0.41 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, heart rate , Infrared port - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, gesture, heart rate , Infrared port
Other extras
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)

- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
-Air gestures
- Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
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- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Versions: G800F (Europe); G800A (AT&T); G800HQ (Turkey); G800H (USA); G800M (LATAM); G800R4 (US Cellular); G800Y (New Zealand)

- Versions: G900F (Europe), G900I (Asia, Australia), G900M (Vodafone), G900A (AT&T), G900T (T-Mobile), G900W8 (Canada), G900K/G900L/G900S (Korea)

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