Asus Zenfone Max Plus (M1) vs Samsung Galaxy S5 Comparison and Differences

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Asus Zenfone Max Plus (M1)

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Asus Zenfone Max Plus (M1) or Samsung Galaxy S5 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Asus Zenfone Max Plus (M1) Samsung Galaxy S5
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Release date 2017, November 2014, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 152.6 x 73 x 8.8 mm | 6.01 x 6.01 x 2.87 in 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm | 5.59 x 5.59 x 2.85 in
Weight 160 g | 5.64 oz 145 g | 5.11 oz
Body Build Front glass, aluminum body Plastic body
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Colors Sunlight Gold, Azure Silver, Deepsea Black Charcoal Black, Copper Gold, Electric Blue, Shimmery White
Battery 4130 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 2800 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life 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 IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.7" in 5.1" in
Screen area 83.8 cm2 71.7 cm2
Screen format 18:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 75.3% 69.6%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2160 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 424 PPI 432 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Dual 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -16 MP, f/2.0, 35mm (standard), PDAF
-8 MP, 17mm (ultrawide), no 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.
DxOMark Main Score 70
DxOMark Photo 68
DxOMark Video 75
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.0, 25mm (wide) 2 MP, f/2.4, 22mm (wide)
Functions Dual video call
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7 (Nougat); ZenUI 4 Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow); TouchWiz UI
Chipset - Mediatek MT6750T (28 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 (28 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53) - Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400
GPU Mali-T860MP2 Adreno 330
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 139
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 373
GeekBench 4 Single Core 533 931
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 2412
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2328
GeekBench 4 Battery 1119

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Micro-SIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA - China
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - Global, China 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 / 800 - Taiwan 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - USA, LATAM
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - Global 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800), 19(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 41(2500) - Taiwan 
LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700), 28(700) - USA, LATAM 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - China
-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 42.2/5.76 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 b/g/n, 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
USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go microUSB 3.0 (MHL 2.1 TV-out), USB Host
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, LE 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation 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 FM radio No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, gesture, heart rate , Infrared port
Other extras
- Power Bank/Reverse charging
-Charging 5V/2A 10W

- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
-Air gestures
- Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Versions: G900F (Europe), G900I (Asia, Australia), G900M (Vodafone), G900A (AT&T), G900T (T-Mobile), G900W8 (Canada), G900K/G900L/G900S (Korea)

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