vivo X9 vs Samsung Galaxy J5 Comparison and Differences

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vivo X9

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vivo X9 or Samsung Galaxy J5 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model vivo X9 Samsung Galaxy J5
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Release date 2016, November 2015, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 152.6 x 74 x 7 mm | 6.01 x 6.01 x 2.91 in 142.1 x 71.8 x 7.9 mm | 5.59 x 5.59 x 2.83 in
Weight 154 g | 5.43 oz 146 g | 5.15 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors Gold, Rose Gold White, Black, Gold
Battery 3050 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 18 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 62 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.5" in 5" in
Screen area 83.4 cm2 68.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 73.8% 67.5%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 401 PPI 294 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -16 MP, PDAF, f/2.0 -13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), AF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 20 MP, Dual 5 MP, Single
Specifications 20 MP, f/2.0, 1/2.8''
8 MP
5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide)
Functions LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.1 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8 (Oreo); Funtouch 3 Android 5.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625 (14 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm)
CPU - Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 506 Adreno 306
External memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 188
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 795
GeekBench 5 Single Core 167 80
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1011 226
GeekBench 4 Single Core 852 491
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 3965 1201
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 3081 869

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / CDMA2000 / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1x & TD-SCDMA
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes (market dependent)
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE 4.1, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.80 W/kg (head)     1.13 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.61 W/kg (head)     0.48 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio, RDS, recording
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 32-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass - Accelerometer, proximity
Other extras
- Fast battery charging

- ANT+
Versions
- Versions: J500F/J700FN (Global Single-SIM); J500F/DS (Global Dual-SIM); J500G/DS (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand); J500Y (Australia, New Zealand); J500M (LATAM); J500M/DS (Brazil); J500H/DS

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