Samsung Galaxy C5 and C7 Released In China
Samsung is bringing to the Chinese market two new smartphones - the Galaxy C5 and Galaxy C7. Targeting the upper-mid segment of the smartphone market, both devides have a full metal chassis, share the same cameras, wireless capabilities, and amount of RAM. They will both ship with 4GB of RAM, but they are powered by . different SoCs and have not the same displays, as you see below:
Samsung Galaxy C5 |
Samsung Galaxy C7 |
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| SoC | Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 |
| GPU | Adreno 405 |
Adreno 506 |
| RAM | 4GB LPDDR3 |
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| Display | 5.2" 1920 x 1080 AMOLED |
5.7" 1920 x 1080 AMOLED |
| Size / Mass | 145.9 x 72 x 6.7 mm 143 grams |
156.6 x 77.2 x 6.7 mm 165 grams |
| Battery | 2600 mAh |
3300 mAh |
| Camera | 8MP f/1.9 Front-facing 16MP f/1.9 Rear-facing |
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32GB |
32GB 64GB |
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| MicroSD | Up to 128GB |
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| I/O | 3.5mm headset, Micro USB 2.0 |
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| Connectivity | 2.4 + 5GHz 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, BT 4.2, GPS/GNSS, NFC |
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| Price | $330 |
$396 |
The Galaxy C5 is based on the 28nm LPP Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 SoC, while the Galaxy C7 is built on the 14nm LPP Qualcomm Snapdragon 625.
The Galaxy C5 uses a 5.2" 1080p AMOLED panel, while the Galaxy C7 moves to 5.7" while maintaining the resolution. The battery capacity scales naturally with the display, with it going from 2600 mAh in the C5 to 3300 mAh in the C7.
The Galaxy C5 and C7 are headed to China, where Samsung is fasing strong competition from local vendors Xiaomi and Huawei.
