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Battery
Charging 15W wired 15W wired
Type Li-Po 4500 mAh Li-Po 5000 mAh
Body
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 3), plastic back, aluminum frame Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
Dimensions 158.9 x 73.6 x 8.7 mm (6.26 x 2.90 x 0.34 in) 164 x 75.8 x 8.9 mm (6.46 x 2.98 x 0.35 in)
SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 187 g (6.60 oz) 205 g (7.23 oz)
Comms
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
NFC Yes No
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Radio FM radio, RDS, recording FM radio, RDS, recording
USB USB Type-C 2.0, OTG USB Type-C 2.0
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
Display
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 -
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~405 ppi density) 720 x 1600 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~270 ppi density)
Size 6.5 inches, 102.0 cm2 (~87.2% screen-to-body ratio) 6.5 inches, 102.0 cm2 (~82.1% screen-to-body ratio)
Type Super AMOLED PLS LCD
Features
Sensors Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer
  ANT+ Virtual proximity sensing
Launch
Announced 2020, April 08 2021, August 12
Status Available. Released 2020, April 29 Available. Released 2021, August 12
Main Camera
Features LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, panorama, HDR
Quad 48 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF 12 MP, f/2.2, 123˚ (ultrawide) 5 MP, f/2.4, (macro) 5 MP, f/2.2, (depth) 48 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), AF 5 MP, f/2.2, 123˚ (ultrawide) 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro) 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/120fps; gyro-EIS 1080p@30fps
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM
  UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1
Misc
Colors Prism Cube Black, Prism Cube White, Prism Cube Pink Black, Blue, White
Models SM-A516F, SM-A516F/DSN, SM-A516N, SM-A516B/DS, SM-A516B, SM-A516U, SC-54A, SM-A516U1, SCG07, SM-A5160 SM-A127F, SM-A127F/DS
SAR - 0.79 W/kg (head)    
SAR EU 0.50 W/kg (head)     1.55 W/kg (body)     -
Network
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SM-A516B/DS HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G bands 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41 - SM-A516B/DS 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41
5G bands 41, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 - SM-A516B/DS -
Speed HSPA, LTE, 5G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G GSM / HSPA / LTE
  2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 25, 26, 41, 66, 71 - SM-A516U -
Our Tests
Battery (old) Endurance rating 90h -
Camera Photo / Video -
Display 642 nits max brightness (measured) -
Loudspeaker -29.5 LUFS (Average) -
Performance AnTuTu: 316007 (v8) GeekBench: 1867(v5.1) GFXBench: 17fps (ES 3.1 onscreen) -
Platform
Chipset Exynos 980 (8 nm) Exynos 850 (8 nm)
CPU Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A77 & 6x1.8 GHz Cortex A55) Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU Mali-G76 MP5 Mali-G52
OS Android 10, upgradable to Android 13, One UI 5 Android 11, upgradable to Android 13, One UI 5.1
Selfie camera
Features HDR -
Single 32 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm 8 MP, f/2.2
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
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