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| Global Score | |
| 74.7 | 87 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS | Android 11, 10 |
| -- | 2020-11-06 |
| -- | 6.47 x 2.99 x 0.34 inches |
| -- | 6.81 ounces |
| -- | Prism Dot black, Prism Dot grey and Prism Dot white |
| Glass and Titanium | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.3 inches | 6.6 inches |
| -- | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| -- | 266 pixels per inch |
| 2000 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 4.7 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| A18 Pro (3 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G SM7225 chipset |
| processor | Kryo 570, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Adreno 619 GPU |
| 6.3 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 15.38 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 10.34 | 11.11 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 10.6 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 1.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.4 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy A42 is better than the iPhone 16 Pro, having an 87 score against 74.7. The Galaxy A42 has Android 11 OS, while iPhone 16 Pro counts with iOS OS. The Samsung Galaxy A42 has a lot better processing power than iPhone 16 Pro, because although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory, it also counts with 8 more CPU cores.
Galaxy A42 features a much sharper display than iPhone 16 Pro, because it has a little larger screen. Galaxy A42 has a bit better camera than Apple iPhone 16 Pro, although it has worse 30 frames per second video frame rate, they both have a 48 megapixels camera and the same video quality. The Galaxy A42 counts with a quite bigger memory capacity to store more apps and games than Apple iPhone 16 Pro, because although it has just 128 GB internal storage capacity, it also counts with a slot for external memory cards that allows a maximum of 1000 GB.
The Galaxy A42 has a superior battery lifetime than Apple iPhone 16 Pro.
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