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| Global Score | |
| 72.6 | 79.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | -- |
| 2013-09-10 | 2016-03-11 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 5.61 x 2.74 x 0.31 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 5.36 ounces |
| Black, Gold and Gray | Black, Gold, Pink, Pink gold, Silver and White |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 400.00 | $ 124.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 5.1 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2560 x 1440 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 576 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 855 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 9.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone ARMv8 (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo, 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Adreno 530 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 200 GB) external memory slot |
| 4.4 | 8.56 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 12.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 29.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.4 inches (1/2.5") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.69 | 9.79 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1570mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.36 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy S7 is slightly better than the Apple iPhone 5s, getting a 79.5 score against 72.6. The Galaxy S7 is a newer cellphone than Apple iPhone 5s, but it is extremely heavier and a little thicker. Galaxy S7 has a slightly better screen than Apple iPhone 5s, because it has a much higher resolution of 1440 x 2560, a lot brighter display, a much better pixels quantity per display inch and a larger display.
IPhone 5s counts with a little faster processor than Samsung Galaxy S7, because although it has 3 GB lesser RAM and an inferior number of cores and they are also slower, it also counts with an additional GPU and a 64 bits processing unit. Samsung Galaxy S7 counts with a way bigger memory to store more apps and games than Apple iPhone 5s, because it has a slot for an external memory card that allows up to 200 GB and more internal storage.
Galaxy S7 counts with a superior battery lifetime than iPhone 5s, because it has a 3000mAh battery capacity instead of 1570mAh. Galaxy S7 shoots much clearer photographs and videos than iPhone 5s, because it has a way more MP camera in the back, a bigger back camera sensor capturing higher quality photographs and videos, a lot larger aperture and a lot higher (4K) video resolution.
The Galaxy S7 is not only the best phones in this comparison, but it's also very cheap compared to the other ones.
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