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| Global Score | |
| 84.5 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| 2018-09-21 | 2017-01-13 |
| 6.20 x 3.05 x 0.30 inches | 6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches |
| 7.34 ounces | 6.56 ounces |
| Gold, Silver and Space gray | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Glass and Stainless steel | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 1099.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 2688 x 1242 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 456 pixels per inch | 386 pixels per inch |
| 625 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 (7 nm) chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2490 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 10.26 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 10.12 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3179mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3600mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 5.2 | 5.6 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Apple iPhone XS Max has a general score of 84.5, which is better than Galaxy A7 (2017)'s general score of 75.8. Apple iPhone XS Max is a newer and a little thinner cellphone than Galaxy A7 (2017), although it's somewhat heavier. IPhone XS Max features a brighter display than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), because it has a better 1242 x 2688px resolution, a little larger display and a little bit greater amount of pixels in each inch in the display.
The Galaxy A7 (2017) features a quite bigger memory to store more games and applications than Apple iPhone XS Max, because although it has just 32 GB internal storage capacity, it also counts with a SD memory slot that supports a maximum of 256 GB. The Apple iPhone XS Max features a quite superior hardware performance than Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has an inferior number of cores (although they are faster), it also counts with more RAM and a 64 bits processor.
Galaxy A7 (2017) counts with just a bit better battery life than iPhone XS Max, because it has a 13 percent more battery size. IPhone XS Max features a slightly better camera than Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has a much lower resolution back-facing camera, it also counts with a much better video definition and a larger aperture.
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