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| Global Score | |
| 80.2 | 84.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | |
| 2016-10-20 | 2018-10-20 |
| 5.66 x 2.74 x 0.34 inches | 6.29 x 3.02 x 0.30 inches |
| 5.04 ounces | 5.93 ounces |
| Black, Gray and White | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum and Glass | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 299.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 441 pixels per inch | 411 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7885 chipset |
| Kryo, 64-bit (Quad-Core 2150 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 530 GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 8.91 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 12.30 MP + 8.00 MP | 24.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.43 inches (1/2.3") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.79 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2770mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3300mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 4.72 | 5.28 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A7 (2018) is just a bit better than the Google Pixel, with an 84.2 score against 80.2. Galaxy A7 (2018)'s body is notably newer and somewhat thinner, but somewhat heavier than Google Pixel. Google Pixel has a little bit better screen than Galaxy A7 (2018), because although it has a little smaller display and a little worse resolution of 1080 x 1920, it also counts with a little better pixel density.
The Galaxy A7 (2018) features a much greater storage to store more apps and games than Google Pixel, and although they both have exactly the same internal memory capacity, the Galaxy A7 (2018) also has an external memory card slot that allows a maximum of 512 GB. The Galaxy A7 (2018) has a bit superior CPU than Google Pixel, because it has 2 GB more RAM and a greater number of faster cores.
The Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) counts with just a bit better camera than Google Pixel, because although it has a tinier camera sensor which provides a worse photo and video quality, and they both have the same (Full HD) video resolution and the same 30 fps video frame rates, the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) also counts with a back camera with a way better resolution and a bigger camera aperture.
Galaxy A7 (2018) features longer battery performance than Google Pixel, because it has 3300mAh of battery capacity instead of 2770mAh.
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