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| Global Score | |
| 81.3 | 83.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 10 | -- |
| 2020-04-27 | 2016-09-16 |
| 6.27 x 2.88 x 0.34 inches | 6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 inches |
| 6.53 ounces | 6.63 ounces |
| Prism Crush black, Prism Crush blue, Prism Crush red and Prism Crush white | Black, Gold, Jet black, Red, Rose gold and Silver |
| Plastic | Aluminum |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 969.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 5.5 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 411 pixels per inch | 401 pixels per inch |
| -- | 625 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek Helio P65 MT6768 chipset | Apple A10 Fusion APL1W24 (16 nm) chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A75 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor | 64-bit (Quad-Core 2340 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Mali-G52 MC2 GPU | PowerVR 7XT GT7600 Plus GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 11.74 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 28.00mm focal length |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 10.89 | 9.68 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 2900mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 4.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
IPhone 7 Plus is just a bit better than Galaxy A31, getting a score of 83.8 against 81.3. IPhone 7 Plus is a noticeably older and a bit heavier phone than Galaxy A31, but Apple managed to build it thinner anyway. Apple iPhone 7 Plus features a bit more powerful processing unit than Galaxy A31, although it has an inferior number of cores and less RAM memory.
Apple iPhone 7 Plus has just a bit better screen than Galaxy A31, although it has a little bit smaller display, a bit inferior pixel count in each inch in the screen and a little worse resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. The Samsung Galaxy A31 shoots much clearer photos and videos than Apple iPhone 7 Plus, because although it has a smaller diafragm aperture, and they both have the same 30 frames per second video frame rates and the same (Full HD) video quality, the Samsung Galaxy A31 also counts with a way larger sensor providing a lot better image quality and a lot better 48 mega-pixels resolution camera.
The iPhone 7 Plus features a quite bigger storage to install games and applications than Galaxy A31, because although it has no SD memory card expansion slot, it also counts with 192 GB more internal memory. The Galaxy A31 features a superior battery life than Apple iPhone 7 Plus, because it has a 5000mAh battery capacity instead of 2900mAh.
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