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| Global Score | |
| 87 | 76.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 11, 10 | Android 14 |
| 2020-11-06 | -- |
| 6.47 x 2.99 x 0.34 inches | 6.47 x 3.07 x 0.31 inches |
| 6.81 ounces | 7.05 ounces |
| Prism Dot black, Prism Dot grey and Prism Dot white | Blue Black, Gold, Light Gray and Light Green |
| -- | Plastic and Plastic |
| -- | $ 230.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.6 inches | 6.7 inches |
| 1600 x 720 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 266 pixels per inch | 385 pixels per inch |
| -- | 800 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.2 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G SM7225 chipset | Exynos 1330 (5 nm) chipset |
| Kryo 570, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 619 GPU | Mali-G68 MP2 GPU |
| 9.18 | 6.03 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 15.38 | 15.38 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP | 50.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | -- |
| 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 11.11 | 9.46 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G) and LTE (4G) |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 10.7 | 9.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy A42 has an overall score of 87, which is better than Samsung Galaxy A16 5G's 76.2 score. The Galaxy A42 is a a little lighter but just a bit thicker cellphone than the Samsung Galaxy A16 5G. Both of these phones work with Android OS (operating system), but the Galaxy A42 has the previous 11 version and Samsung Galaxy A16 5G has Android 14 version.
The Samsung Galaxy A16 5G has a sharper screen than Samsung Galaxy A42, because it has a way higher 1080 x 2340px resolution, a quite bigger screen and more pixels per screen inch. The Galaxy A16 5G and Galaxy A42 feature very similar memory to store more apps and games, they have a slot for external memory cards that holds up to 1000 GB and exactly the same internal memory.
Samsung Galaxy A42 features a way better performance than Galaxy A16 5G. They have 4 GB of RAM memory and 8 CPU cores. Galaxy A16 5G's battery life is very similar to Galaxy A42's battery life. Galaxy A42 captures better photos and videos than Galaxy A16 5G, although it has a back facing camera with less megapixels resolution, they both have a same size diafragm aperture.
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