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| Global Score | |
| 75.8 | 83.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| 2017-01-13 | 2016-09-16 |
| 6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches | 6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 inches |
| 6.56 ounces | 6.63 ounces |
| Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud | Black, Gold, Jet black, Red, Rose gold and Silver |
| Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 969.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.7 inches | 5.5 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 386 pixels per inch | 401 pixels per inch |
| -- | 625 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset | Apple A10 Fusion APL1W24 (16 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor | 64-bit (Quad-Core 2340 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP3 GPU | PowerVR 7XT GT7600 Plus GPU |
| 9 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 8.88 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 28.00mm focal length |
| -- | 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 |
| 9.24 | 9.68 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3600mAh Li - Ion Battery | 2900mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.6 | 4.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | 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
The iPhone 7 Plus is better than Galaxy A7 (2017), having an 83.8 score against 75.8. The iPhone 7 Plus body is a little bit thinner but a little bit heavier than the Galaxy A7 (2017), and both were only released 4 months apart. IPhone 7 Plus counts with a little better performance than Galaxy A7 (2017), although it has an inferior number of cores , they both have 3 GB of RAM.
The iPhone 7 Plus has just a bit better looking display than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has a little bit smaller display, and they both have the same resolution of 1080 x 1920px, the iPhone 7 Plus also counts with a just a little more pixels per inch of screen. Apple iPhone 7 Plus has a slightly better camera than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has a camera in the back with a much worse resolution, it also counts with a larger diafragm aperture to capture better captures in low-light environments and a lot higher (4K) video definition.
IPhone 7 Plus features a much bigger memory for applications and games than Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has no slot for external memory cards, it also counts with 256 GB internal memory capacity. Galaxy A7 (2017) features longer battery performance than iPhone 7 Plus, because it has a 24 percent more battery size.
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