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| Global Score | |
| 75.8 | 84.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| 2017-01-13 | 2018-09-21 |
| 6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches | 6.20 x 3.05 x 0.30 inches |
| 6.56 ounces | 7.34 ounces |
| Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) | Glass and Stainless steel |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 1099.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.7 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2688 x 1242 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 386 pixels per inch | 456 pixels per inch |
| -- | 625 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 (7 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP3 GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 9 | 10.26 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 8.88 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 9.24 | 10.12 |
| 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, Dual SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3600mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3179mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 5.6 | 5.2 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| 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
IPhone XS Max is better than the Galaxy A7 (2017), with an 84.5 score against 75.8. IPhone XS Max's construction is newer and just a little bit thinner, but somewhat heavier than Galaxy A7 (2017). The Apple iPhone XS Max has a more vivid screen than Galaxy A7 (2017), because it has a higher 1242 x 2688 resolution, a little bit greater display density and a bit larger screen.
Galaxy A7 (2017) counts with a greater memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPhone XS Max, because although it has only 32 GB internal memory, it also counts with an external memory card slot that holds a maximum of 256 GB. IPhone XS Max counts with a more powerful processor than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has an inferior number of cores , it also counts with a 64 bits processing unit and 1 GB more RAM.
Apple iPhone XS Max captures just a bit better photographs and videos than Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has a back camera with much less mega pixels, it also counts with a way higher 3840x2160 video definition and a larger aperture to take better low-light photos and video. Galaxy A7 (2017) features a bit better battery duration than iPhone XS Max, because it has 3600mAh of battery capacity.
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