Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 73.5 | 77.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Asus |
| Android 9.0 Pie, 7.0 Nougat | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2017-07-01 | 2018-12-11 |
| 6.00 x 2.94 x 0.31 inches | 6.22 x 2.97 x 0.33 inches |
| 6.38 ounces | 6.17 ounces |
| Black, Gold, Rose gold and Silver | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum | -- |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2280 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 401 pixels per inch | 400 pixels per inch |
| -- | 450 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1600 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP2 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 8.73 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1,95 TB) external memory slot |
| 7.48 | 17.06 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 13.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| f/1.70 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 9.02 | 9.57 |
| 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, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3600mAh Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.6 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Asus ZenFone Max Pro (M2) is just a bit better than the Galaxy J7 (2017), with a 77.4 score against 73.5. Although the Asus ZenFone Max Pro (M2) is a bit thicker than Galaxy J7 (2017), it's just a bit lighter and newer. Both of these phones work with the same Android 9.0 Pie operating system, so both should give you all the same operating system features.
The Asus ZenFone Max Pro (M2) counts with a little more vivid screen than Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017), because although it has a little bit worse display pixels density, it also counts with a slightly better 1080 x 2280 pixels resolution and a quite bigger screen. The Asus ZenFone Max Pro (M2) counts with a very superior storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy J7 (2017), because it has an external memory card slot that allows up to 1,95 TB and 128 GB internal storage.
The Asus ZenFone Max Pro (M2) has a bit better processing power than Galaxy J7 (2017), and although they both have 8 processing cores, the Asus ZenFone Max Pro (M2) also has more RAM. The Asus ZenFone Max Pro (M2) features a superior battery life than Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017), because it has a 39% bigger battery capacity.
Asus ZenFone Max Pro (M2) features a slightly better camera than Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017), because although it has a smaller aperture which is not favorable for low light images and videos and a less MP back-facing camera, it also counts with a way higher video quality.
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