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| Global Score | |
| 77.7 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.2 | -- |
| 2013-09-25 | 2017-01-13 |
| 5.95 x 3.12 x 0.33 inches | 6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches |
| 5.93 ounces | 6.56 ounces |
| Black, Pink and White | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.7 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 386 pixels per inch | 386 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 9 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSDHC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 9.46 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 31.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.33 inches (1/3.06") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.57 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Micro SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.6 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3200mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3600mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.2 | 5.6 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | 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
Galaxy Note3 has a global score of 77.7, which is a little bit better than the Galaxy A7 (2017)'s score of 75.8. The Galaxy Note3 is a notably older and just a bit thicker cellphone than the Galaxy A7 (2017), but Samsung managed to build it just a bit lighter anyway. Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) has a CPU that is just as good as the CPU in Samsung Galaxy Note3, and although the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) has a higher number of cores , they both have a 3 GB RAM memory.
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) has a display that's very similar to Galaxy Note3's screen, they have the same 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution, a same size screen and a better number of pixels per inch of screen. The Galaxy Note3 counts with a little bit better camera than Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has a back camera with a worse resolution and a tinier aperture, it also counts with a way better 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution.
The Samsung Galaxy Note3 has just a bit more storage for games and applications than Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has a SD memory card expansion slot that supports 192 GB smaller, it also counts with 64 GB internal storage. The Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) features just a bit better battery performance than Samsung Galaxy Note3, because it has 3600mAh of battery capacity against 3200mAh.
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