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Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
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| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4 | -- |
| 2013-06-05 | 2017-01-13 |
| 5.50 x 2.81 x 0.36 inches | 6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches |
| 5.33 ounces | 6.56 ounces |
| Blue, Gray and Orange | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 145.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| TFT | Super AMOLED |
| 441 pixels per inch | 386 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 APQ8064T chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| Krait 300 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Adreno 320 (400 MHz) GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 8.91 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.16 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.49 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2600mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3600mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 17 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.56 | 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 A7 (2017) is just a bit better than the Galaxy S4 Active, with a 75.8 score against 71.7. Galaxy A7 (2017)'s construction is much newer and thinner, but also heavier than Galaxy S4 Active. The Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) has a bit better CPU than Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, because although it has doesn't have an extra graphics processor, it also counts with a larger number of 1.9 GHz cores and a larger amount of RAM.
The Galaxy S4 Active features a sharper display than Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has a quite smaller display, and they both have the same exact resolution of 1920 x 1080px, the Galaxy S4 Active also counts with a bit higher pixels density. Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) takes a lot better pictures and videos than Galaxy S4 Active, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same video definition, the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) also has a lot higher 16 megapixels resolution back facing camera.
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) has a much greater memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, because it has a slot for external memory cards that holds a maximum of 256 GB and 32 GB internal storage. Galaxy A7 (2017) features a much better battery performance than Galaxy S4 Active, because it has a 3600mAh battery capacity instead of 2600mAh.
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