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| Global Score | |
| 73.9 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Vivo | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2019-09-16 | 2017-01-13 |
| 6.59 x 3.00 x 0.37 inches | 6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches |
| 7.71 ounces | 6.56 ounces |
| Glowing night | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Aluminum and Glass | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.9 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 2256 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| P-OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 362 pixels per inch | 386 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ SM8150-AC chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| Kryo 485, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2960 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Adreno 640 GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 9.72 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 64.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 12.1 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4500mAh Battery | 3600mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.32 | 5.6 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) has a general score of 75.8, which is a little bit better than vivo NEX 3's score of 73.9. Even though Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) is incredibly older than the vivo NEX 3, it's body is somewhat thinner and lighter. The vivo NEX 3 features a bit better display than Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has a little inferior amount of pixels per screen inch, it also counts with a larger display and a quite better resolution of 1080 x 2256 pixels.
The vivo NEX 3 has much more storage capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has no slot for SD memory cards, it also counts with 224 GB more internal memory capacity. The vivo NEX 3 has a bit superior CPU than Galaxy A7 (2017), and although they both have 8 CPU cores, the vivo NEX 3 also has more RAM memory.
Vivo NEX 3 has improved battery duration than Galaxy A7 (2017), because it has a 4500mAh battery capacity. The vivo NEX 3 features a greater camera than Galaxy A7 (2017), because it has a bigger camera aperture, a lot better 64 MP resolution back-facing camera and a much higher 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution.
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