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| Global Score | |
| 75.2 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Xiaomi | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.3 | -- |
| 2014-07-22 | 2017-01-13 |
| 5.48 x 2.70 x 0.35 inches | 6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches |
| 5.26 ounces | 6.56 ounces |
| Black and White | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 329.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 441 pixels per inch | 386 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 8974-AC chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| Qualcomm Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 0.33 inches (1/3.06") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.79 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3080mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 3600mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.04 | 5.6 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A7 (2017) is a bit better than Xiaomi Mi 4, with a 75.8 score against 75.2. The Galaxy A7 (2017) body is incredibly newer and somewhat thinner than the Xiaomi Mi 4's, but it's also somewhat heavier. The Xiaomi Mi 4 counts with a better looking screen than Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has a little bit smaller display, and they both have exactly the same resolution of 1920 x 1080px, the Xiaomi Mi 4 also counts with a bit higher quantity of pixels in each screen inch.
The Galaxy A7 (2017) features a quite bigger memory for apps and games than Xiaomi Mi 4, because although it has less internal memory capacity, it also counts with a slot for external memory cards that admits a maximum of 256 GB. The Xiaomi Mi 4 counts with just a little better processing power than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has an inferior number of cores (although faster), and they both have the same RAM amount, the Xiaomi Mi 4 also counts with an extra graphics co-processor.
The Galaxy A7 (2017) has better battery performance than Xiaomi Mi 4, because it has a 3600mAh battery capacity against 3080mAh. Xiaomi Mi 4 features a little bit better camera than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has a back facing camera with a worse resolution, it also counts with a lot better 3840x2160 video resolution and a bigger aperture to take better low-light photography.
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