Samsung Galaxy S9+ vs Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S9+

Samsung Galaxy S9+

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Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016)

Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016)

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Samsung Galaxy S9+ or Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S9+ Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016)
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Release date 2018, February 2016, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 158.1 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm | 6.22 x 6.22 x 2.91 in 151.7 x 76 x 7.8 mm | 5.97 x 5.97 x 2.99 in
Weight 189 g | 6.67 oz 170 g | 6 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame Aluminum frame, plastic back
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Colors Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Titanium Gray, Lilac Purple, Burgundy Red, Sunrise Gold, Ice Blue, Polaris Blue White, Black, Gold, Rose Gold
Battery 3500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3300 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 23 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 96 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.2" in 5.5" in
Screen area 98.3 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 18.5:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 84.2% 72.3%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2960 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 529 PPI 402 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - HDR10
-3D Touch (home button only)
-Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
-12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.6'', 1.0µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom
-13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), AF
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Main Score 100
DxOMark Photo 105
DxOMark Video 91
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF 5 MP, f/1.9
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR LED flash
Video 1440p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 81
DxOMark Photo 81
DxOMark Video 81

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.1 (Oreo)
Chipset - Exynos 9810 Octa (10 nm)
- Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - USA/LATAM, China
- Qualcomm MSM8952 Snapdragon 617 (28 nm)
- Exynos 7870 Octa (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
-Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA/LATAM, China
- Octa-core (4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53)
-Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China
Adreno 405
Mali-T830 MP1
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM - China
128 GB, 6 GB RAM - LATAM
16 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 320731
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 511
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1781
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 2023
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 1981
GeekBench 5 Single Core 596 115
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1902 428
GeekBench 4 Single Core 2292 687
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 8306 3326
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 8586 2048
GeekBench 4 Battery 4096

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - USA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Global, USA 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - USA
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) - Global 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - USA
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes (market dependent for dual-SIM model)
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.1, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.10 W/kg (head)     1.01 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.35 W/kg (head)     1.39 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio (USA & Canada only) FM radio, RDS, recording
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 - Accelerometer, proximity
Other extras
- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
-ANT+
-Bixby natural language commands and dictation
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-Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
-Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- ANT+
Versions
- Versions: G965F (Europe, Global Single-SIM); G965F/DS (Europe, Global Dual-SIM); G965U (USA); G965W (Canada); G9650 (China, LATAM)

- Versions: J710F, J710FN (EMEA); J710M (LATAM); J710H (South Africa, Pakistan, Vietnam) Also known as Samsung Galaxy J7 Duos (2016) with dual-SIM card slots Asia/China model with 1080p display and 3 GB

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