Samsung Galaxy S7 (CDMA) vs Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S7 (CDMA)

Samsung Galaxy S7 (CDMA)

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S

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Samsung Galaxy S7 (CDMA) or Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S7 (CDMA) Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S
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Release date 2016, February 2011, August
Dimensions (HxWxD) 142.4 x 69.6 x 7.9 mm | 5.61 x 5.61 x 2.74 in 125 x 63 x 8.7 mm | 4.92 x 4.92 x 2.48 in
Weight 152 g | 5.36 oz 117 g | 4.13 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
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Colors Black Onyx, Silver Titanium, Gold Platinum Pure White, Midnight Blue, Misty Silver, Gloss Black, Sakura Pink
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh,  Removable Li-Po
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 460 h (2G) / Up to 460 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 7 h 25 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 35 min (3G)
Music play - Up to 37 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED LED-backlit LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.1" in 4.2" in
Screen area 71.7 cm2 48.6 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 72.3% 61.7%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 480 x 854 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 576 PPI 233 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Scratch-resistant glass
Other specs - Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF -8 MP, AF
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 720p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 0 MP,
Specifications 5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm (wide), 1/4.1'', 1.34µm
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); TouchWiz UI Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread), 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), not upgradable to 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (14 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8255T Snapdragon S2
CPU - Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) - 1.4 GHz Scorpion
GPU Adreno 530 Adreno 205
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot), 8 GB included
Internal memory 32 GB, 4 GB RAM 1 GB (320 MB user available), 512 MB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 184482
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 343
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1154
GeekBench 4 Single Core 310
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 289

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Mini-SIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / HSPA
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900  
CDMA 800 / 1900 - G930V, G930R
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G930A, G930V 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - G930V, G930R 
HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G930T
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 20(800), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G930A 
LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700), 20(800), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) - G930V 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 20(800) - G930T 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 25(1900) - G930R
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Yes Up to 86 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 237 kbps
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS; GLONASS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 2.1, A2DP, EDR
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.24 W/kg (head)     1.59 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.66 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

Radio No Stereo FM radio, RDS
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
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-ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
-PMA wireless charging
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- ANT+
-HDMI port
-MP4/H.264/WMV player
-MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
-TrackID music recognition
-NeoReader barcode scanner
-Document viewer
-Voice memo/dial/commands
-Predictive text input
Versions
- Versions: G930A (AT&T, Cricket); G930P (Sprint, Boost, Virgin Mobile); G930V (Verizon); G930T (T-Mobile, Metro PCS); G930R (US Cellular); G930U (Unlock model)

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