Nokia Lumia 822 vs Samsung Galaxy J7 Comparison and Differences

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Nokia Lumia 822

Nokia Lumia 822

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Samsung Galaxy J7

Samsung Galaxy J7

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Nokia Lumia 822 or Samsung Galaxy J7 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Nokia Lumia 822 Samsung Galaxy J7
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Release date 2012, October 2015, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 127.8 x 68.4 x 11.2 mm | 5.03 x 5.03 x 2.69 in 152.2 x 78.7 x 7.5 mm | 5.99 x 5.99 x 3.1 in
Weight 141.6 g | 4.99 oz 171 g | 6.03 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors Black, Gray, White, Red White, Black, Gold
Battery 1800 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 254 h (2G) / Up to 400 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 10 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 11 h 40 min (3G)
Music play - Up to 62.1 h
Talking time - Up to 18 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 76 h
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Screen

Technology AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 4.3" in 5.5" in
Screen area 52.6 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 5:3 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 60.2% 69.6%
Screen resolution 480 x 800 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 217 PPI 267 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 2
Other specs - Nokia ClearBlack display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 8 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -8 MP, AF -13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), AF
Functions Carl Zeiss Tessar lens, F2.2, dual-LED flash LED flash, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 1.2 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 1.2 MP 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide)
Functions LED flash
Video 720p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradable to 8.1 Android 5.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus - Exynos 7580 Octa
- Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 (28 nm)
CPU - Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait - Octa-core (4x1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53)
-Octa-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 225 Adreno 405
Mali-T720MP2
External memory microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM

Benchmark

GeekBench 5 Single Core 117
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 434
GeekBench 4 Single Core 693
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 3327
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 1997

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Micro-SIM Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - CDMA 800 / 1900  
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - CDMA2000 1xEV-DO  
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 13(700)
-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 Cat3 100/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 21.1/5.76 MbpsHSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Class B Yes
Edge Class B Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes (Snapdragon model only)
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE/ aptX after WP8 Denim update 4.1, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.79 W/kg (head)    
SAR EU - 1.23 W/kg (head)     1.03 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 1.25 W/kg (head)     1.36 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.50 W/kg (head)     0.37 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio FM radio, RDS, recording
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Dolby Headphone
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Accelerometer, proximity
Other extras
- OneDrive (15 GB cloud storage)
-MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player
-MP4/H.264/WMV player
-Document viewer
-Video/photo editor

- ANT+
Versions
- For Verizon Wireless

- Versions: J700F (India, Thailand); J700M (LATAM); J700M/DS (Brazil); J700H with no LTE (South Africa, Pakistan, Vietnam, Philippines, Russia); J700T (T-Mobile, Metro PCS); J700P (Virgin Mobile, Boost)

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