Samsung Galaxy S21 5G vs Samsung Galaxy J7 V Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

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Samsung Galaxy J7 V

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Samsung Galaxy S21 5G or Samsung Galaxy J7 V Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S21 5G Samsung Galaxy J7 V
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Release date 2021, January 14 2017, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 151.7 x 71.2 x 7.9 mm | 5.97 x 5.97 x 2.8 in 152.5 x 74.8 x 8 mm | 6 x 6 x 2.94 in
Weight 169 g | 5.96 oz 181 g | 6.38 oz
Body Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), plastic back, aluminum frame Front glass, aluminum body
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Colors Phantom Gray, Phantom White, Phantom Violet, Phantom Pink Black, Blue, Gold, Rose Gold
Battery 4000 mAh, Li-Ion, non-removable 3600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 24 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 91 h
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Screen

Technology Dynamic AMOLED 2X Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.2" in 5.5" in
Screen area 94.1 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 20:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 87.2% 73.1%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2400 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 421 PPI 401 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Other specs - Always-on display
-120Hz
-HDR10+
-1300 nits (peak)
- Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Triple 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.76", 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
-64 MP, f/2.0, 29mm (telephoto), 1/1.72", 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS, 1.1x optical zoom, 3x hybrid zoom
-12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55" 1.4µm, Super Steady video
-13 MP, f/1.7, 27mm (wide), AF
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 8K@24fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Main Score 116
DxOMark Photo 123
DxOMark Video 93
Front camera, selfie 10 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Specifications 10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.24'', 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF 13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide)
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR LED flash
Video 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 98
DxOMark Photo 100
DxOMark Video 95

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 11, One UI 3.1 Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Chipset - Exynos 2100 (5 nm)
- Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 (5 nm) - USA/China
- Exynos 7870 Octa (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (1x2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A55) - International
-Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 680 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4x1.80 GHz Kryo 680 - USA/China
- Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-G78 MP14 - International
Adreno 660 - USA/China
Mali-T830 MP1
External memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 715197
Antutu 10 CPU 205401
Antutu 10 GPU 214138
Antutu 10 Mem 131954
Antutu 10 UX 205401
Antutu 9 Total 755368
Antutu 8 Total 601547
GeekBench 5 Single Core 945
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 3061
GeekBench 4 Single Core 912
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 4162

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (Dual SIM model only) 
CDMA 800 / 1900 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - LTE
-5G - SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA), 5G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB USB Type-C 3.2, USB On-The-Go microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 4.1, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.74 W/kg (head) 1.08 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - 0.46 W/kg (head) 1.51 W/kg (body)
SAR - 0.71 W/kg (head)    
SAR EU - 0.57 W/kg (head)     1.33 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio (Snapdragon only) FM radio
Headphone jack No Yes
Others - 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Tuned by AKG

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Samsung DeX, Samsung Wireless DeX (desktop experience support)
-ANT+
-Bixby natural language commands and dictation
- Fast charging 25W
-USB Power Delivery 3.0
-Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W
-Reverse wireless charging 4.5W
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- ANT+
Versions
- Versions: SM-G991B, SM-G991B/DS (International); SM-G991U (USA); SM-G991U1 (USA unlocked); SM-G991W (Canada); SM-G991N (Korea); SM-G9910 (China)

- Versions: J730F (South Africa); J730GM/DS (India, Singapore); J730G/DS (Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, Vietnam, Argentina); J730G/DS 64GB (Brazil)

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