Samsung Galaxy S7 active vs Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S7 active

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Samsung Galaxy S7 active or Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S7 active Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime
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Release date 2016, June 2016, August
Dimensions (HxWxD) 148.8 x 74.9 x 9.9 mm | 5.86 x 5.86 x 2.95 in 151.7 x 75.0 x 8.0 mm | 5.97 x 5.97 x 2.95 in
Weight 184.8 g | 6.52 oz 167 g | 5.89 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors Camo Green, Titanium Gray, Sandy Gold Black, Gold, Rose Gold
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3300 mAh, Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 384 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 32 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 110 h
Talking time - Up to 21 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 84 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED PLS TFT LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.1" in 5.5" in
Screen area 71.7 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 64.3% 69.6%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 576 PPI 267 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Other specs - Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF -13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), AF
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, Auto HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm (wide), 1/4.1'', 1.34µm 8 MP, f/1.9 (wide)
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR LED flash

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); TouchWiz UI Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.1 (Oreo)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (14 nm) - Exynos 7870 Octa (14 nm)
CPU - Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) - Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 530 Mali-T830 MP1
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32 GB, 4 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 187569
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 241
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 631
GeekBench 5 Single Core 263 114
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 719 425
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1501 682
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 3700 3146
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 6164 2132
GeekBench 4 Battery 2747

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
-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)
-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), 38(2600), 40(2300)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 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 Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.1, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.92 W/kg (head)     0.75 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.32 W/kg (head)     0.98 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 0.65 W/kg (head)
SAR EU - 0.40 W/kg (head) 1.40 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, proximity
Other extras
- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
-Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
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- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
-MIL-STD-810G compliant

- ANT+
Versions
- Versions: G610F (EMEA); G610F/DS (EMEA & Asia); G610F/DD (India, Pakistan); G610M (LATAM); G610M/DS (Brazil); G610Y/DS (Taiwan, Philippines). Also known as Samsung Galaxy On Nxt, Samsung Galaxy On7 Pr

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