Samsung Galaxy S7 edge vs Apple iPhone 7 Plus Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S7 edge

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Samsung Galaxy S7 edge or Apple iPhone 7 Plus Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Apple iPhone 7 Plus
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Release date 2016, February 2016, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 150.9 x 72.6 x 7.7 mm | 5.94 x 5.94 x 2.86 in 158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm | 6.23 x 6.23 x 3.07 in
Weight 157 g | 5.54 oz 188 g | 6.63 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame Front glass, body
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Colors Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold, Black Pearl, Coral Blue Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold, Red
Battery 3600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2900 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 27 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 74 h
Stand by time - Up to 384 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 21 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 60 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED LED-backlit IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.5" in 5.5" in
Screen area 83.4 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 76.1% 67.7%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 534 PPI 401 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - Always-on display - Wide color gamut
-3D Touch display & home button
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 12 MP, Dual
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF -12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), 1/3'', OIS, PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.8, 56mm (telephoto), 1/3.6'', 2x optical zoom, AF
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps
DxOMark Main Score 89 88
DxOMark Photo 91 90
DxOMark Video 86 84
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 7 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm (wide), 1/4.1'', 1.34µm 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm (standard)
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR Face detection, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); TouchWiz UI iOS 10.0.1, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (14 nm)
- Exynos 8890 Octa (14 nm) - G935FD, G935F, G935W8
- Apple A10 Fusion (16 nm)
CPU - Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) - G9350
-Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) - G935FD, G935F, G935W8
- Quad-core 2.34 GHz (2x Hurricane + 2x Zephyr)
GPU Adreno 530 - G9350
Mali-T880 MP12 - G935FD, G935F, G935W8
PowerVR Series7XT Plus (six-core graphics)
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No
Internal memory 32/64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM 32/128/256 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 302609
Antutu 10 CPU 88654
Antutu 10 GPU 95382
Antutu 10 Mem 48875
Antutu 10 UX 88654
Antutu 8 Total 184713 235957
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 257 807
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 639 1117
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 527
GeekBench 6 Metal 3814
GeekBench 5 Single Core 252 725
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 723 1295
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1456 3441
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 3744 5797
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 4571
GeekBench 4 Battery 2782 2329

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM) - G935F, G935W8Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - G935FD Nano-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G935FD, G9350
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G935F, G935FD, G935W8 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 & TD-SCDMA - G9350
-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), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G935F, G935FD 
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), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G9350 
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), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G935W8
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - A1661, A1784 
CDMA 800 / 1900 / 2100 - A1661
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - A1661, A1784 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO & TD-SCDMA - A1661
-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), 27(800), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - A1661, A1784
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 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 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.2, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.17 W/kg (head)     1.59 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.26 W/kg (head)     0.51 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 1.19 W/kg (head)     1.19 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 1.24 W/kg (head)     1.00 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes No
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 - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- ANT+
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-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)

- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Versions
- Versions: G935F (Global); G935FD (Southeast Asia, India); G9350 (Hong Kong); G935W8 (Canada) Also known as Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Duos with dual-SIM card slots

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