Samsung Galaxy S8 Active vs Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S8 Active

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Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017)

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Samsung Galaxy S8 Active or Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S8 Active Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017)
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Release date 2017, August 2017, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 151.9 x 74.9 x 9.9 mm | 5.98 x 5.98 x 2.95 in 152.5 x 74.8 x 8 mm | 6 x 6 x 2.94 in
Weight 208.1 g | 7.34 oz 181 g | 6.38 oz
Body Build Aluminum frame, corner bumpers, plastic back Front glass, aluminum body
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Colors Meteor Gray, Tungsten Gold Black, Blue, Gold, Rose Gold
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 120 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 32 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 113 h
Talking time - Up to 24 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 91 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.8" in 5.5" in
Screen area 85.4 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 18.5:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 75.0% 73.1%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2960 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 568 PPI 401 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - HDR10
-3D Touch (home button only)
-Always-on display
- 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/1.7, 27mm (wide), 1/3.1'', 1.12µm, AF
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF 13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide)
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR LED flash
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - Exynos 7870 Octa (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 540 Mali-T830 MP1
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 201325
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 347
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1246
GeekBench 5 Single Core 343 118
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1426 447
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1775 713
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6056 3482
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7509 2288

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - AT&T 
HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - T-Mobile 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Sprint
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 20(800), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) - AT&T 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - T-Mobile 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 41(2500) - Sprint
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 40(2300)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps 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, 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 Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.1, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.1, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.57 W/kg (head)     1.33 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
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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)
-MIL-STD-810G compliant

- ANT+
Versions
- For AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint

- Versions: J730F/DS (Global Dual-SIM); J730FM/DS (UAE, Russia)

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