Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 638 vs Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

Nokia Lumia 638
nokia lumia 638
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
samsung galaxy s7 edge
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Samsung
Announced December 2014 February 2016
Status Available - December 2014 Available - March 2016
Price Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 50,900 ($748.53) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 129.5 x 66.7 x 9.2 mm
(5.1 x 2.63 x 0.36 in)
150.9 x 72.6 x 7.7 mm
(5.94 x 2.86 x 0.3 in)
Weight 136 g (4.8 oz) 157 g (5.54 oz)
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, Dual Stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2300 / 2500 / 2600 (Bands 3, 7, 38, 39, 40, 41) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Heart rate sensor
- Fingerprint sensor
- IP68 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
Notification LED - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 [Similar] Quad-core (2x 2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x 1.6 GHz Kryo)/ Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) , Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820/ Exynos 8 Octa 8890 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 305 [Similar] Adreno 530/ Mali-T880 MP12 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD upto 256GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, ClearBlack Display Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, Curved Edge Screen, Always-on display
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi) [Similar] 1440 x 2560 pixels (534 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.43% 76.13%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio FM radio -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar] 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED Flash
Features Auto focus, 1/4 Phase Detection Autofocus, Dual Pixel, f/1.7, 1/2.6' Sensor Size, 1 µm Pixel Size, Smart Optical Image Stablization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video Yes 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera No [Similar] 5 MP, f/1.7, Dual Video Call, Auto HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE/ apt-X after WP8 Denim update v4.2, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD upto 256GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery (BL-5H) Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1830 mAh 3600 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -