Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Duos vs Samsung Galaxy S6 Active vs Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016)

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced October 2014 June 2015 December 2015
Status Available - October 2014 Available - June 2015 Available - February 2016
Price - Rs. 595 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 25,900 ($380.88) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Frosted white, Charcoal black, Bronze Gold, Blossom Pink Yes Black, White, Gold, Pink Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5 mm
(6.04 x 3.09 x 0.33 in)
143.5 x 70.6 x 6.9 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
151.5 x 74.1 x 7.3 mm
(5.96 x 2.92 x 0.29 in)
Weight 175 g (6.17 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz) 172 g (6.07 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1
TD-SCDMA 1880 / 2010 - SIM 1
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SIM 1 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 1800 / 2100 / 2600 (Bands 1, 3, 7) - SIM 1 LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- S Pen stylus
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- MIL-STD-810G certified - salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation,
- Corning Gorilla Glass 4

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 Octa-core (4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
Exynos 7580 Octa
GPU Adreno 420 Mali-T760 Adreno 405
Mali-T720MP2
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 32/64/128 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches 5.1 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.32% 70.76% 74.11%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No FM radio with RDS; recording
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash optical image stabil LED Flash LED flash
Features Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Auto focus, f/1.9 aperture, Optical Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, optical stabilization, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 3.7 MP, 1440p [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3), USB Host, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host microUSB v2.0, USB OTG
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 3000 mAh 2550 mAh 3300 mAh
Stand by Up to 381 h (3G) - Up to 78 h
Talk Time - Up to 23 h (3G) Up to 17 h (3G)