Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 7 vs Apple iPhone XR vs Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018)

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple Samsung
Announced September 2016 September 2018 September 2018
Status Available - September 2016 Coming Soon - October 2018 Available
Price Rs. 60,000 ($882.35) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 59,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 18,990 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Black, Red, Yellow, Blue, Coral Black, blue, gold, pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1 mm
(5.44 x 2.64 x 0.28 in)
150.9 x 75.7 x 8.3 mm
(5.94 x 2.98 x 0.33 in)
159.8 x 76.8 x 7.5 mm
(6.29 x 3.02 x 0.3 in)
Weight 138 g (4.87 oz) 194 g (6.84 oz) 168 g (5.93 oz)
SIM Type Nano SIM Nano-SIM and e-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - A750F/DS, A750FN/DS
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - A750G
4G Network 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), 29(700) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100), 71(600) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) - A750F/DS, A750FN/DS
SAR US 1.19 W/kg (head)
1.19 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
SAR EU 1.38 W/kg (head)
1.34 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.34 W/kg (head)
1.43 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint with Force Touch
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Fingerprint Sensor
Samsung Pay
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 10 iOS 12 Android 8.0 (Oreo), planned upgrade to Android 9.0 (Pie)
Processor Quad-core, Apple A10 Fusion Hexa-core, Apple A12 Bionic Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7885 Octa (14 nm)
GPU 6 core Apple GPU (4-core graphics) Mali-G71
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 4/6 GB
Internal Memory 32/128/256 GB 64/128/256 GB 128 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 3D Touch Display, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified Version)
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 6.1 inches 6.0 inches
Resolution 750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi) 828 x 1792 pixels (324 ppi) 1080 x 2220 pixels (411 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.45% 79.83% 74.61%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack no no yes
Radio No No FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP 12 MP 24 MP + 8 MP + 5 MP
Flash Quad-LED (dual tone) Quad-LED dual-tone flash LED Flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.8, OIS, Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama) f/1.8, 28mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, PDAF, HDR 24 MP, f/1.7, 27mm (wide), PDAF
8 MP, f/2.4, 18mm (ultrawide)
5 MP, f/2.2, depth sensor
Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps 1080p@60fps 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS)
Front Camera 7 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, HDR, 1080@60fps [Similar] 24 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide)
HDR, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB v2.0, reversible connector 2.0, proprietary reversible connector microUSB 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 (Safari) HTML5 (Safari) Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 32/128/256 GB, 2 GB RAM 64/128/256 GB, 3 GB RAM 128 GB, 4/6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - Not Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not 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
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1960 mAh - 3300 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 14 h Up to 25 h (3G) -