Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note5 vs Apple iPhone 7 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)

Price Comparison (India) -

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple Samsung
Announced August 2015 September 2016 January 2017
Status Available - August 2015 Available - September 2016 Coming Soon - January 2017
Price Rs. 40,800 ($600.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 72,000 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 33,490 ($425.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Black, White, Gold, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 153.2 x 76.1 x 7.6 mm
(6.03 x 3 x 0.3 in)
158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
(6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 in)
156.8 x 77.6 x 7.9 mm
(6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 in)
Weight 171 g (6.03 oz) 188 g (6.63 oz) -
SIM Type - Nano SIM Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 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), 30(2300) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.19 W/kg (head)
1.19 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.24 W/kg (head)
1.00 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- S Pen stylus
- 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)
- Fingerprint Sensor
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) iOS 10 Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 Quad-core, Apple A10 Fusion 1.9 GHz Quad-core Cortex-A72 & 1.3 GHz Quad-core Cortex-A53, Exynos 7880
GPU Mali-T760MP8 6 core Mali-T860 MP4
RAM 4 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 32/128/256 GB 32 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 LED-backlit IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 3D Touch Display, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches 5.5 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 76.92% 67.51% 73.79%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels Dual 12 MP 16 MP
Flash LED Flash Quad-LED (dual tone) LED Flash
Features Autofocus, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, (f/1.8, 28mm & f/2.8, 56mm, 2x optical zoom, OIS, Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.9, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, Optical Stabilization, Dual-video Rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 7 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 16 MP [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/ LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps 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 Cat6 300/50 Mbps, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE, ANT+
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 Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host v2.0, reversible connector Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32/128/256 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG 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 Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 3000 mAh 2700 mAh 3600 mAh
Stand by - Up to 384 h -
Talk Time - Up to 21 h -