Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S6 Active vs Apple iPhone 7 vs Apple iPhone 17

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple Apple
Announced June 2015 September 2016 September 2025
Status Available - June 2015 Available - September 2016 Coming Soon - September 2025
Price Rs. 595 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 60,000 ($882.35) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 82,900 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Yes Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Black, White, Mist Blue, Sage, Lavender
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143.5 x 70.6 x 6.9 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1 mm
(5.44 x 2.64 x 0.28 in)
149.6 x 71.5 x 8 mm
(5.89 x 2.81 x 0.31 in)
Weight 138 g (4.87 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
SIM Type - Nano SIM -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network 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), 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
5G Network - - SA/NSA/Sub6
SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave
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)
1.38 W/kg (head)
1.34 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - 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,
- 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)
IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 6m for 30 min)
Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) iOS 10 iOS 26
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 Quad-core, Apple A10 Fusion Hexa-core, Apple A19 (3 nm)
GPU Mali-T760 6 core Apple GPU (5-core graphics)
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 8 GB
Internal Memory 32/64/128 GB 32/128/256 GB 512 GB
External Memory No No No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 3D Touch Display, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating FHD+ LTPO Super Retina XDR OLED Screen
120Hz, HDR10, 1000 Nits (typ), 1600 Nits (HBM), 3000 Nits (peak)
Ceramic Shield 2 Protection
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.1 inches 4.7 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) 750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi) 1206 x 2622 pixels (458 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.76% 65.45% 90.92%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels 12 MP 48 MP + 48 MP
Flash LED Flash Quad-LED (dual tone) Dual-LED Dual-tone Flash
Features Auto focus, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.8, OIS, Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama) 48 MP, f/1.6, 26mm (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift OIS
48 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55", 0.7µm, PDAF
HDR (photo/panorama)
Video 2160p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps 4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120/240fps, HDR, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 60fps), stereo sound rec.
Front Camera 5 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 7 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 18 MP multi-aspect, f/1.9, (wide), PDAF, OIS
SL 3D, (depth/biometrics sensor)
HDR, Dolby Vision HDR, 3D (spatial) audio, stereo sound rec.
4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS [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 HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE, 5G, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.2, A2DP, LE 6.0, A2DP, LE
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/ac/6/7, tri-band, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host v2.0, reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0, DisplayPort
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS, NavIC
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/128/256 GB, 2 GB RAM 512 GB, 8 GB RAM or 256 GB, 8 GB RAM NVMe
Expandable Storage No No No
USB OTG Supported - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-ion Battery
Fast Battery Charging Wired, PD2.0, 50% in 20 min
25W wireless (MagSafe), 50% in 30 min
15W wireless (MagSafe) - China only
25W wireless (Qi2)
4.5W reverse wired
Capacity 2550 mAh 1960 mAh 3692 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 23 h (3G) Up to 14 h -