Asus ZenFone Max Plus (M1) vs Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Sep 20, 2018

Design

Dimensions
6.01 x 2.87 x 0.35 inches 152.6 x 73 x 8.8 mm	6.29 x 3.02 x 0.30 inches 159.8 x 76.8 x 7.5 mm
Weight
5.64 oz / 160.0 g	5.93 oz / 168.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) Frame: Plastic
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
	Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Silver	Black, Gold, Pink, Blue

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 75.34% screen-to-body	6.0-inch, 74.55% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED
Resolution
2160x1080px, 18:9 ratio, 424 PPI	2220x1080px, 18.5:9 ratio, 411 PPI
Colors
	16 777 216
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	1.8 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT6750T (28 nm)	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7885 (14 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1500 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2200 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-T860 MP2	Mali-G71 MP2
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 4GB/64GB	6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 4GB/64GB 4GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat)	Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo)

Battery

Type
4130 mAh, Li - Polymer	3300 mAh
Charging
Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Triple camera
Main camera
16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 35 mm	24 MP (PDAF, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2.8" Pixel size: 0.9 μm
Second camera
8 MP (Ultra-wide) Focal Length: 17 mm	8 MP (Ultra-wide, Autofocus, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 18 mm Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Time-lapse video, Picture-taking during video recording, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps) Hyperlapse, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
16 MP (Wide Angle, HDR)	24 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.0	5.0
WLAN
b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Album art cover, Background playback, Dolby Atmos
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM	FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 17, 28	1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
	Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
	Haptic feedback, Music ringtones, Vibration
Other features
	Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Nov 10, 2018 FCC ID value: MSQX018D	Date approved: Sep 13, 2018 FCC ID value: A3LSMA750FN
Measured SAR
Head: 0.54 W/kg Body: 1.11 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.29 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.20 W/kg	Head: 0.50 W/kg Body: 0.39 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.05 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 64 GB storage

Memory	4GB/64GB

with 4 GB RAM

Memory	4GB

with 64 GB storage

Memory	4GB/64GB

Dual SIM support

Dual SIM	Yes

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