HTC U12 Life vs Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 30, 2018	Jun 06, 2017

Design

Dimensions
6.24 x 2.97 x 0.33 inches 158.5 x 75.4 x 8.3 mm	6.00 x 2.94 x 0.31 inches 152.5 x 74.8 x 8 mm
Weight
6.17 oz / 175.0 g	6.38 oz / 181.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic	Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
	Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Purple, Blue	Black, Gold, Silver, Rose gold

Display

Size
6.0-inch, 77.70% screen-to-body	5.5-inch, 73.28% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED
Resolution
2160x1080px, 18:9 ratio, 402 PPI	1920x1080px, 401 PPI
Colors
16 777 216

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 636 SDM636 (14 nm)	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1800 MHz Kryo 260	Octa-core ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 509	Mali-T830 MP2
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 6GB/128GB	3GB (LPDDR3)/16GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (8.1 Oreo)	Android (7.0 Nougat)

Battery

Type
3600 mAh	3600 mAh

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Single camera
Main camera
16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0	13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.7
Second camera
5 MP (Depth information)
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p Picture-taking during video recording, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front
13 MP (Flash, HDR) Video capture: 1080p	13 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	4.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C	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
NFC, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28, 32, 66	1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40	40
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 11 (600/75 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 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
	Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback, Music ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

with 128 GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB

Dual SIM	Yes

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