Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) vs Samsung Galaxy A53 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jan 02, 2017	Mar 17, 2022
Prices (MSRP)
	$450

Design

Dimensions
6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches 156.8 x 77.6 x 7.9 mm	6.30 x 2.94 x 0.32 inches 159.9 x 74.7 x 8.1 mm
Weight
6.56 oz (186.0 g)	6.67 oz (189.0 g)
Materials
Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) Frame: Aluminum	Back: Plastic
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68	Yes; IP67
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black sky, Gold sand, Blue mist, Peach cloud

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 73.78% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 85.36% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	Super AMOLED, 120Hz, 800 nits
Resolution
1920x1080px, 386 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 405 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 4	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 (14 nm)	Exynos 1280 (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1900 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.4GHz CortexA-78 6x2.0G​Hz CortexA-55
GPU
Mali-T830 MP3	Yes
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB	6GB/128GB 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (12)

Battery

Type
3600 mAh, Li - Ion	5000 mAh
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

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Browsing

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Video

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Gaming

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Battery Life Estimate

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Browsing

15h 45min

Video

7h 45min

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
16 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9	64 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	Yes
Front
16 MP	32 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

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

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Dec 01, 2016 FCC ID value: A3LSMA720F
Measured SAR
Head: 0.24 W/kg Body: 0.71 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 3.78 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.08 W/kg

Alternative variants

With 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	8GB/256GB

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