Samsung Galaxy J2 vs Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Jan 02, 2017

Design

Dimensions
5.37 x 2.72 x 0.33 inches 136.5 x 69 x 8.4 mm	6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches 156.8 x 77.6 x 7.9 mm
Weight
4.59 oz / 130.0 g	6.56 oz / 186.0 g
Materials
	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys	Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, White	Black sky, Gold sand, Blue mist, Peach cloud

Display

Size
4.7-inch, 64.62% screen-to-body	5.7-inch, 73.78% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	Super AMOLED
Resolution
960x540px, 234 PPI	1920x1080px, 386 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 4

PhoneArena Display Test

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

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 3475	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 (14 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1300 MHz ARM Cortex-A7	Octa-core 1900 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-T720	Mali-T830 MP3
Memory
1GB (LPDDR3)/8GB	3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (5.1 Lollipop)	Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)

Battery

Type
2000 mAh	3600 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
5 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F2.2	16 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
720p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front
2 MP	16 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	4.2
WLAN
b,g,n 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+, 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
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
	FM

Cellular

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

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

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

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