Samsung Galaxy J2 (2018) vs Google Pixel 7a Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	May 10, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
	$499 | €509

Design

Dimensions
5.6 x 2.8 x 0.4 inches 142.2 x 71.1 x 10.2 mm	6.00 x 2.87 x 0.35 inches (~0.41 inches with camera bump) 152.4 x 72.9 x 9 mm (~10.50 mm with camera bump)
Weight
5.40 oz / 153.0 g	6.81 oz / 193.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black	Charcoal, Snow, Sea, and Coral

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 66.22% screen-to-body	6.1-inch, 80.86% screen-to-body
Type
LCD	OLED, 90Hz, HDR
Resolution
960x540px, 16:9 ratio, 220 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 431 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	1277 (Average)
Bright Min
Untested	1.8 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 425 MSM8917 (28 nm)	Google Tensor G2 (5 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.85GHz Cortex-X1 2x2.35G​Hz Cortex-A78 4x1.80​GHz Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 308	Mali-G710 MP7
Memory
1.5GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	8GB/128GB (UFS 3.1)
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 400 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (8.1 Oreo)	Android (15, 14, 13)

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GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1437
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	3461
3D Mark High
Untested	1631
3D Mark Low
Untested	1095

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Battery

Type
2600 mAh, Li - Ion	4385 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
	Fast charging Qi wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 18.0W Wireless: 7.5W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 4min

Browsing

15h 27min

Video

9h 7min

Gaming

5h 27min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	64 MP Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.73" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	13 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p
Front
5 MP	13 MP

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N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

133

Overall

140

Photo

127

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.3
WLAN
b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M3/T4
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

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

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n28, n30, n38, n41, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, n260, n261, 5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
2, 4, 5, 7, 66, 71	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 25, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 5, 8	1, 2, 3, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE, HSPA, HSUPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

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