Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) vs Huawei P20 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jun 06, 2017	Mar 27, 2018

Design

Dimensions
6.00 x 2.94 x 0.31 inches 152.5 x 74.8 x 8 mm	5.87 x 2.79 x 0.30 inches 149.1 x 70.8 x 7.65 mm
Weight
6.38 oz / 181.0 g	5.82 oz / 165.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum	Back: Glass Frame: Metal
Resistance
	Splash; IP53
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys	Notification light
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Silver, Rose gold	Black, Gold, Pink, Blue

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 73.28% screen-to-body	5.8-inch, 80.36% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	IPS LCD
Resolution
1920x1080px, 401 PPI	2244x1080px, 18.7:9 ratio, 429 PPI

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	1 (Excellent)

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)	HiSilicon Kirin 970 (10 nm)
Processor
Octa-core ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2360 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-T830 MP2	Mali-G72 MP12
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat)	Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo)

Battery

Type
3600 mAh	3400 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
	Huawei SuperCharge

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.7	12 MP (OIS, Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/2.3" Pixel size: 1.55 μm
Second camera
	20 MP (Black and White, Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F1.6 Focal Length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/2.7" Pixel size: 1 μm
Flash
LED	Dual LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (120 fps), 720p (960 fps) Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, Video light, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
13 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p	24 MP Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	4.2
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 MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), 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, BeiDou
Other
NFC, ANT+, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	32-Bit DAC, aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32
4G (TDD) Bands
40	34, 38, 39, 40
3G Bands
1, 2, 5, 8	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A Pro Cat 18 (1200/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
	Yes
VoLTE
Yes	Yes

Alternative variants

Dual SIM	Yes

Dual-SIM

Dual SIM	Yes

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