Samsung Galaxy J7 (2018) vs Samsung Galaxy A53 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jun 07, 2018	Mar 17, 2022
Prices (MSRP)
$230	$450

Design

Dimensions
6.03 x 3 x 0.34 inches 153.2 x 76.2 x 8.6 mm	6.30 x 2.94 x 0.32 inches 159.9 x 74.7 x 8.1 mm
Weight
6.38 oz / 181.0 g	6.67 oz / 189.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic	Back: Plastic
Resistance
	Yes; IP67
Biometrics
2D Face unlock	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

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 71.45% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 85.36% screen-to-body
Type
TFT	Super AMOLED, 120Hz, 800 nits
Resolution
1280x720px, 16:9 ratio, 267 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 405 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
5 (Poor)	1.7 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)	Exynos 1280 (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1600 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.4GHz CortexA-78 6x2.0G​Hz CortexA-55
GPU
Mali-T830 MP1	Yes
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 2GB/16GB	6GB/128GB 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 400 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo)	Android (12)

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GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	621
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	1856
3D Mark High
Untested	636
3D Mark Low
Untested	631

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Battery

Type
3300 mAh	5000 mAh
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

15h 45min

Video

7h 45min

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 28 mm Sensor size: 1/3.06" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	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
13 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
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M3/T3
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
ANT+, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), VoIP, 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
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 14
3G Bands
5, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE, HSPA, HSUPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Apr 24, 2018 FCC ID value: A3LSMJ737A
Measured SAR
Head: 1.03 W/kg Body: 0.76 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.58 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.98 W/kg Phablet: 3.58 W/kg

Alternative variants

for TracFone Wireless

Memory	16GB

With 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	8GB/256GB

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