Samsung SCH-A870 vs Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Jan 02, 2017

Design

Dimensions
3.60 x 1.80 x 0.85 inches 91.5 x 46 x 21.5 mm	6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches 156.8 x 77.6 x 7.9 mm
Weight
3.40 oz / 96.0 g	6.56 oz / 186.0 g
Materials
	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Numeric keypad, Soft keys	Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Camera shutter, Other	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
	Black sky, Gold sand, Blue mist, Peach cloud

Display

Size
	5.7-inch, 73.78% screen-to-body
Type
TFT	Super AMOLED
Resolution
160x128px	1920x1080px, 386 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Additional display
96 x96 px, STN, Colors: 65 536

PhoneArena Display Test

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

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Hardware

System chip
	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 (14 nm)
Processor
	Octa-core 1900 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
	Mali-T830 MP3
Memory
0.03GB	3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB
Storage expansion
	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
	Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)

Battery

Type
1000 mAh, Li - Ion	3600 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Fast charging

Camera

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

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
1.2	4.2
WLAN
	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Yes	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
	NFC, ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
2.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
	Wireless screen share
Radio
	FM

Cellular

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
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
	Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Mar 20, 2006 FCC ID value: A3LSCHA870	Date approved: Dec 01, 2016 FCC ID value: A3LSMA720F
Measured SAR
Head: 0.97 W/kg Measured in: 1900 MHz Body: 1.23 W/kg Measured in: 1900 MHz	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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Full specifications
Samsung SCH-A870 Specs	Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) Specs
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