Xiaomi Black Shark vs Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Jan 02, 2017

Design

Dimensions
6.36 x 2.97 x 0.36 inches 161.62 x 75.4 x 9.25 mm	6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches 156.8 x 77.6 x 7.9 mm
Weight
6.70 oz / 190.0 g	6.56 oz / 186.0 g
Materials
	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Notification light	Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gray, Blue	Black sky, Gold sand, Blue mist, Peach cloud

Display

Size
6.0-inch, 75.98% screen-to-body	5.7-inch, 73.78% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 550 nits	Super AMOLED
Resolution
2160x1080px, 18:9 ratio, 403 PPI	1920x1080px, 386 PPI
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
Snapdragon 845 SDM845 (10 nm)	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 (14 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2800 MHz Kryo 385	Octa-core 1900 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 630	Mali-T830 MP3
Memory
8GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 6GB/64GB 8GB/256GB	3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB
Storage expansion
	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo)	Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)

Battery

Type
4000 mAh, Li - Ion	3600 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0	Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Single camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2.9" Pixel size: 1.25 μm	16 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9
Second camera
20 MP (Telephoto, PDAF) Optical zoom: 2.0x Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2.8" Pixel size: 1 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps), 720p (120 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front
20 MP Video capture: 1080p	16 MP

Connectivity & Features

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

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 39, 40, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

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

Alternative variants

With 64 GB of storage

Memory	6GB/64GB

With 256 GB of Storage

Memory	8GB/256GB

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