Product
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)
Apple iPhone SE (2020)
Apple iPhone SE (2020)
Battery
Charging 18W wired 18W wired, 50% in 30 min 7.5W wireless (Qi)
Music play Up to 59 h -
Talk time Up to 23 h (3G) -
Type Li-Ion 3600 mAh, non-removable Li-Ion 1821 mAh (6.91 Wh)
Body
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 4), glass back, aluminum frame Glass front, glass back, aluminum frame
Dimensions 156.8 x 77.6 x 7.9 mm (6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 in) 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm (5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 in)
SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIM + eSIM
Weight 186 g (6.56 oz) 148 g (5.22 oz)
  IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min) IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 min) Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Comms
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
NFC Yes Yes
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, BDS GPS, GLONASS
Radio FM radio No
USB USB Type-C 2.0 Lightning, USB 2.0
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot
Display
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Ion-strengthened glass
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~386 ppi density) 750 x 1334 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~326 ppi density)
Size 5.7 inches, 89.6 cm2 (~73.6% screen-to-body ratio) 4.7 inches, 60.9 cm2 (~65.4% screen-to-body ratio)
Type Super AMOLED Retina IPS LCD, 625 nits (typ)
Features
Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, gyro, compass, barometer
  ANT+Samsung Pay -
Launch
Announced 2017, January. Released 2017, January 2020, April 15
Status Discontinued Available. Released 2020, April 24
Main Camera
Features LED flash, panorama, HDR Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Single 16 MP, f/1.9, 27mm (wide), AF 12 MP, f/1.8 (wide), PDAF, OIS
Video 1080p@30fps 4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, OIS, stereo sound rec.
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (dedicated slot) No
Internal 32GB 3GB RAM 64GB 3GB RAM, 128GB 3GB RAM, 256GB 3GB RAM
  eMMC 5.1 NVMe
Misc
Colors Black Sky, Gold Sand, Blue Mist and Peach Cloud Black, White, Red
Models SM-A720F, SM-A720S A2275, A2296, A2298, iPhone12,8
SAR 1.00 W/kg (head)     0.71 W/kg (body)     1.17 W/kg (head)     1.16 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.21 W/kg (head)     1.33 W/kg (body)     0.98 W/kg (head)     0.99 W/kg (body)    
Network
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 66 - A2296
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
  - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 66, 71 - A2275, A2298
Our Tests
Audio quality Noise-91.9dB / Crosstalk -90.3dB -
Battery (old) Endurance rating 115h -
Camera Photo / Video -
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.124(sunlight) -
Loudspeaker Voice 66dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 81dB -
Performance GFXBench: 5.2fps (ES 3.1 onscreen) -
Platform
Chipset Exynos 7880 (14 nm) Apple A13 Bionic (7 nm+)
CPU Octa-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A53 Hexa-core (2x2.65 GHz Lightning + 4x1.8 GHz Thunder)
GPU Mali-T830MP3 Apple GPU (4-core graphics)
OS Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) iOS 13, upgradable to iOS 18.5
Selfie camera
Features - HDR
Single 16 MP, f/1.9, 26mm (wide), 1/3.06", 1.0µm 7 MP, f/2.2
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps; gyro-EIS
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes No
Loudspeaker Yes Yes, with stereo speakers
Tests
Battery (old) - Endurance rating 59h
Camera - Photo / Video
Display - 1544:1 contrast ratio, 670 nits max brightness (measured)
Loudspeaker - -24.1 LUFS (Very good)
Performance - AnTuTu: 462253 (v8) GeekBench: 3237 (v5.1)