Product
Samsung Galaxy Note7 (USA)
Samsung Galaxy Note7 (USA)
Apple iPhone 15 Plus
Apple iPhone 15 Plus
Battery
Charging 15W wired, QC2 Wireless Wired, PD2.0, 50% in 30 min 15W wireless (MagSafe) 15W wireless (Qi2) - requires iOS 17.2 update 4.5W reverse wired
Music play Up to 60 h -
Talk time Up to 38 h (3G) -
Type Li-Ion 3500 mAh, non-removable Li-Ion 4383 mAh
Body
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame Glass front, glass back, aluminum frame
Dimensions 153.5 x 73.9 x 7.9 mm (6.04 x 2.91 x 0.31 in) 160.9 x 77.8 x 7.8 mm (6.33 x 3.06 x 0.31 in)
SIM Nano-SIM Nano-SIM + eSIM + eSIM (max 2 at a time; International)eSIM + eSIM (8 or more, max 2 at a time; USA)Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM (China)
Weight 169 g (5.96 oz) 201 g (7.09 oz)
  IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min) Stylus IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 6m for 30 min) Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Comms
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 5.3, A2DP, LE
NFC Yes Yes
Positioning GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS
Radio No No
USB USB Type-C 3.1 USB Type-C 2.0, DisplayPort
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 5 Ceramic Shield glass
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~515 ppi density) 1290 x 2796 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~460 ppi density)
Size 5.7 inches, 89.6 cm2 (~79.0% screen-to-body ratio) 6.7 inches, 110.2 cm2 (~88.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Type Super AMOLED, HDR10 Super Retina XDR OLED, HDR10, Dolby Vision, 1000 nits (HBM), 2000 nits (peak)
Features
Sensors Iris scanner, fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
  ANT+ S-Voice natural language commands and dictation Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) Ultra Wideband (UWB) support (gen2 chip) Emergency SOS, Messages and Find My via satellite
Launch
Announced 2016, August. Released 2016, August 2023, September 12
Status Discontinued Available. Released 2023, September 22
Main Camera
Dual - 48 MP, f/1.6, 26mm (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift OIS 12 MP, f/2.4, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 0.7µm
Features LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR (photo/panorama)
Single 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS -
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 720p@240fps, stereo sound rec., HDR, gyro-EIS 4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120/240fps, HDR, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 60fps), stereo sound rec.
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (dedicated slot) No
Internal 64GB 4GB RAM 128GB 6GB RAM, 256GB 6GB RAM, 512GB 6GB RAM
  - NVMe
Misc
Colors Blue Coral, Silver Titanium, Black Onyx Black, Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink
Models SM-N930V, SM-N930A, SM-N930P, SM-N930T, SM-N930R4, SM-N930W8, SM-N930F, SM-N930G, SM-N930S A3094, A2847, A3093, A3096, iPhone15,5
SAR 0.65 W/kg (head)     1.59 W/kg (body)     1.01 W/kg (head)     1.12 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.98 W/kg (head)     0.98 W/kg (body)    
Network
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 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, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 53, 66 - A3094
5G bands - 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 53, 66, 70, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA/Sub6 - A3094
Speed HSPA, LTE, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE, 5G, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G
  CDMA2000 1xEV-DO / TD-SCDMA 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 66, 70, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA/Sub6 - A3096
Our Tests
Battery (old) Endurance rating 81h -
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.247 (sunlight) -
Loudspeaker Voice 69dB / Noise 69dB / Ring 72dB -
Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 2432Basemark X: 33520 -
Platform
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (14 nm) Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm)
CPU Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) Hexa-core (2x3.46 GHz Everest + 4x2.02 GHz Sawtooth)
GPU Adreno 530 Apple GPU (5-core graphics)
OS Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), TouchWiz UI iOS 17, upgradable to iOS 18.5
Selfie camera
Dual 5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm (wide) 2 MP (dedicated iris scanner camera) -
Features HDR HDR, Dolby Vision HDR
Single - 12 MP, f/1.9, 23mm (wide), 1/3.6", 1.0µm, PDAF SL 3D, (depth/biometrics sensor)
Video 4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes No
Loudspeaker Yes Yes, with stereo speakers
  24-bit/192kHz audio -
Tests
Battery (new) - Active use score 16:33h
Battery (old) - Endurance rating 111h
Camera - Photo / Video
Display - 1642 nits max brightness (measured)
Loudspeaker - -27.7 LUFS (Good)
Performance - AnTuTu: 1385649 (v10) GeekBench: 6618 (v6) GFXBench: 60fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)