Samsung has been the first to take the next step as it unveiled the Galaxy S7 early this year. However, Apple doesn't recognize this as a threat as it has a contender to it - the iPhone 7, which was just released on Wednesday.
iPhone 7 vs Galaxy S7: Design
The Samsung Galaxy S7 weighs a light 152g with a 142 x 70 x 8mm chassis, and is available in black, white, silver, gold, and pink gold, making it one of the most attractive looking phones. On the other hand, the newly released iPhone 7 slims out a 7.1mm chassis at 138g. It is lighter than the Galaxy S7 thanks to the more conservative display.
iPhone 7 vs Galaxy S7: Display
The Samsung Galaxy S7 boasts a 5.1 inch super AMOLED display matched with a whopping 1440 x 2560 pixel screen display. Meanwhile, Apple's iPhone 7 gauges on a Retina HD display measuring 4.7 inches with the help of a lower 1334 x 750 pixel display. With this, Samsung aces the display category.
iPhone 7 vs Galaxy S7: Hardware
Samsung offers two processor variants for the Samsung Galaxy S7. It is the Exynos 8890 processor having a 2.3GHz clock speed and the Mali-T880 MP12 GPU. 4 GB of RAM is what makes the Samsung Galaxy S7 tick, as well as a 32 GB and a 64 GB variant. It also is expandable in storage memory that can reach up to 256 GB.
The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus has a roaring A10 Fusion processing chip as well as a whopping 64-bit quad-core processor. Apple claims that it is 40% faster than the A9 chip.
iPhone 7 vs Galaxy S7: Software
The Samsung Galaxy S7 runs at the latest Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, while the iPhone 7 has its very own iOS 10. With this, the iPhone 7 is perfectly tuned to its own operating system as it has the same release date of the iOS 10.
