| Design | Device Type | Smart Phone | Smart Phone | |
| OS | Android 7.0 (Nougat) | Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) | |
| Dimension | 153.5 x 74.2 x 7 mm (6.04 x 2.92 x 0.28 in) | 150.9 x 72.6 x 7.7 mm (5.94 x 2.86 x 0.30 in) | |
| Weight | 165 g (5.82 oz) | 157 g (5.54 oz) | |
| Technology | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 | |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 | |
| 4G Network | LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 9(1800), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) | LTE | |
| SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - Splash resistant | Nano-SIM - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) | |
| Announced | February, 2017 | February, 2016 | |
| Status | April, 2017 | March, 2016 | |
| Display | Type | IPS-NEO LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors | |
| Size | 5.5 inches (~72.7% screen-to-body ratio) | 2560 x 1440 pixels, 5.5 inches | |
| Multi-touch | Yes | Yes | |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 - Emotion UI 5.0 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 - Force Touch display - TouchWiz UI | |
| Photography | Rear Camera | Dual 20 MP + 12 MP, f/1.8, OIS, Leica optics, 2x lossless zoom, phase detection and laser autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash | 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm, phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash | |
| Features | Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama | 1/2.5 sensor size, 1.4 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama | |
| Video | 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps | 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec. | |
| Front Camera | 8 MP, f/1.9 | 5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm, dual video call, Auto HDR | |
| Memory | Card slot | microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) | microSD, up to 200 GB | |
| Internal | 64 GB, 4 GB RAM (L09) or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM (L29) | 32/64GB, 4 GB RAM | |
| Sound | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones | |
| Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes - 24-bit/192kHz audio - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic | Yes | |
| Connectivity | GPRS | Yes | Yes | |
| EDGE | Yes | Yes | |
| Speed | HSPA, LTE | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot | |
| Bluetooth | 4.2, A2DP, LE | v4.2, A2DP, LE, apt-X | |
| NFC | Yes | | |
| USB | 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector | microUSB v2.0, USB Host | |
| Battery | Capacity | Non-removable Li-Ion 3750 mAh battery | Non-removable Li-Ion 3600 mAh battery | |
| Tests | Display | Contrast ratio: 1633 (nominal), 3.456 (sunlight) | | |
| Loudspeaker | Voice 64dB / Noise 69dB / Ring 82dB | | |
| Audio Quality | Noise-93.4dB / Crosstalk -92.9dB | | |
| Camera | Photo / Video | | |
| Battery Life | Endurance rating 76h | | |
| Features | Chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 960 | Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 Exynos 8890 Octa | |
| CPU | Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) | Quad-core GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core GHz Cortex-A57Dual-core 2.15 GHz Kryo & dual-core 1.6 GHz Kryo Quad-core 2.6 GHz Mongoose + quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 | |
| GPU | Mali-G71 MP8 | Adreno 530 Mali-T880 MP12 | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass | Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 | |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM | |
| Browser | HTML5 | HTML5 | |
| Radio | No | To be confirmed | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS | |
| Java | No | No | |
| Colors | Ceramic White, Dazzling Blue, Dazzling Gold, Graphite Black, Mystic Silver, Rose Gold, Greenery | Black, White | |
| Others | - Fast battery charging
- XviD/MP4/H.265 player
- MP3/eAAC+/WAV/Flac player
- Document viewer
- Photo/video editor | - Fast battery charging: 60% in 30 min (Quick Charge 2.0)
- Wireless charging (Qi/PMA) - market dependent
- ANT+ support
- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- OneDrive (115 GB cloud storage)
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264 player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Photo/video editor
- Document editor | |
