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Samsung Galaxy S7 edge vs Karbonn A21

 
Brief information about compared phones: Karbonn A21 , Samsung Galaxy S7 edge

Karbonn A21 2012 year of release, cpu Dual-core 1.2 GHz, screen 4.5", with resolution 480x800. Smartphone has 1 megapixel front camera and 5 megapixel main camera.

Samsung Galaxy S7 edge 2016 year of release, cpu Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) G9350 -Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) G935FD, screen 5.5", with resolution 1440x2560. Smartphone has 5 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology TFT Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 256K 16M
Screen size 4.5" inch 5.5" inch
Screen area 57.6 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 5:3 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio % 76.1%
Screen resolution 480 x 800 px 1440 x 2560 px
PPI /points per inch/ 207 PPI 534 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 5 MP, Single 12 MP, Single
Camera specs 5 MP, AF 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF
Functions LED flash Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video Yes 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front camera, selfie 1.3 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 1.3 MP 5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm (wide), 1/4.1'', 1.34µm
DxOMark Main Score 89
DxOMark Photo 91
DxOMark Video 86
Performance Operating system OS Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); TouchWiz UI
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (14 nm) G9350 -Exynos 8890 Octa (14 nm) G935FD, G935F, G935W8
Processor CPU Dual-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) G9350 -Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) G935FD, G935F, G935W8
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 530 G9350 -Mali-T880 MP12 G935FD, G935F, G935W8
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal memory 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 512GB 4GB
Antutu 7 score 158530
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1456
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 3744
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 4571
Antutu 8 score 184713
GeekBench 4 Battery 2782
GeekBench 5 Single Core 252
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 723
General specs Release date 2012 2016, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) Х Х mm 150.9 Х 72.6 Х 7.7 mm
Weight 0 g 157 g
Colors Pearl White Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold, Black Pearl, Coral Blue
Battery 1800 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 3600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 130 EUR 400 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 200 h Talking time- Up to 5 h Talking time- Up to 27 h (3G) Music play - Up to 74 h
Body build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Dual SIM (Mini-SIM) Single SIM (Nano-SIM) - G935F, G935W8Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - G935FD
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G935FD, G9350 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G935F, G935FD, G935W8  HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 & TD-SCDMA - G9350 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G935F, G935FD  LTE band 1(2100), 41(2500) - G9350  LTE band 1(2100), 29(700), 30(2300), 41(2500) - G935W8
Speed HSPA 7.2/0.384 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 2.1, A2DP 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR EU - 0.44 W/kg (head)     SAR - 1.17 W/kg (head)     1.59 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 0.26 W/kg (head)     0.51 W/kg (body)    
Music and Audio Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others Always-on display
Other features Dop Sensors Accelerometer, proximity Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 - Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0) -Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) -ANT+ -S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) -IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) - Versions: G935F (Global); G935FD (Southeast Asia, India); G9350 (Hong Kong); G935W8 (Canada) Also known as Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Duos with dual-SIM card slots

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy A21
  • Internal memory 512 GB
  • External memory microSD GB
Reasons to buy Galaxy S7 edge
  • Screen 5.5"
  • Internal memory 512 GB
  • External memory microSD GB