Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S6 Active vs Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) vs Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Xiaomi
Announced June 2015 March 2016 June 2025
Status Available - June 2015 Available - March 2016 Available - June 2025
Price Rs. 595 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 15,990 ($235.15) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 13,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Yes Gold, White, Pink Graphite Gray, Mint Green, Lavender Purple
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143.5 x 70.6 x 6.9 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
151.7 x 76 x 7.8 mm
(5.97 x 2.99 x 0.31 in)
254.6 x 166 x 7.4 mm
(10.02 x 6.54 x 0.29 in)
Weight 138 g (4.87 oz) 170 g (6 oz) 510 g or 519 g (17.99 oz or 18.31 oz)
SIM Type - - Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM (cellular model only)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - cellular model only
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - J710F, J710H
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - J710M
HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - cellular model only
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - J710F 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66 - cellular model only
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- MIL-STD-810G certified - salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation,
- Stylus support

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow) Android 15
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 Octa-core (4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53), Qualcomm MSM8952 Snapdragon 617 Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), Mediatek Helio G100 Ultra (6 nm)
GPU Mali-T760 Adreno 405 Mali-G57 MC2
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 8 GB
Internal Memory 32/64/128 GB 16 GB 256 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen WQXGA IPS LCD screen
90Hz Refresh Rate, 600 Nits (HBM)
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 1B colors
Size 5.1 inches 5.5 inches 11.0 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1600 x 2560 pixels (274 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.76% 72.16% 83.28%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM radio, RDS, recording No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels 13 MP 8 MP
Flash LED Flash LED Flash No
Features Auto focus, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Autofocus, f/1.9, 28mm, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR 8 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm
HDR
Video 2160p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP, f/1.9, LED Flash [Similar] 5 MP, f/2.2, (wide), 1/5.0", 1.12µm
HDR
1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE - cellular model only
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.1, A2DP 5.3, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host microUSB v2.0 USB Type-C, OTG
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BDS, QZSS (cellular model only)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM 256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 128 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
USB OTG Supported - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast Battery Charging 18W wired, PD2, QC2.0
Capacity 2550 mAh 3300 mAh 9000 mAh
Stand by - Up to 354 h -
Talk Time Up to 23 h (3G) - -