HTC U12+ vs Samsung Galaxy S7

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100
4G network

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 49, 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)

LTE
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

5.76 Mbps
LTE speed

-

LTE, Cat9, 450 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload
LTE-A speed

LTE-A, (5CA) Cat18, 1200 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload

-
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
Build

Front/back glass & aluminum frame

Corning Gorilla Glass back panel
SIM

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

156.6 mm

142.4 mm
Width

73.9 mm

69.6 mm
Thickness

8.7 mm

7.9 mm
Weight

188 g

152 g
Waterproof

IP68, 1.5m and 30 minutes

-
Dust proof

IP68

-
Colors

Ceramic Black, Flame Red, Translucent Blue

Black, Gold, Silver, White

Display
Display type

Super LCD6 capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

6.0 inches

5.1 inches
Resolution

1440 x 2880 pixels

1440 x 2560 pixels
Pixel density

537 ppi

577 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Corning Gorilla Glass
Multitouch

Yes

Yes
Display features

DCI-P3 & HDR10 compliant

-

Hardware
CPU

Octa-core

-
CPU

Quad-core 2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold

Dual-core 2.15 GHz Kryo
CPU(second)

quad-core 1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver

dual-core 1.6 GHz Kryo
Chipset

Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845

Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 / Exynos 8890 Octa
GPU

Adreno 630

Adreno 530 / Mali-T880 MP12
Memory RAM

6 GB

4 GB
Internal storage

64, 128 GB

32, 64 GB
Memory card

microSD(uses second SIM slot)

microSD
Memory card max

400 GB

200 GB

Main camera
Camera type

Dual

-
Main camera

12 MP, f/1.8 , 1.4 µm, 2x optical zoom

12 MP, f/1.7 , 26 mm
16 MP, f/2.6 , 1 µm
Primary camera resolution

4032 x 3024 pixels

-
Primary camera video

2160p@60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps

2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps
Primary camera Autofocus

phase detection & laser autofocus

-
Primary camera flash

dual-LED dual-tone flash

LED flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

-

optical image stabilization
Electronic image stabilization

gyro-EIS

-
Primary camera phase detection autofocus

-

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera video dual video

-

dual-video record
Primary camera video hdr

HDR video

HDR
Primary camera video stereo sound record

24-bit/96kHz

-
Camera features

Geo-tagging, HDR (photo/panorama), face/smile detection, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus

1.4 µm pixel size, 1/2.6" sensor size, Auto HDR, face detection, geo-tagging, panorama, touch focus
DxOMark photo

106

-
DxOMark video

95

-
DxOMark camera score

103

-

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

Yes
WLAN DLNA

Yes

-
USB

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

microUSB 2.0
USB host

-

Yes
Bluetooth

v5.0

v4.2
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

aptX HD

Yes
NFC

Yes

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
GALILEO

Yes

-
BDS

Yes

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

MMS

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

-

IM
Messaging Push Email

Push Email

-
Messaging Push Mail

-

Push Mail
Java

-

No
Sensors

Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, compass, gyro, proximity

Fingerprint, SpO2, accelerometer, barometer, compass, gyro, heart rate, proximity