Samsung Galaxy A8 vs Apple iPhone 7 Plus

Price Comparison (India)

-	Rs. 72,000 Rs. 72,000

Manufacturer
Samsung	Apple
Announced
July 2015	September 2016
Status
Available - August 2015	Available - September 2016
Price
Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced]	Rs. 72,000 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold	Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm (6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)	158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm (6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 in)
Weight
151 g (5.33 oz)	188 g (6.63 oz)
SIM Type
-	Nano SIM
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE	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), 29(700), 30(2300)
SAR US
- W/kg (head) - W/kg (body)	1.19 W/kg (head) 1.19 W/kg (body)
SAR EU
- W/kg (head) - W/kg (body)	1.24 W/kg (head) 1.00 W/kg (body)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Fingerprint sensor	- Fingerprint with Force Touch - IP67 certified - dust and water resistant - Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes - Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen	LED-backlit IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 3D Touch Display, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
5.7 inches [Similar]	5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) [Similar]	1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
73.99%	67.51%
Multi-Touch

OS
Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)	iOS 10
Processor
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar]	Quad-core, Apple A10 Fusion
GPU
Adreno 405 [Similar]	6 core [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar]	2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32 GB	32/128/256 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)	No

Rear Camera
16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels [Similar]	Dual 12 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED flash	Quad-LED (dual tone)
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR	Phase Detection Autofocus, (f/1.8, 28mm & f/2.8, 56mm, 2x optical zoom, OIS, Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video
1080p@30fps	2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps
Front Camera
5 MP, 1080p [Similar]	7 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE	v4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0	v2.0, reversible connector
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant)	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML5	HTML5 (Safari)