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Samsung Galaxy A9 vs Samsung Galaxy S8

Price Comparison (India)

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Samsung
Announced
December 2015 March 2017
Status
Coming Soon - January 2016 Available - April 2017
Price
Rs. 33,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 57,900 ($720.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
161.7 x 80.9 x 7.4 mm
(6.37 x 3.19 x 0.29 in)
148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm
(5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in)
Weight
200 g (7.05 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
SIM Type
- Dual-SIM
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network
LTE LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Notification LED
- Yes

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
6.0 inches [Similar] 5.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi) [Similar] 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
75.93% 84.06%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor
Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652 [Similar] Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo)
Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835
Exynos 8895 Octa [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 510 [Similar] Adreno 540 [Similar]
RAM
3 GB [Browse Similar] 4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32 GB 64 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Camera

Rear Camera
13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar] 12 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
Features
Auto focus, f/1.9, OIS, 1/3'' sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, f/1.7 aperture, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video
1080p@30fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, AF [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
FM radio with RDS; recording No
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat7 350/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth
v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
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, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0 v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
32 GB, 3 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
Light Sensor
Magnetic-field Sensor (Compass)
Barometer Sensor
Heart-rate Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
4000 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
- -
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