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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge vs Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018)

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Samsung
Announced
March 2015 December 2017
Status
Available - April 2015 Coming Soon - January 2018
Price
Rs. 34,900 ($513.24) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 32,990 ($520.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Green Emerald Black, orchid grey, gold, blue
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
142.1 x 70.1 x 7 mm
(5.59 x 2.76 x 0.28 in)
159.9 x 75.7 x 8.3 mm
(6.3 x 2.98 x 0.33 in)
Weight
132 g (4.66 oz) 191 g (6.74 oz)
SIM Type
- Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE LTE
SAR US
1.58 W/kg (head)
1.34 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
SAR EU
0.33 W/kg (head)
0.59 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
Notification LED
- Yes

Display

Type
Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4, Curved Edge Screen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified Version)
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.1 inches [Similar] 6.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 2220 Pixels (411 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
71.96% 75.65%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)
Processor
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 [Similar] Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7885 Octa [Similar]
GPU
Mali-T760 [Similar] Mali-G71 [Similar]
RAM
3 GB [Browse Similar] 4/6 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32/64/128 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Camera

Rear Camera
16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels, OIS [Similar] 16 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED Flash LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.7, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video
2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
5 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call, HDR [Similar] Dual: 16 MP + 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No FM radio
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 Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat11 600/75 Mbps, VoLTE
Bluetooth
v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X 5.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4/6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
Supported Not Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
Barometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
2600 mAh 3500 mAh
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
- -
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