Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 8 vs Samsung Galaxy A12 vs Samsung Galaxy A14

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced September 2017 2020, November 24 February 2023
Status Coming Soon - September 2017 Coming Soon - January 2021 Available - March 2023
Price Rs. 64,000 ($699.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 12,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 16,499 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray, Silver Gold Black, White, Blue, Red Black, Dark Red, Silver, Green
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm
(5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 in)
164 x 75.8 x 8.9 mm
(6.46 x 2.98 x 0.35 in)
167.7 x 78 x 9.1 mm
(6.6 x 3.07 x 0.36 in)
Weight 148 g (5.22 oz) 205 g (7.23 oz) 201 g (7.09 oz)
SIM Type Nano-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO & TD-SCDMA
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual sim model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE (unspecified) 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.46 W/kg (head)
1.37 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- IP68 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1.5 meters and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
- Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
- Fingerprint Sensor
Notification LED Yes - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 11 Android 10 Android 13, One UI Core 5
Processor Hexa-core, Apple A11 Bionic Octa-core (2.3 GHz, 1.8 GHz) Octa-core (2x2.0 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55), Mediatek MT6769 Helio G80 (12 nm)
GPU - - Mali-G52 MC2
RAM 2 GB 4 GB 64GB 4GB
Internal Memory 64/256 GB 128 GB N/A
External Memory No microSDXC microSDXC (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating HD+ TFT display PLS LCD, 90Hz
Colors 16M colors 16M Colour 16M
Size 4.7 inches 6.5 inches 6.6 inches
Resolution 750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi) 720 x 1560 pixels (264 ppi) 1080 x 2408 pixels (400 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.21% 83.64% 80.17%
Multi-Touch yes yes no

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack no yes yes
Radio No Unspecified Unspecified
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP 48 MP + 5 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP 50 MP + 5 MP + 2 MP
Flash Quad-LED (dual Tone) Flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.8, 28mm, OIS, 1/3" Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 8MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) 48 MP, f/2.0, (wide), AF
5 MP, f/2.2, 115˚ (ultrawide)
2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
panorama, HDR
50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), PDAF
5 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide)
2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.2
1080p@30fps [Similar]
13 MP, f/2.0, (wide), , 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE Yes 5.1, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
USB 3.0, reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0 USB Type-C 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser HTML5 (Safari) Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64/256 GB, 2 GB RAM 128 GB, 4 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM or 64 GB, 3 GB RAM or 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSDXC microSDXC (dedicated slot)
USB OTG Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor not present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor not present gyroscope sensor not present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor not present barometer sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 15W
Li-Po, non-removable
Capacity - 5000 mAh 5000 MAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - Up to 52h (4G)