Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 8 vs Samsung Galaxy A21s vs OnePlus Nord

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung OnePlus
Announced September 2017 Expected Announcement - May 2020 2020, July 21
Status Coming Soon - September 2017 Rumored Coming soon. Exp. release 2020, August 04
Price Rs. 64,000 ($699.00) [Similarly Priced] - Rs. 24,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray, Silver Gold Black, White, Blue Blue Marble, Gray Onyx, Gray Ash
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm
(5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 in)
8.9 mm thickness
(0.35 in thickness)
158.3 x 73.3 x 8.2 mm
(6.23 x 2.89 x 0.32 in)
Weight 148 g (5.22 oz) 191 g (6.74 oz) 184 g (6.49 oz)
SIM Type Nano-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) 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 model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 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), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
5G Network - - 5G SA/NSA
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
- Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
Notification LED Yes - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 11 Android 10.0 Android 10
User Interface - One UI 2.0 OxygenOS 10.0
Processor Hexa-core, Apple A11 Bionic Octa-core 2.0 GHz, Exynos 850 Octa-core (1x2.4 GHz Kryo 475 Prime & 1x2.2 GHz Kryo 475 Gold & 6x1.8 GHz Kryo 475 Silver), Qualcomm SDM765 Snapdragon 765G (7 nm)
GPU - - Adreno 620
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 12 GB
Internal Memory 64/256 GB 64 GB 256 GB
External Memory No microSDXC No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating PLS TFT Capacitive Touchscreen FHD+ Fluid AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
90Hz refresh rate
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 6.55 inches 6.44 inches
Resolution 750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi) 720 x 1600 pixels (268 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (409 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.21% - 86.15%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP 48 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP 48 MP + 8 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, 26mm (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF
8 MP, f/2.4, (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm
2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
Panorama, HDR
64 MP, f/1.75, Sony IMX 586, 25mm (wide), 1/1.43", 1.12µm, OIS, EIS
8 MP, f/2.3, 14mm, 119° ultrawide
5 MP, f/2.4, depth sensor
2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps 1080p@30fps 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
Front Camera 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 13 MP, f/2.3, 29mm (normal), 1/3.1", 1.12µm
HDR, Panorama
1080p@30fps [Similar]
32 MP, f/2.5, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm
8 MP, f/2.5, (ultrawide)
HDR
2160p, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes 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-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.1, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB 3.0, reversible connector Yes 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS Yes, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, NavIC
Browser HTML5 (Safari) Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64/256 GB, 2 GB RAM 64 GB, 3 GB RAM or 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 256 GB, 12 GB RAM or 128 GB, 8 GB RAM or 64 GB, 6 GB RAM (UFS 2.1)
Expandable Storage No microSDXC No
USB OTG Not Supported Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor 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 present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor not present barometer sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Battery Charging 10W
Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 30W
Capacity - 5000 mAh 4115 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -