Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 8 vs Samsung Galaxy A31

Apple iPhone 8
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Samsung Galaxy A31
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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung
Announced September 2017 2020, March 24
Status Coming Soon - September 2017 Coming Soon - April 2020
Price Rs. 64,000 ($699.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Space Gray, Silver Gold Prism Crush Black, Prism Crush Blue, Prism Crush Red, Prism Crush White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm
(5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 in)
159.3 x 73.1 x 8.6 mm
(6.27 x 2.88 x 0.34 in)
Weight 148 g (5.22 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz)
SIM Type Nano-SIM 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 model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE (unspecified)
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 (under display, optical)
Notification LED Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 11 Android 10.0
User Interface - One UI 2.0
Processor Hexa-core, Apple A11 Bionic Octa-core (2x2.0 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55), Mediatek MT6768 Helio P65 (12nm) [Similar]
GPU - Mali-G52 MC2 [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 6 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64/256 GB 128 GB
External Memory No microSDXC

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches [Similar] 6.4 inches [Similar]
Resolution 750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (411 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.21% 85.01%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP [Similar] 48 MP + 8 MP + 5 MP + 5 MP [Similar]
Flash Quad-LED (dual Tone) 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), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF
8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm
5 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
5 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 20 MP, f/2.2, 0.8µm
HDR
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, LTE-A
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB 3.0, reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
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, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM (UFS 2.1)
Expandable Storage No microSDXC
USB OTG Not Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 15W
Capacity - 5000 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -