Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 8 vs Samsung Galaxy A40

Apple iPhone 8
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Samsung Galaxy A40
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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung
Announced September 2017 March 2019
Status Coming Soon - September 2017 Coming Soon - April 2019
Price Rs. 64,000 ($699.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Space Gray, Silver Gold Black, White, Blue, Coral
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm
(5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 in)
144.3 x 69.1 x 7.9 mm
(5.68 x 2.72 x 0.31 in)
Weight 148 g (5.22 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 band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
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
Notification LED Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 11 Android 9.0 (Pie)
Processor Hexa-core, Apple A11 Bionic Octa-core (2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7885 Octa (14 nm) [Similar]
GPU - Mali-G71 [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64/256 GB 64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)

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] 5.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution 750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi) 1080 x 2280 pixels (428 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.21% 86.97%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP [Similar] 16 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) 16 MP, f/2.0, PDAF
5 MP, f/2.2, 12mm, (ultrawide)
Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 25 MP, 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-A (2CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 4.2, 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, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB 3.0, reversible connector Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 (Safari) Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64/256 GB, 2 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
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 supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity - 3100 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -