Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 8 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy A21s

Apple iPhone 8 Plus
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Samsung Galaxy A21s
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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung
Announced September 2017 Expected Announcement - May 2020
Status Coming Soon - September 2017 Rumored
Price Rs. 74,000 ($799.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Black, White, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm
(6.24 x 3.07 x 0.3 in)
8.9 mm thickness
(0.35 in thickness)
Weight 174 g (6.14 oz) 191 g (6.74 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
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE
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 10.0
User Interface - One UI 2.0
Processor Hexa-core, Apple A11 Bionic Octa-core 2.0 GHz, Exynos 850 [Similar]
GPU - -
RAM 3 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64/256 GB 64 GB
External Memory No microSDXC

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Ion-strengthened glass, Oleophobic Coating PLS TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches [Similar] 6.55 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1600 pixels (268 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.25% -
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 Dual 12 MP [Similar] 48 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP [Similar]
Flash Quad-LED (dual Tone) Flash LED Flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, (f/1.8, 28mm & f/2.8, 56mm), OIS, 2x Optical Zoom, 1/3" Sensor Size @ 28mm, 1/3.6" Sensor Size @ 56mm, 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
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 7 MP, f/2.2, 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]

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
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 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB 3.0, reversible connector Yes
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 (Safari) Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64/256 GB, 3 GB RAM 64 GB, 3 GB RAM or 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
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 not present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor not 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
Battery Charging 10W
Capacity - 5000 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -