Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 8 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy A51 vs Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced September 2017 December 2019 2021, January 14
Status Coming Soon - September 2017 Coming Soon - December 12, 2019 Coming soon. Exp. release 2021, January 29
Price Rs. 74,000 ($799.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 23,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 69,999 ($799.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Prism Crush White, Black, Pink, Blue Phantom Gray, Phantom White, Phantom Violet, Phantom Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm
(6.24 x 3.07 x 0.3 in)
158.4 x 73.7 x 7.9 mm
(6.24 x 2.9 x 0.31 in)
151.7 x 71.2 x 7.9 mm
(5.97 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)
Weight 174 g (6.14 oz) 172 g (6.07 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz)
SIM Type Nano-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM), Hybrid 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) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (Dual SIM model only)
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE (unspecified) LTE
5G Network - - SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave
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(In-display)
- Fingerprint Sensor (under display, ultrasonic)
Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Samsung DeX, Samsung Wireless DeX (desktop experience support) ANT+
Notification LED Yes - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 11 Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 11
User Interface - One UI One UI 3.1
Processor Hexa-core, Apple A11 Bionic Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 9611 (10nm) Octa-core (1x2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A55) - International / Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 680 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4x1.80 GHz Kryo 680 - USA/China/Korea, Exynos 2100 - International / Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 - USA/China/Korea
GPU - Mali-G72 MP3 Mali-G78 MP14 - International / Adreno 660 - USA/China/Korea
RAM 3 GB 8 GB 8 GB
Internal Memory 64/256 GB 128 GB 256 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Ion-strengthened glass, Oleophobic Coating Full HD+ Infinity-O Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen FHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X Display
120Hz Refresh Rate
HDR10+
1300 nits (peak)
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Always-on display
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colour
Size 5.5 inches 6.5 inches 6.2 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1080 x 2340 pixels (396 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (424 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.25% 89.06% 86.12%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack no yes no
Radio No FM radio FM radio (Snapdragon model only; market/operator dependent)
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 12 MP 48 MP + 12 MP + 5 MP + 5 MP 12 MP + 64 MP + 12 MP
Flash Quad-LED (dual Tone) Flash LED 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/1.8, (wide), 1/2", 0.8µm, PDAF
12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide)
5 MP, f/2.2, depth sensor
5 MP, f/2.4, macro camera
Panorama, HDR
12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.76", 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
64 MP, f/2.0, 29mm (telephoto), 1/1.72", 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS, 1.1x optical zoom, 3x hybrid zoom
12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1.4µm, Super Steady video
Auto-HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 8K@24/30fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS
Front Camera 7 MP, f/2.2, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 32 MP, f/2.0, 25mm (wide)
HDR
1080p@30fps [Similar]
10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.2", 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, Dual video call, Auto-HDR, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps [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, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA), 5G
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 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 Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB 3.0, reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go USB Type-C 3.2, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 (Safari) Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64/256 GB, 3 GB RAM 128 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 8 GB RAM UFS 3.1
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
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 present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor not present barometer sensor 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
Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 25W
USB Power Delivery 3.0
Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W
Power bank/Reverse wireless charging 4.5W
Capacity - 4000 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -