Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone XS vs Samsung Galaxy A40

Apple iPhone XS
apple iphone xs
Samsung Galaxy A40
samsung galaxy a40
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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung
Announced September 2018 March 2019
Status Coming Soon - September 2018 Coming Soon - April 2019
Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold Black, White, Blue, Coral
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143.6 x 70.9 x 7.7 mm
(5.65 x 2.79 x 0.3 in)
144.3 x 69.1 x 7.9 mm
(5.68 x 2.72 x 0.31 in)
Weight 177 g (6.24 oz) -
SIM Type Nano-SIM and e-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(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) 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 - IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 2m for 30 mins)
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
- Fingerprint Sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 12 Android 9.0 (Pie)
Processor Hexa-core, Apple A12 Bionic Octa-core (2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7885 Octa (14 nm) [Similar]
GPU Apple GPU (4-core graphics) [Similar] Mali-G71 [Similar]
RAM 4 GB [Browse Similar] 4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64/256/512 GB 64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.8 inches [Similar] 5.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1125 x 2436 pixels (463 ppi) 1080 x 2280 pixels (428 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 81.01% 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 yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 12 MP + 12 MP [Similar] 16 MP + 5 MP [Similar]
Flash Quad-LED dual-tone flash LED Flash
Features 12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, PDAF
12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm, 1.0µm, OIS, PDAF, 2x optical zoom, HDR
16 MP, f/2.0, PDAF
5 MP, f/2.2, 12mm, (ultrawide)
Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, stereo sound recording 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, HDR, 1080p@60fps [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 2.0, proprietary reversible connector Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 (Safari) Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64/256/512 GB, 4 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 not 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 Up to 20 h (3G) -