Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S8+ vs Apple iPhone 8

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple
Announced March 2017 September 2017
Status Available - April 2017 Coming Soon - September 2017
Price Rs. 64,900 ($845.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 64,000 ($699.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold Space Gray, Silver Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 159.5 x 73.4 x 8.1 mm
(6.28 x 2.89 x 0.32 in)
138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm
(5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 in)
Weight 173 g (6.1 oz) 148 g (5.22 oz)
SIM Type Dual-SIM Nano-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO & TD-SCDMA
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features IP68 certified - Fingerprint Sensor
- IP68 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1.5 meters and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Notification LED Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) iOS 11
Processor Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) / Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835/ Exynos 8895 Octa [Similar] Hexa-core, Apple A11 Bionic
GPU Adreno 540 [Similar] -
RAM 4/6 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64/128 GB 64/256 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5 LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 6.2 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels (531 ppi) 750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 83.31% 65.21%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP [Similar] 12 MP [Similar]
Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) Quad-LED (dual Tone) Flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.7 aperture, OIS, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama 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)
Video 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps
Front Camera 8 MP, AF [Similar] 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.0, reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 64/128 GB, 4/6 GB RAM 64/256 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No
USB OTG Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Light Sensor light sensor present light 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 present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 3500 mAh -
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -