Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Honor 8X vs Realme 8

Price Comparison (India)

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Honor Realme
Announced March 2017 September 2018 March 2021
Status Available - April 2017 Available - September 2018 Coming Soon - March 2021
Price Rs. 57,900 ($720.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 14,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 14,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold Black, Blue, Red, Pink Cyber Silver, Cyber Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm
(5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in)
160.4 x 76.6 x 7.8 mm
(6.31 x 3.02 x 0.31 in)
160.6 x 73.9 x 8 mm
(6.32 x 2.91 x 0.31 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
SIM Type Dual-SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) 1, 3, 5, 8, 38, 40, 41
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.72 W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor
- Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
Notification LED Yes - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 11
User Interface - EMUI 9 realme UI 2.0
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
Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53), Hisilicon Kirin 710 (12 nm) Octa-core (2x2.05 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), Mediatek Helio G95 (12 nm)
GPU Adreno 540 Mali-G51 MP4 Mali-G76 MC4
RAM 4 GB 6 GB 8 GB
Internal Memory 64 GB 64/128 GB 128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 400 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5 LTPS IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED Screen
1000 nits (peak)
Always-on display
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colour
Size 5.8 inches 6.5 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi) 1080 x 2340 pixels (396 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (411 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 84.06% 84.62% 83.41%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP 20 MP + 2 MP 64 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP
Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED Flash LED Flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, f/1.7 aperture, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama 20 MP, f/1.8, 27 mm (wide), PDAF
2 MP, depth sensor
Panorama, HDR
64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.73", 0.8µm, PDAF
8 MP, f/2.3, 119˚, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm
2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30/60fps, 480fps, stereo sound rec. 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS
Front Camera 8 MP, AF [Similar] 16 MP, f/2.0, 26 mm (wide), HDR, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 16 MP, f/2.5, (wide), 1/3.0" 1.0µm
HDR, panorama
1080p@30/120fps, gyro-EIS [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.1, 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, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM 128 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 128 GB, 4 GB RAM UFS 2.1
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 400 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
USB OTG 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 not present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor not present heart rate sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 10W
Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 30W, 50% in 26 min, 100% in 65 min (advertised) VOOC 4.0
Capacity 3000 mAh 3750 mAh 5000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -