Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S8 Active vs Microsoft Lumia 950 XL

Samsung Galaxy S8 Active
samsung galaxy s8 active
Microsoft Lumia 950 XL
microsoft lumia 950 xl
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Microsoft
Announced August 2017 October 2015
Status Available - August 2017 Available - November 2015
Price - Rs. 34,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Meteor Grey, Tungsten Gold Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 151.9 x 74.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.98 x 2.95 x 0.39 in)
151.9 x 78.4 x 8.1 mm
(5.98 x 3.09 x 0.32 in)
Weight 208.1 g (7.34.0.04 oz) 165 g (5.82 oz)
SIM Type Dual-SIM -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features Samsung Pay
IP68 certified
MIL-STD-810G certified - dust, humidity, rain, vibration, and shock resistant
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Notification LED Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Microsoft Windows 10
Processor Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 540 [Similar] Adreno 430 [Similar]
RAM 4 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5 AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.8 inches [Similar] 5.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (518 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.92% 74.43%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP [Similar] 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels [Similar]
Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) Carl Zeiss optics
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 1/2.4' Sensor Size, 1.12 μm Pixel Size, PureView Technology, Dual Capture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera 8 MP, AF [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX v4.1, A2DP
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 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 200 GB
USB OTG Supported -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4000 mAh 3340 mAh
Stand by - Up to 288 h (2G)
Up to 288 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 25 h (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)