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Apple iPhone 8 Plus Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Mobile Phone
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Hardware

Operating systemApple iOS 11Apple iOS 11Android 5.1Android 5.0
CPU clock speed2.5 GHz1.84 GHz1.6 GHz2.1 GHz
CPU cores6-coreDual-core8-core8-core
CPU modelApple A11 BionicApple A9 APL0898Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7580Samsung Exynos Octa 7420
RAM memory3 GB2 GB2 GB3 GB
GPU model
N/A
PowerVR Series 7XT GT7600ARM Mali-T720 MP2ARM Mali-T760

Display

Screen size5.5 in4.0 in5.2 in5.1 in
Touchscreenyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDLCDOLEDOLED
Resolution1080 x 1920 px1136 x 640 px1080 x 1920 px2560 x 1440 px
Technology
  • IPS TFT
  • Retina HD display with IPS technology
  • IPS TFT
  • Retina Display with IPS technology
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • Quad HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Pixel density401.0 ppi326.0 ppi424.0 ppi576.0 ppi
Screen materialFingerprint-resistant coatingFingerprint-resistant coating
  • 2.5D Arc Glass
  • Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
Dual screen supportno
N/A
N/A
no
Scratch resistant displayyes
N/A
noyes
HDRyes
N/A
N/A
no
Multi touch
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Rear camera

Primary sensor size1/3"
N/A
N/A
1/2.6"
Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx
Resolution (second camera)12.0 Mpx
N/A
N/A
N/A
Lens aperture (second camera)F/2.8
N/A
N/A
N/A
Focus adjustmentAutomaticAutomaticAutomaticAutomatic
Video recordingyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Highest video resolution3840 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution60.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)240.0 fps120.0 fps30.0 fps60.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
N/A
1280 x 720 px
Autofocusyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Geo-taggingyes
N/A
N/A
yes
LED Flashyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Optical image stabilizationyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Touch focusyes
N/A
yesyes
Primary lens aperture
N/A
2.2 f
N/A
1.9 f
Optical zoom
N/A
3x
N/A
N/A
Burst Mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Digital zoom
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Face detectionBody and face detectionFace recognition
N/A
yes
Gesture Shot
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
HDR Capture
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Panorama
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Slow-Mo
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Smile detection
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution7.0 Mpx1.2 Mpx5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Face detectionBody and face detectionFace recognition
N/A
yes
HDR modeAuto HDR modeAuto HDR mode
N/A
N/A
Lens apertureF/2.2F/2.4F/1.9
N/A
Light sourceRetina FlashRetina Flash
N/A
N/A

Storage

Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 256 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
16 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readerno
N/A
N/A
no
Types of memory card supported
N/A
No memory slot
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
No memory slot
Maximum card storage
N/A
N/A
128GB
N/A

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Red
  • Silver
  • Space grey
  • White
  • Black
  • Brown
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Rose gold
  • Silver
  • Space grey
  • White
  • Gold
  • Black
  • White
  • Silver
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Green
  • Blue
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Steel
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Aluminum
Water resistantyes
N/A
N/A
no
Shock resistantno
N/A
N/A
no

Dimensions

Height6.24 in4.87 in5.7 in5.59 in
Width3.07 in2.31 in2.8 in2.76 in
Depth0.3 in0.3 in0.29 in0.28 in
Weight7.13 oz3.99 oz5.64 oz4.66 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyes
N/A
yes
Ambient light sensoryesyes
N/A
yes
Fingerprintyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Gyroscopeyesyesyesyes
Barometeryes
N/A
N/A
yes
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
ANT+
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportnononono
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiedno
N/A
yesyes
Bluetoothyesyesyesyes
Bluetooth version5.04.24.14.1
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • DIP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • SAP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codec
  • AAC
  • SBC
N/A
  • AAC
  • SBC
  • aptX
  • aptX
  • SBC
NFCyesyesyesyes
Charging connection
  • Lightning
  • USB
LightningUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
Video outputNoManufacturer specificNoMHL
USB version
N/A
N/A
2.02.0
Type of USB connector
N/A
N/A
Micro-USBMicro-USB
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yes
N/A
N/A
yes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmission
  • DC-HSDPA
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
  • LTE Advanced
  • TDD-LTE
  • VoLTE
  • VoWiFi
  • DC-HSDPA
  • EDGE
  • EV-DO
  • GPRS
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
  • TDD-LTE
  • VoLTE
  • VoWiFi
  • GPRS
  • EDGE
  • HSDPA
  • HSUPA
  • HSPA+
  • FDD-LTE
  • TDD-LTE
  • EDGE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
  • LTE Advanced
Navigation system
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • Galileo
  • QZSS
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
  • GLONASS
  • A-GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
2G GSMyes
N/A
N/A
yes
GSM frequencies
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
3G UMTSyes
N/A
N/A
yes
4G LTEyes
N/A
N/A
yes
UMTS frequences
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
CDMA frequences
N/A
  • 800 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
N/A
LTE frequencies
N/A
  • 800 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Streaming standards
N/A
N/A
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
Google Cast
Mobile hotspot
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Battery

Replaceable batteryno
N/A
N/A
no
Battery typeLithium ionLithium ion
N/A
Lithium ion
Battery capacity2670.0 mAh1642.0 mAh2900.0 mAh2600.0 mAh
Standby time38.0 h240.0 h
N/A
302.0 h
Talk time21.0 h14.0 h16.0 h18.0 h
Fast chargingyes
N/A
yesyes
Wireless charging yes
N/A
N/A
yes
Wireless charging standard
  • QI
  • Qi
N/A
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI

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