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Apple iPhone 8 Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 Mobile Phone
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4.0 out of 5
8 user ratings
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4.0 out of 5
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5 stars
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4.1 out of 5
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4.3 out of 5
11 user ratings
5 stars
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4 stars
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3 stars
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User rating
47
3.9 out of 5
47 user ratings
5 stars
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3 stars
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4.3 out of 5
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4.4 out of 5
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5 stars
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Hardware

Operating systemApple iOS 11Android 6.0Android 7.0Android 5.0
CPU clock speed2.5 GHz2.0 GHz1.9 GHz2.1 GHz
CPU cores6-core8-core8-core8-core
CPU modelApple A11 BionicMediaTek MT6755Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880Samsung Exynos Octa 7420
RAM memory2 GB
  • 3 GB
  • 4 GB
3 GB3 GB
GPU model
N/A
ARM Mali-T860 MP2ARM Mali-T830 MP2ARM Mali-T760

Display

Screen size4.7 in5.2 in5.2 in5.1 in
Touchscreenyesyes
N/A
yes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDLCDOLEDOLED
Resolution750 x 1334 px1080 x 1920 px1080 x 1920 px2560 x 1440 px
Technology
  • IPS TFT
  • Retina HD display with IPS technology
N/A
  • AMOLED
  • Full HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • Quad HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Pixel density326.0 ppi428.0 ppi424.0 ppi576.0 ppi
Screen materialFingerprint-resistant coating
N/A
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
Dual screen supportnono
N/A
no
Scratch resistant displayyesyes
N/A
yes
HDRyesno
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 Mpx16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
N/A
AutomaticAutomatic
Video recordingyesyes
N/A
yes
Highest video resolution3840 x 2160 px1920 x 1080 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 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps60.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1280 x 720 px
N/A
1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
Autofocusyesyes
N/A
yes
Geo-taggingyesyes
N/A
yes
LED Flashyesyes
N/A
yes
Optical image stabilizationyesyes
N/A
yes
Touch focusyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Primary lens aperture
N/A
N/A
N/A
1.9 f
Burst Mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Digital zoom
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Face detectionBody and face detection
N/A
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 Mpx16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Face detectionBody and face detection
N/A
N/A
yes
HDR modeAuto HDR mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
Lens apertureF/2.2
N/A
F/1.9
N/A
Light sourceRetina Flash
N/A
Display flash
N/A

Storage

Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 256 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
32 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readernoyes
N/A
no
Maximum card storage
N/A
2GB256GB
N/A
Types of memory card supported
N/A
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
No memory slot

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Red
  • Silver
  • Space grey
  • White
  • Blue
  • Pink
  • Black
  • White
N/A
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Green
  • Blue
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Metal
Aluminum
Water resistantyesno
N/A
no
Shock resistantnonoyesno

Dimensions

Height5.45 in5.75 in5.75 in5.59 in
Width2.65 in2.87 in2.81 in2.76 in
Depth0.29 in0.31 in0.31 in0.28 in
Weight5.22 oz5.11 oz5.61 oz4.66 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyesyes
Digital compassyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Ambient light sensoryes
N/A
N/A
yes
Fingerprintyesyes
N/A
yes
Gyroscopeyesyesyesyes
Barometeryes
N/A
yesyes
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
ANT+
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportnoyesyesno
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIM
  • Nano SIM
  • Nano-SIM
Nano-SIM
DLNA certifiednoyes
N/A
yes
Bluetoothyesyesyesyes
Bluetooth version5.04.24.24.1
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
A2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • DIP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codec
  • AAC
  • SBC
SBCSBC
  • aptX
  • SBC
NFCyesyesyesyes
Charging connection
  • Lightning
  • USB
USBUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
Video outputNoNoNoMHL
USB version
N/A
2.02.02.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
yesnoyes
Headphone connection
N/A
N/A
3.5 mm3.5 mm
Type of USB connector
N/A
N/A
USB Type-CMicro-USB

Cellular

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

Battery

Replaceable batterynono
N/A
no
Battery typeLithium ion
N/A
N/A
Lithium ion
Battery capacity1820.0 mAh2500.0 mAh3000.0 mAh2600.0 mAh
Standby time24.0 h427.0 h
N/A
302.0 h
Talk time14.0 h15.0 h16.0 h18.0 h
Fast chargingyesno
N/A
yes
Wireless charging yesno
N/A
yes
Wireless charging standard
  • QI
  • Qi
N/A
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI

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