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Apple iPhone 8 Plus Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy Note 8
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Hardware

Operating systemApple iOS 11Android 4.1Android 7.1
CPU clock speed2.5 GHz1.4 GHz2.3 GHz
CPU cores6-coreDual-core8-core
CPU modelApple A11 BionicSamsung Exynos 4 Dual 4210Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895
RAM memory3 GB1 GB6 GB
GPU model
N/A
ARM Mali-400 MPARM Mali-G71 MP20

Display

Screen size5.5 in5.3 in6.3 in
Touchscreenyesyes
N/A
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCD
  • LCD
  • OLED
OLED
Resolution1080 x 1920 px1280 x 800 px1440 x 2960 px
Technology
  • IPS TFT
  • Retina HD display with IPS technology
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
AMOLED
Pixel density401.0 ppi285.0 ppi521.0 ppi
Screen materialFingerprint-resistant coatingCorning Gorilla Glass
N/A
Dual screen supportnono
N/A
Scratch resistant displayyesyes
N/A
HDRyesno
N/A
Multi touch
N/A
yesyes

Rear camera

Primary sensor size1/3"
N/A
1/2.55"
Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Resolution (second camera)12.0 Mpx
N/A
N/A
Lens aperture (second camera)F/2.8
N/A
N/A
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
N/A
N/A
Video recordingyesyesyes
Highest video resolution3840 x 2160 px1920 x 1080 px3840 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution60.0 fps
N/A
30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)240.0 fps30.0 fps240.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px
N/A
1280 x 720 px
Autofocusyesyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Optical image stabilizationyes
N/A
N/A
Touch focusyesyes
N/A
3D Capture
N/A
nono
Digital zoom
N/A
yes
N/A
Face detectionBody and face detectionyesyes
HDR Capture
N/A
yes
N/A
Panorama
N/A
yesyes
Slow-Mo
N/A
no
N/A
Smile detection
N/A
yes
N/A
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes
Optical zoom
N/A
N/A
2x
Night Mode
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution7.0 Mpx2.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx
Face detectionBody and face detectionyesyes
HDR modeAuto HDR mode
N/A
N/A
Lens apertureF/2.2
N/A
N/A
Light sourceRetina Flash
N/A
N/A

Storage

Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 256 GB
  • 64 GB
16 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 256 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readernoyesyes
Maximum card storage
N/A
32GB256GB
Types of memory card supported
N/A
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Red
  • Silver
  • Space grey
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • White
  • Gold
  • Black
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Plastic
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Water resistantyesno
N/A
Shock resistantnono
N/A

Dimensions

Height6.24 in5.78 in6.4 in
Width3.07 in3.26 in2.94 in
Depth0.3 in0.38 in0.34 in
Weight7.13 oz6.28 oz6.88 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyes
N/A
Digital compassyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyes
N/A
Fingerprintyes
N/A
yes
Gyroscopeyesyesyes
Barometeryesyesyes
ANT+
N/A
N/A
yes
Face scanner
N/A
N/A
no

Connectivity

Dual sim supportnonono
Sim card sizeNano-SIMMini-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiednoyesno
Bluetoothyesyes
N/A
Bluetooth version5.03.0 HS5.0
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
A2DP
Bluetooth codec
  • AAC
  • SBC
SBCSBC
NFCyesyes
N/A
Charging connection
  • Lightning
  • USB
USBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
Video outputNoMHLDisplayPort over USB-C
USB version
N/A
2.0
3.0/3.1
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
yesyes

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyes
N/A
Wireless networking standard
  • 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
HSPA+VoWiFi
Navigation system
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • Galileo
  • QZSS
A-GPSGLONASS
2G GSMyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
N/A
3G UMTSyesyesyes
4G LTEyes
  • no
  • yes
yes
LTE frequencies
N/A
700 MHz
N/A
Mobile hotspot
N/A
yes
N/A
Streaming standards
N/A
N/A
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast

Battery

Replaceable batterynoyes
N/A
Battery typeLithium ionLithium ion
N/A
Battery capacity2670.0 mAh2500.0 mAh3300.0 mAh
Standby time38.0 h820.0 h220.0 h
Talk time21.0 h13.0 h22.0 h
Fast chargingyesno
N/A
Wireless charging yesno
N/A
Wireless charging standard
  • QI
  • Qi
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
Fast charging standard
N/A
N/A
Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0

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