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Samsung Galaxy S4 Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy S8 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S8
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 4.4Android 4.4Android 5.0Android 7.0
CPU clock speed1.6 GHz2.5 GHz2.1 GHz2.3 GHz
CPU cores8-coreQuad-core8-core8-core
CPU modelSamsung Exynos 5 Octa 5410Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC v3Samsung Exynos Octa 7420Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895
GPU modelPowerVR SGX544Qualcomm Adreno 330ARM Mali-T760ARM Mali-G71 MP20
RAM memory2 GB2 GB3 GB4 GB

Display

Screen size5.0 in5.1 in5.1 in5.8 in
Touchscreenyesyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeOLEDOLEDOLEDOLED
Resolution1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px2560 x 1440 px1440 x 2960 px
Technology
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Quad HD+ Super AMOLED
Pixel density441.0 ppi432.0 ppi576.0 ppi570.0 ppi
Screen materialCorning Gorilla Glass 3.0Corning Gorilla Glass 3.0Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0Corning Gorilla Glass 5.0
Dual screen supportyesyesyesno
Scratch resistant displayyesyesyesyes
HDRnononoyes
Multi touchyesyesyesyes

Rear camera

Number of rear cameras1
N/A
N/A
1
Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.2 f2.2 f1.9 f
N/A
Video recordingyesyesyesyes
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px3840 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps60.0 fps120.0 fps240.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px1280 x 720 px
Autofocusyesyesyesyes
Burst Modeyesyesyes
N/A
Digital Image Stabilizationyesyes
N/A
N/A
Optical zoom10x
N/A
N/A
N/A
Digital zoomyesyesyes
N/A
Face detectionyes
N/A
yesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyesyes
HDR Captureyesyesyes
N/A
LED Flashyesyesyesyes
Panoramayesyesyesyes
Slow-Moyesyesyes
N/A
Smile detectionyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Touch focusyesyesyes
N/A
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.6"1/2.6"1/2.55"
Gesture Shot
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Optical image stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Focus adjustment
N/A
N/A
N/A
  • Automatic
  • Manual
Night Mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Scene mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Number of front cameras1
N/A
N/A
1
Primary resolution2.0 Mpx2.1 Mpx5.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.6"1/2.6"1/2.55"
Focus adjustment
N/A
N/A
N/A
  • Automatic
  • Manual
Lens aperture
N/A
N/A
N/A
F/1.7

Storage

Internal storage
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
64 GB
Memory card readeryesyesnoyes
Maximum card storage64GB128GB128GB256GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
No memory slot
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Red
  • Silver
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Green
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Silver
  • Turquoise
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Green
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Silver
  • White
  • Arctic silver
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Midnight black
  • Orchid grey
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Rose pink
  • Silver
  • Turquoise
MaterialPlasticPlastic
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
N/A
Water resistantnoyesnoyes
Shock resistantnononono
Dust resistant
N/A
yes
N/A
yes

Dimensions

Height5.38 in5.59 in5.65 in5.86 in
Width2.75 in2.85 in2.78 in2.68 in
Depth0.31 in0.32 in0.27 in0.31 in
Weight4.59 oz5.11 oz4.87 oz5.47 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyesyes
N/A
Gyroscopeyesyesyesyes
Barometeryesyesyesyes
Pedometeryesyes
N/A
N/A
ANT+yesyesyesyes
Digital compass
N/A
yesyesyes
Fingerprint
N/A
yesyesyes
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
yesyesyes
Face scanner
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportnononono
Sim card sizeMicro-SIMMicro-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiedyesyesyesno
Bluetoothyesyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.04.04.15.0
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • SAP
Bluetooth codec
  • aptX
  • SBC
  • SBC
  • aptX
  • aptX
  • SBC
  • aptX
  • SBC
NFCyesyesyesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
USB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.0
3.0/3.1
2.0
3.1
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyesyesyes
Video outputMHLMHLMHLDisplayPort over USB-C
Type of USB connector
N/A
N/A
N/A
USB Type-C

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyesyes
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 transmissionHSPA+HSPA+HSPA+
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TDD-LTE
Navigation systemGLONASSGLONASSGLONASS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
  • Galileo
2G GSMyesyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
3G UMTSyesyesyesyes
4G LTE
  • no
  • yes
yesyesyes
LTE frequenciesRegional
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
N/A
Mobile hotspotyesyesyes
N/A
Streaming standardsMiracastMiracast
N/A
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
UMTS frequences
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
  • 850 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
CDMA frequences
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
N/A
N/A

Battery

Replaceable batteryyesyesnono
Battery typeLithium ionLithium ionLithium ion
N/A
Battery capacity2600.0 mAh2800.0 mAh2550.0 mAh3000.0 mAh
Standby time370.0 h390.0 h
N/A
326.0 h
Talk time17.0 h21.0 h17.0 h20.0 h
Fast chargingnoyesyesyes
Wireless charging yesyesyesyes
Wireless charging standard
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
  • PMA
  • QI
  • PMA
  • QI
  • WPC
Fast charging standard
N/A
N/A
Samsung Adaptive Fast ChargeSamsung Adaptive Fast Charge

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