Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 92.8 | 82.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 15.x, 14.x | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2020-10-23 | 2018-08-27 |
| 5.78 x 2.82 x 0.29 inches | 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches |
| 6.66 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Gold, Graphite, Pacific blue and Silver | Black and White |
| Glass and Stainless steel | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 1000.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.1 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 2532 x 1170 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 457 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| 1200 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9.4 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| 64-bit 64-bit (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 10.62 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.60 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 10.01 | 10.01 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2815mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 4.8 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Apple iPhone 12 Pro has a general score of 92.8, which is better than the Samsung Galaxy A8 Star's global score of 82.1. The Apple iPhone 12 Pro body is a lot newer, just a little lighter and just a bit thinner than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star. Apple iPhone 12 Pro works with iOS 15.x operating system, and Samsung Galaxy A8 Star comes with Android 9.0 Pie operating system.
Apple iPhone 12 Pro features a better performing processing unit than Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has less processing cores , and they both have the same RAM memory amount, the Apple iPhone 12 Pro also counts with a 64 bits processor. The iPhone 12 Pro has a better screen than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has a little smaller screen, it also counts with a little bit better display pixels density and a little bit higher 1170 x 2532 resolution.
The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star features a quite bigger memory capacity for games and applications than iPhone 12 Pro, because although it has just 64 GB internal storage capacity, it also counts with an external SD slot that admits a maximum of 400 GB. Galaxy A8 Star has superior battery performance than Apple iPhone 12 Pro, because it has a 3700mAh battery size.
Galaxy A8 Star features a camera that's very similar to Apple iPhone 12 Pro's camera, because although the Galaxy A8 Star has a tinier diafragm aperture which is not recommended for low light photos and slower 30 frames per second video frame rate, and they both have the same 3840x2160 video resolution, it also counts with a lot more mega pixels back facing camera.
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