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| Global Score | |
| 68.7 | 81.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | -- |
| 2013-09-10 | 2017-08-11 |
| 4.90 x 2.33 x 0.35 inches | 5.99 x 2.95 x 0.39 inches |
| 4.66 ounces | 7.34 ounces |
| Blue, Green, Pink, White and Yellow | Gold and Gray |
| Polycarbonate | -- |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 245.00 | $ 245.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 5.8 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2960 x 1440 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 568 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 chipset |
| Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 280, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2350 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX 543MP3 GPU | Adreno 540 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 4.4 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 9.79 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7.1 | 6.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1507mAh Li-Ion Battery | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.28 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.1, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy S8 Active has a general score of 81.9, which is much better than iPhone 5c's score of 68.7. Although the Galaxy S8 Active is way newer than the iPhone 5c, it's somewhat thicker and extremely heavier. The Galaxy S8 Active counts with a quite superior hardware performance than iPhone 5c, because it has a larger amount of RAM memory and 6 more cores.
Galaxy S8 Active and iPhone 5c have incredibly similar screens, although the Galaxy S8 Active also has a much better screen pixel density, a lot bigger display and a way higher resolution of 1440 x 2960 pixels. Galaxy S8 Active features a superior camera than iPhone 5c, because it has a back facing camera with much more megapixels, a way better video quality, a lot larger aperture to take better low-light captures and videos and a way larger camera sensor shooting lot better quality pictures.
Galaxy S8 Active has a lot bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than Apple iPhone 5c, because it has an external memory slot that admits a maximum of 256 GB and 48 GB more internal memory. The Galaxy S8 Active features a much longer battery performance than iPhone 5c, because it has a 4000mAh battery capacity against 1507mAh.
Galaxy S8 Active costs the same than iPhone 5c, which makes it an easy decision.
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