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Apple iPhone 6
128 GBA1586, A1524
| Global Score | |
| 79.2 | 82.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2014-09-09 | 2018-08-27 |
| 5.44 x 2.64 x 0.27 inches | 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches |
| 4.55 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Black and White |
| Aluminium, Glass and Steel | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 170.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.7 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 750 x 1334 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A8 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone ARMv8-A 2nd gen. (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR GX6450 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.27 | 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 | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 29.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.91 | 10.01 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.9 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1810mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 250 hours standby time 14 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.68 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star has an overall score of 82.1, which is a little bit better than iPhone 6's global score of 79.2. The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star works with Android 9.0 Pie operating system, while iPhone 6 has iOS 8.x operating system. Even though Samsung Galaxy A8 Star is a lot newer than iPhone 6, it's just a little thicker and heavier.
The iPhone 6 has a brighter screen than Galaxy A8 Star, although it has a quite worse number of pixels per inch of screen, a much smaller display and a way worse 1334 x 750px resolution. The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star has a processing unit that's just as good as the Apple iPhone 6 one, because although the Samsung Galaxy A8 Star has doesn't have an additional GPU and a 32 bits processing unit against 64-bits, it also counts with 5 GB more RAM and more cores.
Galaxy A8 Star shoots much better videos and photos than iPhone 6, because it has a lot larger diafragm aperture, a larger back-facing camera sensor capturing more light and vivid colors, a way better 3840x2160 (4K) video definition and a back-facing camera with lot more megapixels. Galaxy A8 Star has a bigger storage to store more apps and games than iPhone 6, because although it has less internal memory capacity, it also counts with an external memory card slot that admits up to 400 GB.
Samsung Galaxy A8 Star has a much longer battery life than iPhone 6, because it has a 104 percent bigger battery capacity.
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