Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 87.1 | 82.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| -- | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2017-09-22 | 2018-08-27 |
| 6.24 x 3.07 x 0.30 inches | 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches |
| 7.13 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Gold, Red, Silver and Space gray | Black and White |
| Aluminum and Glass | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 949.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 401 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| 625 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A11 Bionic APL1W72 (10 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| 64-bit Monsoon and Mistral, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2390 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Apple 3-core GPU GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 10.17 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 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 | -- |
| 10.12 | 10.01 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2691mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 4.64 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | 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
IPhone 8 Plus is a little bit better than Galaxy A8 Star, getting an 87.1 score against 82.1. The iPhone 8 Plus is a a bit heavier cellphone than Galaxy A8 Star, but they have the same thickness. The iPhone 8 Plus features a little more vivid screen than Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has a little bit smaller display and a bit lower 1080 x 1920 resolution, it also counts with a little bit higher display density.
Apple iPhone 8 Plus features a bigger storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has no SD extension slot, it also counts with 256 GB internal storage. IPhone 8 Plus counts with a bit better hardware performance than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has lesser cores (although faster) and a smaller amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a 64 bits processing unit.
Apple iPhone 8 Plus shoots slightly better videos and photos than Galaxy A8 Star, although it has a smaller back camera sensor providing a worse image quality, a smaller aperture which is not nice for taking photographs and/or video in low light environments, a worse 3840x2160 video resolution and a camera with a way worse resolution.
The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star counts with a really longer battery lifetime than Apple iPhone 8 Plus, because it has a 37 percent bigger battery size.
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