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| Global Score | |
| 85 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| 2017-09-22 | 2017-01-13 |
| 5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 inches | 6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches |
| 5.22 ounces | 6.56 ounces |
| Gold, Red, Silver and Space gray | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Aluminum and Glass | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 849.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.7 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 1334 x 750 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 386 pixels per inch |
| 625 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A11 Bionic APL1W72 (10 nm) chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| 64-bit Monsoon and Mistral, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2390 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Apple 3-core GPU GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 10.08 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 10.12 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1821mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3600mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 3.68 | 5.6 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The iPhone 8 is better than the Galaxy A7 (2017), with a general score of 85 against 75.8. The iPhone 8 is a just a little bit thinner and way lighter cellphone than Galaxy A7 (2017), even though both of them were released with only a couple months difference. IPhone 8 counts with a quite superior processing power than Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has lesser RAM memory and lesser CPU cores (but faster), it also counts with a 64-bits processor.
The Apple iPhone 8 features a slightly better display than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), although it has a just a little less pixels per display inch, a quite smaller display and a way worse 750 x 1334 pixels resolution. The iPhone 8 has a way bigger storage to install games and applications than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has no SD memory card expansion slot, it also counts with 256 GB internal memory.
The Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) counts with a way better battery lifetime than Apple iPhone 8, because it has a 3600mAh battery size instead of 1821mAh. Apple iPhone 8 shoots just a bit better photographs and videos than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has a camera in the back with lot less mega-pixels resolution, it also counts with a larger diafragm aperture and a way higher (4K) video definition.
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