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| Global Score | |
| 82 | 82.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| -- | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2018-10-26 | 2018-08-27 |
| 5.94 x 2.98 x 0.33 inches | 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches |
| 6.84 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Red, Rose gold, White and Yellow | Black and White |
| Aluminum and Glass | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 749.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.1 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1792 x 828 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 324 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| 625 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 (7 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2490 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 10.26 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.39 inches (1/2.55") 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, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2942mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 4.96 | 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
Samsung Galaxy A8 Star is just a bit better than iPhone XR, with an 82.1 score against 82. The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star construction is a little bit thinner and just a little lighter than iPhone XR, even when they were only released 2 months apart. IPhone XR has a little more vivid screen than Galaxy A8 Star, although it has a way lower 828 x 1792 resolution, a bit smaller screen and a little worse pixels count in each screen inch.
The Galaxy A8 Star has a much bigger memory to store more apps and games than iPhone XR, and although they both have exactly the same 64 GB internal storage capacity, the Galaxy A8 Star also has an external memory slot that admits a maximum of 400 GB. Apple iPhone XR counts with a quite better processing power than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has 3 GB lesser RAM memory and 2 less cores , it also counts with a 64 bits processor.
IPhone XR has a slightly better camera than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has a lower 3840x2160 video resolution, a smaller aperture which is not favorable for shooting images or video in poorly lited situations and a way less MP resolution back facing camera, it also counts with a larger sensor shooting higher quality videos and pictures.
The Galaxy A8 Star features better battery duration than iPhone XR, because it has 3700mAh of battery capacity against 2942mAh.
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