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| Global Score | |
| 84.5 | 76.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| -- | Android 10, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2018-09-21 | 2018-06-28 |
| 6.20 x 3.05 x 0.30 inches | 6.27 x 2.98 x 0.32 inches |
| 7.34 ounces | 6.24 ounces |
| Gold, Silver and Space gray | Black, Blue, Gold and Pink |
| Glass and Stainless steel | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 1099.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 6 inches |
| 2688 x 1242 pixels | 1480 x 720 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 456 pixels per inch | 274 pixels per inch |
| 625 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 (7 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 SDM450 chipset |
| 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2490 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Adreno 506 GPU |
| 10.26 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 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 | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 10.12 | 9.46 |
| 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 and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3179mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3500mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 5.2 | 5.44 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The iPhone XS Max is better than the Galaxy J8, with an 84.5 score against 76.7. The iPhone XS Max design is somewhat heavier but a little bit thinner than Galaxy J8, and both were released with only 3 months difference. IPhone XS Max counts with a way better screen than Galaxy J8, because it has a quite larger screen, a much higher screen pixel density and a way higher resolution of 1242 x 2688px.
The Galaxy J8 counts with a much greater storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPhone XS Max, and although they both have exactly the same internal storage, the Galaxy J8 also has a slot for external memory cards that admits up to 256 GB. The Apple iPhone XS Max features a quite better hardware performance than Samsung Galaxy J8, because although it has an inferior number of cores , and they both have a 4 GB RAM, the Apple iPhone XS Max also counts with a 64 bits CPU.
The Galaxy J8 has just a bit better battery lifetime than iPhone XS Max, because it has a 3500mAh battery capacity instead of 3179mAh. The iPhone XS Max takes a bit better pictures and videos than Samsung Galaxy J8, because although it has a tinier aperture and a lot worse resolution camera, it also counts with a way higher 3840x2160 video quality and a bigger sensor providing a better image quality.
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