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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 82.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | |
| Android 13 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2023-09-15 | 2018-08-27 |
| 6.36 x 2.98 x 0.38 inches | 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches |
| 7.48 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Matte Black, Sky Blue and Transparent Edition | Black and White |
| Aluminum and Plastic | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 2700 x 1224 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 456 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| 800 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm QCM6490 (6 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| Octa-Core 2700 MHz processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 643 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.63 | 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 | |
| 50.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.67 inches (1/1.49") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 9.46 | 10.01 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 10.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4200mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.08 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy A8 Star has a global score of 82.1, which is just a bit better than the Fairphone 5's overall score of 75.5. These phones work with Android operating system, but the Galaxy A8 Star has the newer 9.0 Pie version while Fairphone 5 has Android 13 version, providing you some nice extra features and performance tweaks. Even though Galaxy A8 Star is a lot older than Fairphone 5, it's construction is way thinner and just a little lighter.
The Fairphone 5 has a much better looking display than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because it has a little higher resolution of 1224 x 2700px, a little greater pixel number in each inch in the display and a quite bigger display. The Fairphone 5 features a bit better processing unit than Galaxy A8 Star, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Fairphone 5 also has more RAM memory.
The Fairphone 5 features a bigger memory for applications, games, photos and videos than Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has no external memory slot, it also counts with 256 GB internal storage. The Fairphone 5 features just a little bit longer battery performance than Galaxy A8 Star, because it has a 14% larger battery capacity.
Samsung Galaxy A8 Star captures just a bit better pictures and videos than Fairphone 5, because although it has a back facing camera with lot less mega-pixels and a much smaller back camera sensor shooting much worse quality photos and videos, it also counts with a bigger camera aperture.
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