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| Global Score | |
| 75.2 | 79.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| LG | Samsung |
| Android 5.0 | -- |
| 2015-01-05 | 2018-01-06 |
| 5.87 x 2.96 x 0.37 inches | 5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 inches |
| 5.36 ounces | 6.07 ounces |
| Gray and Red | Black, Blue, Gold and Orchid grey |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 185.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 5.6 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| P-OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 401 pixels per inch | 441 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8.3 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 chipset | Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 7885 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A57 (Quad-Core 2000 MHz + Quad-Core 1500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 430 (600 MHz) GPU | Mali-G71 GPU |
| 9.99 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 8.12 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 2.10 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.70 aperture |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.58 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.2 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3000mAh Battery | 3000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 4.96 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A8 (2018) has a global score of 79.2, which is slightly better than the LG G Flex 2's global score of 75.2. The Galaxy A8 (2018) body is way newer and somewhat thinner than LG G Flex 2's, although it is also somewhat heavier. The LG G Flex 2 counts with a little faster CPU than Galaxy A8 (2018), because although it has less RAM, and they both have a Octa-Core processor, the LG G Flex 2 also counts with a GPU and a 64 bits processor.
The LG G Flex 2 counts with a little bit better display than Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018), although it has a just a little worse pixels density, a quite smaller display and a little worse resolution of 1920 x 1080. The Galaxy A8 (2018) counts with a much greater storage for applications, games, photos and videos than LG G Flex 2, because it has an external memory card slot that holds a maximum of 256 GB and 64 GB internal memory.
Galaxy A8 (2018) features a battery lifetime that is just as good as LG G Flex 2's battery performance. Galaxy A8 (2018) takes clearer photos and videos than LG G Flex 2, and although they both have the same 30 frames per second video frame rate and the same (Full HD) video quality, the Galaxy A8 (2018) also has a more MP camera in the back.
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