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| Global Score | |
| 77.2 | 81.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Motorola | Samsung |
| Android 13 | -- |
| 2023-05-04 | 2017-04-21 |
| 6.24 x 2.83 x 0.30 inches | 5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 inches |
| 5.89 ounces | 5.47 ounces |
| Eclipse Black, Lunar Blue, Nebula Green and Viva Magenta | Arctic silver, Burgundy red, Coral blue, Maple gold, Midnight black, Orchid gray and Rose pink |
| Aluminum and Plastic | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 173.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 5.8 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 2960 x 1440 pixels |
| P-OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 405 pixels per inch | 568 pixels per inch |
| 1200 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| Mediatek Dimensity 8020 (6 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 chipset |
| processor | Kryo 280, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2350 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G77 MC9 GPU | Adreno 540 GPU |
| 6.21 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 50.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.40 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.65 inches (1/1.55") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 11.77 | 9.79 |
| 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 | |
| 4400mAh Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging |
| 6.24 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.2 | Bluetooth 5.0, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy S8 is a little bit better than Motorola Edge 40, getting an 81.7 score against 77.2. The Samsung Galaxy S8 body is just a little lighter than Motorola Edge 40, but it's a little bit thicker and was released 6 years before. Samsung Galaxy S8 has a much powerful CPU than Motorola Edge 40, although it has a smaller amount of RAM, they both have a Octa-Core processor.
Samsung Galaxy S8 counts with a display that is just as good as the Motorola Edge 40 one, because although the Samsung Galaxy S8 has a little smaller display, it also counts with a higher resolution of 1440 x 2960px and a greater display density. Galaxy S8 has slightly more storage for games and applications than Motorola Edge 40, because although it has less internal memory capacity, it also counts with a slot for an SD memory card that supports a maximum of 256 GB.
The Motorola Edge 40 captures way better photos and videos than Galaxy S8, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same 3840x2160 video quality, the Motorola Edge 40 also has a lot bigger back-facing camera sensor capturing much better quality pictures and videos, a larger aperture to take better low-light captures and video and a camera with lot more mega-pixels.
Motorola Edge 40 has a much better battery performance than Galaxy S8, because it has 4400mAh of battery capacity.
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