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| Global Score | |
| 53.5 | 81.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nokia | Samsung |
| Windows Phone 8.1 | -- |
| 2014-07-23 | 2017-04-21 |
| 4.71 x 2.45 x 0.46 inches | 5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 inches |
| 4.55 ounces | 5.47 ounces |
| Black, Green, Orange and White | Arctic silver, Burgundy red, Coral blue, Maple gold, Midnight black, Orchid gray and Rose pink |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 180.00 | $ 173.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 5.8 inches |
| 480 x 854 pixels | 2960 x 1440 pixels |
| LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 245 pixels per inch | 568 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A7 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | Kryo 280, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2350 MHz) processor |
| 512 MB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 302 (400 MHz) GPU | Adreno 540 GPU |
| 8.28 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 4 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 |
| 4.82 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.25 inches (1/4") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 6.27 | 9.79 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM |
| 4.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1430mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 528 hours standby time 13.4 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.2 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy S8 is much better than the Lumia 530, with a overall score of 81.7 against 53.5. The Samsung Galaxy S8 is a extremely newer and notably thinner cellphone than the Lumia 530, although it's somewhat heavier. The Galaxy S8 counts with a better performance than Lumia 530, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics processing unit, it also counts with 3,5 GB more RAM memory and more cpu cores.
Samsung Galaxy S8 counts with a sharper screen than Lumia 530, because it has a lot better screen pixels density, a much better resolution of 1440 x 2960 and a lot larger screen. The Galaxy S8 has a way better camera than Lumia 530, because it has a camera with way more mega-pixels, a lot bigger diafragm aperture and a much bigger back camera sensor which offers a lot higher image and video quality.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 has a superior storage capacity to store more games and applications than Nokia Lumia 530, because it has 64 GB internal storage capacity and a SD memory card expansion slot that admits up to 256 GB. The Samsung Galaxy S8 counts with a much longer battery performance than Lumia 530, because it has 3000mAh of battery capacity.
In addition to being the best phone in our comparison, the Galaxy S8 is also the cheapest, which makes it a very good choice.
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