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| Global Score | |
| 75.8 | 85 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| 2017-01-13 | 2017-09-22 |
| 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches | 5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 inches |
| 5.61 ounces | 5.22 ounces |
| Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud | Gold, Red, Silver and Space gray |
| Glass and Metal | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 849.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.2 inches | 4.7 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 1334 x 750 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 424 pixels per inch | 326 pixels per inch |
| -- | 625 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset | Apple A11 Bionic APL1W72 (10 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor | 64-bit Monsoon and Mistral, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2390 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP3 GPU | Apple 3-core GPU GPU |
| 9 | 10.08 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 8.88 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 28.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 9.24 | 10.12 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 5.5 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 1821mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 4.96 | 3.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
IPhone 8 is much better than the Galaxy A5 (2017), having an 85 score against 75.8. Although the iPhone 8 and Galaxy A5 (2017) were released with only a couple of months difference, the iPhone 8 is just a bit thinner and a bit lighter. Apple iPhone 8 counts with a little sharper screen than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), although it has a quite smaller screen, a just a little worse number of pixels per inch in the screen and a lot lower 750 x 1334 resolution.
IPhone 8 has a superior storage capacity to store more apps and games than Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has no SD memory card expansion slot, it also counts with 224 GB more internal memory. The iPhone 8 counts with a quite superior hardware performance than Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has a smaller amount of RAM and an inferior number of cores , it also counts with a 64 bits processing unit.
Galaxy A5 (2017) has a very superior battery lifetime than iPhone 8, because it has 3000mAh of battery capacity. IPhone 8 features a bit better camera than Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has a back facing camera with a lot lower 12 mega-pixels resolution, it also counts with a bigger camera aperture and a way higher 3840x2160 video resolution.
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