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| Global Score | |
| 75.8 | 85 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| 2017-01-13 | 2017-09-22 |
| 6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches | 5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 inches |
| 6.56 ounces | 5.22 ounces |
| Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud | Gold, Red, Silver and Space gray |
| Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 849.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.7 inches | 4.7 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 1334 x 750 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 386 pixels per inch | 326 pixels per inch |
| -- | 625 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 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 |
| -- | 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 | 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 |
| 6.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3600mAh Li - Ion Battery | 1821mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 5.6 | 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
The iPhone 8 has a global score of 85, which is better than Galaxy A7 (2017)'s score of 75.8. IPhone 8 is a a bit thinner and lighter phone than the Galaxy A7 (2017), although both were released with only a couple of months difference. The iPhone 8 counts with a little more vivid screen than Galaxy A7 (2017), although it has a quite worse pixels density, a much lower resolution of 750 x 1334 pixels and a bit smaller display.
The Apple iPhone 8 has a quite better performance than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has lesser RAM and 2 lesser processing cores , it also counts with a 64-bit processing unit. The iPhone 8 counts with much more storage for applications and games than Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has no external memory card slot, it also counts with 256 GB internal storage.
The iPhone 8 takes slightly better videos and photos than Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has a camera with a lot worse 12 megapixels resolution, it also counts with a larger diafragm aperture and a lot better video resolution. The Galaxy A7 (2017) has a very superior battery duration than iPhone 8, because it has a 98 percent greater battery size.
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