Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 73.5 | 82.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2019-02-05 | 2018-08-27 |
| 6.13 x 2.98 x 0.30 inches | 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches |
| 5.75 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Black and Blue | Black and White |
| Plastic | Glass and Metal |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.2 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1520 x 720 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 271 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.2 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1600 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP1 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 8.73 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 9.84 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.32 inches (1/3.1") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 9.02 | 10.01 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3400mAh Battery | 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.36 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star is better than Galaxy M10, with a overall score of 82.1 against 73.5. These phones work with the same Android 9.0 Pie OS, so you shouldn't see any differences regarding that. The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star is a somewhat heavier phone than the Galaxy M10, but both are 0.3inches thick.
Galaxy A8 Star has a better looking display than Samsung Galaxy M10, because it has a much better resolution of 1080 x 2220 pixels, a little larger display and a higher pixel quantity in each inch of display. Samsung Galaxy A8 Star features a quite bigger storage for games and applications than Samsung Galaxy M10, because although it has a SD memory card expansion slot that admits 112 GB smaller, it also counts with more internal memory.
Samsung Galaxy A8 Star features a little faster CPU than Galaxy M10, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Samsung Galaxy A8 Star also has 3 GB more RAM. The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star captures better videos and photos than Galaxy M10, because it has a more megapixels back-facing camera, a larger aperture for better captures in poorly lited environments, a larger sensor taking better quality photos and videos and a way higher (4K) video quality.
Samsung Galaxy A8 Star features just a bit better battery duration than Galaxy M10, because it has 3700mAh of battery capacity.
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