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Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
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| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 79.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4 | -- |
| 2013-06-05 | 2018-01-06 |
| 5.50 x 2.81 x 0.36 inches | 5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 inches |
| 5.33 ounces | 6.07 ounces |
| Blue, Gray and Orange | Black, Blue, Gold and Orchid grey |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 145.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 5.6 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| TFT | Super AMOLED |
| 441 pixels per inch | 441 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8.3 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 APQ8064T chipset | Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 7885 chipset |
| Krait 300 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 320 (400 MHz) GPU | Mali-G71 GPU |
| 8.91 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.16 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.70 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.49 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2600mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 17 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.56 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | 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 Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) is better than Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, having a global score of 79.2 against 71.7. Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)'s body is incredibly newer and a little thinner, but also somewhat heavier than Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. The Galaxy A8 (2018) has a bit better CPU than Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, because although it has doesn't have an extra GPU, it also counts with a higher number of faster cores and 2 GB more RAM memory.
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active has a bit sharper display than Galaxy A8 (2018), although it has a quite smaller display and a bit worse resolution of 1920 x 1080, they both have the same count of pixels per inch of display. Galaxy A8 (2018) has a lot better camera than Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video definition and the same video frame rates, the Galaxy A8 (2018) also has a much higher resolution back camera.
The Galaxy A8 (2018) features a way bigger storage capacity to store more games and applications than Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, because it has an external SD slot that holds up to 256 GB and 48 GB more internal storage. Galaxy A8 (2018) has just a bit better battery performance than Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, because it has 3000mAh of battery capacity.
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