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| Global Score | |
| 81.3 | 82.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Xiaomi | Samsung |
| Android 14 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2024-10-29 | 2018-08-27 |
| 6.35 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches | 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches |
| 7.51 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| -- | Black and White |
| Glass | Glass and Metal |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.8 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 3200 x 1440 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 516 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| 3500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 10.6 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Snapdragon 8 Elite SM8750-AB (3 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 12 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 830 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 6.21 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 50.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.40 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 23.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 7680 x 4320 (24 fps) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (960 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 11.99 | 10.01 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6100mAh Battery | 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 7.6 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.4 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass and Gyroscope | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A8 Star has a general score of 82.1, which is slightly better than Xiaomi 15 Pro's global score of 81.3. Both of these phones use Android operating system, but the Galaxy A8 Star has the newer 9.0 Pie version and Xiaomi 15 Pro has Android 14. The Galaxy A8 Star is an older phone than the Xiaomi 15 Pro, but Samsung was able to make it a bit thinner and somewhat lighter anyway.
Galaxy A8 Star counts with an extremely better CPU than Xiaomi 15 Pro, although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory, they both have 8 processing cores. The Xiaomi 15 Pro has a lot better display than Galaxy A8 Star, because it has a higher resolution of 1440 x 3200, a little bit larger screen and a greater pixel number in each inch in the screen.
The Xiaomi 15 Pro takes much better pictures and videos than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because it has a larger aperture to capture better low light photography and video, a back facing camera with a much higher 50 mega pixels resolution and a lot higher 7680x4320 video quality. Xiaomi 15 Pro counts with a bigger storage to install applications and games than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has no SD extension slot, it also counts with more internal memory capacity.
Xiaomi 15 Pro has a superior battery performance than Galaxy A8 Star, because it has a 6100mAh battery size instead of 3700mAh.
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