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Motorola ThinkPhone vs Samsung Galaxy S8 Active

General Info

Manufacturer
Motorola Samsung
Announced
January 2023 August 2017
Status
Coming Soon - January 2023 Available - August 2017
Colors
Carbon Black Meteor Grey, Tungsten Gold
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
158.8 x 74.4 x 8.3 mm
(6.25 x 2.93 x 0.33 in)
151.9 x 74.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.98 x 2.95 x 0.39 in)
Weight
188.5 g (6.63.0.18 oz) 208.1 g (7.34.0.04 oz)
SIM Type
Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual-SIM
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network
HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - ROW
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - PRC
HSDPA
4G Network
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 38, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 48, 66 - ROW LTE
5G Network
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66, 77, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 - ROW
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 41, 66, 77, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 - PRC
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Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Drop-to-concrete resistance from up to 1.3 m
MIL-STD-810H compliant
Samsung Pay
IP68 certified
MIL-STD-810G certified - dust, humidity, rain, vibration, and shock resistant
Notification LED
- Yes

Display

Type
FHD+ P-OLED Screen
144Hz Refresh Rate
HDR10+
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5
Colors
1B Colors 16M colors
Size
6.6 inches [Similar] 5.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 2400 pixels (399 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
88.91% 74.92%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android 13 Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor
Octa-core (1x3.19 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.75 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A510), Qualcomm SM8475 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (4 nm) [Similar] Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 730 [Similar] Adreno 540 [Similar]
RAM
12 GB [Browse Similar] 4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
512 GB 64 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Camera

Rear Camera
50 MP + 13 MP + 2 MP [Similar] 12 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
Features
50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/1.5", 1.0µm, multi-directional PDAF, OIS
13 MP, f/2.2, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1.12µm, AF
2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
Panorama, HDR
Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.7 aperture, OIS, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video
8K@30fps, 4K@30/60fps, 4K@30fps HDR10, 1080p@30/60/120/240/960fps, gyro-EIS 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
32 MP, f/2.5, (wide), 0.7µm, AF - ROW model
16 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1.0µm - PRC model
HDR
4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps [Similar]
8 MP, AF [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No No
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSPA, LTE-A (CA), 5G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth
5.2, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, tri-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB
USB Type-C 3.1, OTG v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS
GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser
Yes HTML5

User Memory

Internal
512 GB, 12 GB RAM or 256 GB, 12 GB RAM or 256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 8 GB RAM UFS 3.1 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
Not Supported Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
Magnetic-field Sensor (Compass)
Gyroscope Sensor
Barometer Sensor
Heart-rate Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery Charging 66W Wired
15W wireless
Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
5000 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
- -
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