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Samsung Galaxy A5 (2018) vs Samsung Galaxy S8 Active

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Samsung
Announced
Not announced yet August 2017
Status
Rumored Available - August 2017
Colors
Various Meteor Grey, Tungsten Gold
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
- 151.9 x 74.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.98 x 2.95 x 0.39 in)
Weight
- 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 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
Samsung Pay
IP68 certified
MIL-STD-810G certified - dust, humidity, rain, vibration, and shock resistant
Notification LED
Yes Yes

Display

Type
Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.5 inches [Similar] 5.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 2160 pixels (439 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
- 74.92%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v8.0 (Oreo) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor
1.9 GHz Octa-core Cortex-A53, Exynos 7880 Octa [Similar] Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-T830MP3 [Similar] Adreno 540 [Similar]
RAM
4 GB [Browse Similar] 4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32 GB 64 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Camera

Rear Camera
16 MP [Similar] 12 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
Features
Autofocus, f/1.8, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, 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
1080p@30fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
16 MP, f/1.8, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, AF [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth
4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB
2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
32 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
Not Supported Supported

Sensors

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

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
3300 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
- -
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