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Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Google Pixel 6a

Price Comparison (India)

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Google
Announced
March 2017 2022, May 11
Status
Available - April 2017 Coming soon. Exp. release 2022, July 21
Price
Rs. 57,900 ($720.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors
Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold Chalk, Charcoal, Sage
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm
(5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in)
152.2 x 71.8 x 8.9 mm
(5.99 x 2.83 x 0.35 in)
Weight
155 g (5.47 oz) 178 g (6.28 oz)
SIM Type
Dual-SIM Nano-SIM and/or eSIM
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network
HSDPA HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE LTE1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 66, 71 - GX7AS, GB62Z (USA/Canada)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 66, 71 - G1AZG (International)
5G Network
- 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 28, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 66, 71, 77, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 - GX7AS (USA/Canada)
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 28, 30, 40, 48, 66, 71, 77, 78, 260, 261 SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave - GB62Z (USA)
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 28, 30, 40, 48, 66, 71, 77, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 - G1AZG (International)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- - Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
Notification LED
Yes -

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5 FHD+ OLED Screen
HDR
Colors
16M colors 16M Colors
Size
5.8 inches [Similar] 6.1 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (431 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
84.06% 82.38%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 12
Processor
Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo)
Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835
Exynos 8895 Octa [Similar]
Octa-core (2x2.80 GHz Cortex-X1 & 2x2.25 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A55), Google Tensor (5 nm) [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 540 [Similar] Mali-G78 MP20 [Similar]
RAM
4 GB [Browse Similar] 6 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
64 GB 128 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No

Camera

Rear Camera
12 MP [Similar] 12.2 MP + 12 MP [Similar]
Flash
Dual-LED (Dual Tone) Dual-LED Flash
Features
Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, f/1.7 aperture, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama 12.2 MP, f/1.7, 27mm, (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
12 MP, f/2.2, 17mm, 114˚ (ultrawide), 1.25µm
Pixel Shift, Auto-HDR, panorama
Video
2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps; gyro-EIS, OIS
Front Camera
8 MP, AF [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1.12µm
Auto-HDR, panorama
1080p@30fps [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, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA), 5G
Bluetooth
v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB
v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector USB Type-C 3.1
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS, BDS
Browser
HTML5 Yes

User Memory

Internal
64 GB, 4 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM UFS 3.1
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No
USB OTG
Supported Not Supported

Sensors

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

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery Charging 18W
USB Power Delivery 3.0
Capacity
3000 mAh 4410 mAh
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
- -
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