Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 8 vs Samsung Galaxy A21 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced September 2017 2020, April 8 July 2023
Status Coming Soon - September 2017 Coming soon. Exp. release 2020, April Coming Soon - August 2023
Price Rs. 64,000 ($699.00) [Similarly Priced] - Rs. 90,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray, Silver Gold Various Beige, Graphite
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm
(5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 in)
- 285.4 x 185.4 x 5.7 mm
(11.24 x 7.3 x 0.22 in)
Weight 148 g (5.22 oz) - 586 g (20.67 oz)
SIM Type Nano-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO & TD-SCDMA
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE
5G Network - - SA/NSA
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- IP68 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1.5 meters and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
- Fingerprint Sensor
Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
- Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 min)
Stylus, 2.8ms latency (Bluetooth integration, accelerometer, gyro)
Notification LED Yes - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 11 Android 10.0 Android 13
User Interface - One UI 2.0 One UI 5.1
Processor Hexa-core, Apple A11 Bionic Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53), Mediatek MT6765 Helio P35 (12nm) Octa-core (1x3.36 GHz Cortex-X3 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A715 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A710 & 3x2.0 GHz Cortex-A510), Qualcomm SM8550-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4 nm)
GPU - PowerVR GE8320 Adreno 740
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 12 GB
Internal Memory 64/256 GB 64 GB 512 GB
External Memory No microSDXC (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating HD+ Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X Screen
120Hz Refresh Rate
HDR10+
Corning Gorilla Glass
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 6.5 inches 12.4 inches
Resolution 750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi) 720 x 1600 pixels (270 ppi) 1752 x 2800 pixels (266 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.21% - 84.53%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP 16 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP 13 MP + 8 MP
Flash Quad-LED (dual Tone) Flash No LED Flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.8, 28mm, OIS, 1/3" Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 8MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) 16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), AF
8 MP, f/2.2, 12mm (ultrawide)
2 MP, (macro)
2 MP, (depth)
panorama, HDR
13 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/3.4", 1.0µm, AF
8 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide)
HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps 1080p@30fps 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 13 MP
HDR
1080p@30fps [Similar]
12 MP, f/2.4, 120˚ (ultrawide)
HDR
4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE-A (CA), 5G
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.3, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, tri-band, Wi-Fi Direct
USB 3.0, reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go USB Type-C 3.2, magnetic connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 (Safari) Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64/256 GB, 2 GB RAM 64 GB, 3 GB RAM eMMC 5.1 512 GB, 12 GB RAM or 256 GB, 12 GB RAM UFS 3.1
Expandable Storage No microSDXC (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
USB OTG Not Supported Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor not present barometer sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 15W
Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 45W
Capacity - 4000 mAh 10090 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -