Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 8 vs Samsung Galaxy A40 vs Samsung Galaxy A72

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced September 2017 March 2019 2021, March 17
Status Coming Soon - September 2017 Coming Soon - April 2019 Coming soon. Exp. release 2021, March 26
Price Rs. 64,000 ($699.00) [Similarly Priced] - -
Colors Space Gray, Silver Gold Black, White, Blue, Coral Awesome Black, Awesome White, Awesome Violet, Awesome Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm
(5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 in)
144.3 x 69.1 x 7.9 mm
(5.68 x 2.72 x 0.31 in)
165 x 77.4 x 8.4 mm
(6.5 x 3.05 x 0.33 in)
Weight 148 g (5.22 oz) - 203 g (7.16 oz)
SIM Type Nano-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO & TD-SCDMA
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 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) LTE
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
- Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
Notification LED Yes - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 11 Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 11
Processor Hexa-core, Apple A11 Bionic Octa-core (2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7885 Octa (14 nm) Octa-core (2x2.3 GHz Kryo 465 Gold & 6x1.8 GHz Kryo 465 Silver), Qualcomm SM7125 Snapdragon 720G (8 nm)
GPU - Mali-G71 Adreno 618
RAM 2 GB 4 GB 8 GB
Internal Memory 64/256 GB 64 GB 128 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen FHD+ Super AMOLED Screen
90Hz Refresh Rate
800 nits (peak)
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colour
Size 4.7 inches 5.9 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi) 1080 x 2280 pixels (428 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (393 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.21% 86.97% 84.78%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP 16 MP + 5 MP 64 MP + 8 MP + 12 MP + 2 MP
Flash Quad-LED (dual Tone) Flash LED Flash 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/2.0, PDAF
5 MP, f/2.2, 12mm, (ultrawide)
Panorama, HDR
64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), PDAF, OIS
8 MP, f/2.4, (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom
12 MP, f/2.2, 123˚ (ultrawide)
5 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/120fps; gyro-EIS
Front Camera 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 25 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 32 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm
HDR
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-A (2CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 4.2, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot 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 3.0, reversible connector Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser HTML5 (Safari) Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64/256 GB, 2 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 128 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM (UFS 2.1)
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
USB OTG Not Supported Supported 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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 25W
Capacity - 3100 mAh 5000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -