Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S6 (CDMA) vs Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced March 2015 March 2017 December 2017
Status Available - April 2015 Available - April 2017 Coming Soon - January 2018
Price Rs. 29,999 ($441.16) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 57,900 ($720.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 37,750 ($589.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold Black, orchid grey, gold, blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143.5 x 70.6 x 6.9 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm
(5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in)
149.2 x 70.6 x 8.4 mm
(5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz) 172 g (6.07 oz)
SIM Type - Dual-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - G920V, G920P
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - G920V, G920P, G920R
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 / 1900 / 2100 - G920V HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700) - G920V LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- - Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
Notification LED - Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 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
Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7885 Octa
GPU Mali-T760MP8 Adreno 540 Mali-G71
RAM 3 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32/64/128 GB 64 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified Version)
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.1 inches 5.8 inches 5.6 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi) 1080 x 2220 (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.76% 84.06% 75.51%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels 12 MP 16 MP
Flash LED Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED Flash
Features OIS, Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama 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 Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.7, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto [Similar] 8 MP, AF [Similar] Dual 16 MP + 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat11 600/75 Mbps, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, EDR, 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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG 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
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2550 mAh 3000 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 23 h (3G) - -