Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge vs Samsung Galaxy S8 Active vs Samsung Galaxy Xcover 5

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced March 2015 August 2017 2021, March 04
Status Available - April 2015 Available - August 2017 Coming soon. Exp. release 2021, March 12
Price Rs. 34,900 ($513.24) [Similarly Priced] - -
Colors White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Green Emerald Meteor Grey, Tungsten Gold Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 142.1 x 70.1 x 7 mm
(5.59 x 2.76 x 0.28 in)
151.9 x 74.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.98 x 2.95 x 0.39 in)
147.1 x 71.6 x 9.2 mm
(5.79 x 2.82 x 0.36 in)
Weight 132 g (4.66 oz) 208.1 g (7.34.0.04 oz) -
SIM Type - Dual-SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 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 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE
SAR US 1.58 W/kg (head)
1.34 W/kg (body)
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SAR EU 0.33 W/kg (head)
0.59 W/kg (body)
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Messaging 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)
Samsung Pay
IP68 certified
MIL-STD-810G certified - dust, humidity, rain, vibration, and shock resistant
- Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
MIL-STD-810H compliant
Notification LED - Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 11
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), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), Exynos 850 (8nm)
GPU Mali-T760 Adreno 540 Mali-G52
RAM 3 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32/64/128 GB 64 GB 64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4, Curved Edge Screen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5 TFT Screen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colour
Size 5.1 inches 5.8 inches 5.3 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi) 720 x 1600 pixels (331 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.96% 74.92% 64.41%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels, OIS 12 MP 16 MP
Flash LED Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.7 aperture, OIS, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama 16 MP, f/1.7, PDAF
HDR, Panorama
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, 1080p@30fps, dual video call, HDR [Similar] 8 MP, AF [Similar] 5 MP [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 HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, 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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM eMMC 5.1
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (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 not 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 Removable Li-Ion Battery
Fast battery charging 15W
Capacity 2600 mAh 4000 mAh 3000 mAh
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