Apple iPhone 8 vs Samsung Galaxy S8

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900; CDMA 800, 1900, 2100

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100; CDMA2000 1xEV-DO & TD-SCDMA

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100
4G network

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700)
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

5.76 Mbps
EV-DO speed

3.1 Mbps

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LTE-A speed

LTE-A, (4CA) Cat16, 1024 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload

LTE-A, (4CA) Cat16, 1024 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
Build

-

Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel
SIM

Nano-SIM

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

138.4 mm

148.9 mm
Width

67.3 mm

68.1 mm
Thickness

7.3 mm

8 mm
Weight

148 g

155 g
Payment

Apple Pay(Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard)
Waterproof

IP67 - 1.5 m and 30 minutes

IP68 - 1.5 m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

IP67

IP68
Colors

Gold, Silver, Space Gray

Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Midnight Black, Orchid Gray

Display
Display type

LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

4.7 inches

5.8 inches
Resolution

750 x 1334 pixels

1440 x 2960 pixels
Pixel density

326 ppi

570 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Multitouch

Yes

Yes
Display features

Wide color gamut display, 3D Touch display & home button, True-tone display

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Hardware
CPU

Hexa-core

Octa-core
CPU

Dual-core Monsoon

Quad-core 2.3 GHz
CPU(second)

quad-core Mistral

quad-core 1.7 GHz
Chipset

Apple A11 Bionic

Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 - US / Exynos 8895 Octa - EMEA
GPU

Apple GPU (three-core graphics)

Adreno 540 - US
Memory RAM

2 GB

4 GB
Internal storage

64, 256 GB

64 GB
Memory card

microSD
Memory card max

-

256 GB

Main camera
Main camera

12 MP, f/1.8 , 28 mm

12 MP, f/1.7 , 26 mm
Primary camera video

2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps

2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps
Primary camera flash

quad-LED (dual tone) flash

LED flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

optical image stabilization

optical image stabilization
Primary camera phase detection autofocus

phase detection autofocus

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera video dual video

-

dual-video record
Primary camera video hdr

-

HDR
Camera features

1/3" sensor size, HDR (photo/panorama), face/smile detection, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus

1.4 µm pixel size, 1/2.5" sensor size, Auto HDR, face/smile detection, geo-tagging, panorama, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

-

Yes
USB

Lightning, USB 2.0

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth

v5.0

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

-

Yes
NFC

Yes (Apple Pay only)

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
GALILEO

Yes

Yes
BDS

Yes

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

iMessage(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

MMS

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

-

IM
Messaging iMessage

iMessage

-
Messaging Push Email

Push Email

-
Messaging Push Mail

-

Push Mail
Java

No

No
Sensors

Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, barometer, compass, gyro, proximity

Iris scanner, SpO2, accelerometer, barometer, compass, fingerprint (rear-mounted), gyro, heart rate, proximity