Apple Watch Sport 42mm (1st gen) vs Samsung Galaxy S8

Apple Watch Sport 42mm (1st gen)

Samsung Galaxy S8

Network
2G network

N/A

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

-

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), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700)
HSDPA speed

-

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

-

5.76 Mbps
LTE-A speed

-

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

No

Yes
EDGE

No

Yes

Design
Build

Aluminum/Composite back

Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel
SIM

No

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

42 mm

148.9 mm
Width

35.9 mm

68.1 mm
Thickness

10.5 mm

8 mm
Weight

30 g

155 g
Payment

-

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard)
Waterproof

IPX7 certified, 1 m and 30 minutes

IP68 - 1.5 m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

-

IP68
Colors

Apricot, Blue, Blue; Gray/Black; Rose Gold/Lavender, Orange, Pink/Royal Blue/Gold&Red/Black Woven Nylon, Royal Blue, Silver/White, Stone; Gold/White, Yellow

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

Display
Display type

AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

1.65 inches

5.8 inches
Resolution

390 x 312 pixels

1440 x 2960 pixels
Pixel density

302 ppi

570 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Ion-X strengthened glass

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Multitouch

Yes

Yes
Display features

3D Touch display, 450 nits

-

Hardware
CPU

-

Octa-core
CPU

520 MHz ARM Cortex-A7

2.3 GHz Quad-core
CPU(second)

quad-core 1.7 GHz
Chipset

Apple S1

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

PowerVR SGX543

Adreno 540 - US
Memory RAM

512 MB

4 GB
Internal storage

8 GB

64 GB
Memory card

microSD
Memory card max

-

256 GB

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

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

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

-

Yes
USB

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth

v4.0

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

-

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

-

Yes
NFC

Yes

Yes
GPS

No

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

-

Yes
GALILEO

-

Yes
BDS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

-

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Mail

Push Mail

Push Mail
Java

No

No
Sensors

Accelerometer, gyro, heart rate

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

Main camera
Main camera

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

-

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

-

LED flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

-

optical image stabilization
Primary camera phase detection autofocus

-

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera video dual video

-

dual-video record
Primary camera video hdr

-

HDR
Camera features

-

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