Asus Zenfone 3s Max ZC521TL vs Samsung Galaxy S8

Asus Zenfone 3s Max ZC521TL

Samsung Galaxy S8

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100 - Global; HSDPA 850, 900, 2100 - India

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), 18(800), 19(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 41(2500) - Taiwan; LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 40(2300) - India

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
LTE speed

LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload

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LTE-A speed

-

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

Dual SIM (Micro-SIM/Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

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

149.5 mm

148.9 mm
Width

73.7 mm

68.1 mm
Thickness

8.85 mm

8 mm
Weight

175 g

155 g
Payment

-

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard)
Waterproof

-

IP68 - 1.5 m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

-

IP68
Colors

Black, Gold

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

Display
Display type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.2 inches

5.8 inches
Resolution

720 x 1280 pixels

1440 x 2960 pixels
Pixel density

282 ppi

570 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

-

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Multitouch

Yes

Yes

Hardware
CPU

-

Octa-core
CPU

Octa-core 1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A53

Quad-core 2.3 GHz
CPU(second)

quad-core 1.7 GHz
Chipset

Mediatek MT6750

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

Mali-T860MP2

Adreno 540 - US
Memory RAM

3 GB

4 GB
Internal storage

32 GB

64 GB
Memory card

microSD(uses second SIM slot)

microSD
Memory card max

256 GB

256 GB

Main camera
Main camera

13 MP, f/2.0

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

1080p@30fps

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

autofocus

-
Primary camera flash

dual-LED (dual tone) 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

Geo-tagging, HDR, face detection, panorama, 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

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

Yes
USB

microUSB 2.0

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
USB On-The-Go

Yes

-
Bluetooth

v4.0

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

-

Yes
Bluetooth EDR

Yes

-
Bluetooth AptX

-

Yes
NFC

-

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
GALILEO

-

Yes
BDS

Yes

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

MMS

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

Push Email

-
Messaging Push Mail

-

Push Mail
Java

No

No
Sensors

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

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

Yes

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