Nokia 6.1 vs Samsung Galaxy S8+

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100; CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - Hong Kong, Taiwan

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

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) - EMEA & APAC; LTE frequency band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600) - LATAM; LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - Hong Kong, Taiwan

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

-
LTE-A speed

-

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

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
Build

Front glass, aluminum body (6000 series)

Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel
SIM

Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

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

148.8 mm

159.5 mm
Width

75.8 mm

73.4 mm
Thickness

8.2 mm

8.1 mm
Weight

172 g

173 g
Payment

-

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard)
Waterproof

-

IP68 - 1.5 m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

-

IP68
Colors

Black/Copper, Blue/Gold, White/Iron

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

Display
Display type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.5 inches

6.2 inches
Resolution

1080 x 1920 pixels

1440 x 2960 pixels
Pixel density

403 ppi

529 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Multitouch

Yes

Yes

Hardware
CPU

-

Octa-core
CPU

Octa-core 2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A53

Quad-core 2.3 GHz
CPU(second)

quad-core 1.7 GHz
Chipset

Qualcomm SDM630 Snapdragon 630

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

Adreno 508

Adreno 540
Internal storage

32, 64 GB

64 GB
Memory RAM

3, 4 GB

4 GB
Memory card

microSD(uses second SIM slot)

microSD
Memory card max

256 GB

256 GB
Storage

eMMC 5.1

-

Main camera
Camera type

Photo / Video

-
Main camera

16 MP, f/2.0 , 27 mm, 1 µm

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

4608 x 3456 pixels

-
Primary camera video

2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps

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

Carl Zeiss optics

-
Primary camera Autofocus

phase detection 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

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
USB

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth

v5.0

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

-

Yes
NFC

Yes

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
Sensors

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

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