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Samsung Z2

Xiaomi Mi 8

Samsung Z2

Xiaomi Mi 8

Network
2G network

GSM 900, 1800

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900; CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
3G network

HSDPA 900, 2100

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

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 40(2300)

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
HSDPA speed

-

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

-

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

Availability
Oficially announced

2016-8

2018-5
Status

2016-8

2018-6

Design
Build

-

Front/rear glass, aluminum frame (7000 series)
SIM

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

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

121.5 mm

154.9 mm
Width

63 mm

74.8 mm
Thickness

10.8 mm

7.6 mm
Weight

127 g

175 g
Colors

Black, Gold, Red

Black, Blue, Gold, White

Display
Display type

TFT capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

4.0 inches

6.21 inches
Resolution

480 x 800 pixels

1080 x 2248 pixels
Pixel density

233 ppi

402 ppi
Display colors

262144

16777216
Protection

-

Corning Gorilla Glass
Multitouch

Yes

Yes
Display features

-

HDR10 display

Hardware
CPU

-

Octa-core
CPU

Quad-core 1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A7

Quad-core 2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold
CPU(second)

quad-core 1.8 GHz Kryo 385 Silver
Chipset

Spreadtrum SC9830

Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
GPU

Mali-400MP2

Adreno 630
Memory RAM

1 GB

6 GB
Internal storage

8 GB

64, 128, 256 GB
Memory card

microSD
Memory card max

200 GB

-

OS
OS

Tizen OS, v2.4

Android 8.1 (Oreo)

Main camera
Camera type

-

Dual
Main camera

5 MP, f/2.2

12 MP, f/1.8 , 1/2.55" , 1.4 µm, 2x optical zoom
12 MP, f/2.4 , 1/3.4" , 1 µm
Primary camera resolution

-

4032 x 3024 pixels
Primary camera video

720p@30fps

2160p@60fps, 1080p@30/240fps
Primary camera Autofocus

-

dual pixel phase detection autofocus
Primary camera flash

LED flash

dual-LED flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

-

4-axis OIS
Camera features

Yes

Geo-tagging, HDR, face detection, panorama, touch focus
DxOMark photo

-

105
DxOMark video

-

88
DxOMark camera score

-

99

Selfie camera
Selfie camera

f/2.4

f/2.0 , 20 MP, 1.8 µm
Selfie camera resolution

-

5120 x 3840 pixels
Selfie camera video

VGA

1080p

Sound
3.5mm jack

Yes

No
Loudspeaker

Yes

Yes
Notifications

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Earpiece

-

Yes
Headphone adapter

-

Yes

Multimedia
Radio

-

No
Radio FM

FM radio

-

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

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

-

Yes
WLAN DLNA

-

Yes
USB

microUSB 2.0

Type-C reversible connector
Bluetooth

v4.0

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

-

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

-

aptX HD
NFC

-

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
GALILEO

-

Yes
BDS

-

Yes
QZSS

-

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

Accelerometer

Infrared face recognition, accelerometer, barometer, compass, fingerprint (rear-mounted), gyro, proximity

Browser
HTML

Yes

HTML5

Battery
Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Po
Battery capacity

1500 mAh

3400 mAh
Battery removable

Removable

Non-removable
Fast battery charging

-

Quick Charge 4.0+
Talk time 3G

8 h

-

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