| Apple iPhone 8 | Samsung Galaxy A20 | | Body |
| - IP67 certified - dust and water resistant - Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes - Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified) | |
| SIM | Nano-SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| Build | Front/back glass & aluminum frame | |
| Weight | 148 g (5.22 oz) | - |
| Dimensions | 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm (5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 in) | - |
| Misc |
| SAR | 1.32 W/kg (head) 1.36 W/kg (body) | |
| Price | About 800 EUR | About 200 EUR |
| Colors | Silver, Space Gray, Gold | Blue, Black |
| SAR EU | 1.19 W/kg (head) 1.17 W/kg (body) | |
| Comms |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
| NFC | Yes (Apple Pay only) | Yes |
| USB | 2.0, proprietary reversible connector | microUSB 2.0 |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| Radio | No | FM radio |
| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE | 4.2, A2DP, LE |
| Sound |
| - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Lightning to 3.5 mm headphone jack adapter | |
| 3.5mm jack | No | |
| Alert types | Vibration, proprietary ringtones | |
| Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers | |
| | Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
| 3.5mm jack | | Yes |
| Loudspeaker | | Yes |
| Tests |
| Camera | Photo / Video | |
| Display | Contrast ratio: 1395:1 (nominal), 3.957 (sunlight) | |
| Loudspeaker | Voice 71dB / Noise 77dB / Ring 80dB | |
| Performance | Basemark OS II 2.0: 3934 | |
| Battery life | Endurance rating 66h | |
| Audio quality | Noise -93.5dB / Crosstalk -80.4dB | |
| Camera |
| Video | 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps | |
| Primary | 12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm, phase detection autofocus, OIS, quad-LED (dual tone) flash | |
| Features | Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama) | |
| Secondary | 7 MP, f/2.2, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama | |
| Launch |
| Status | Available. Released 2017, September | Coming soon. Exp. release 2019, April |
| Announced | 2017, September | 2019, March |
| Memory |
| Internal | 64/256 GB, 2 GB RAM | 32 GB, 3 GB RAM |
| Card slot | No | microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) |
| Battery |
| Non-removable Li-Ion 1821 mAh battery (6.96 Wh) | |
| Talk time | Up to 14 h (3G) | |
| Music play | Up to 40 h | |
| | Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery |
| Display |
| - Wide color gamut display - 3D Touch display & home button - True-tone display | |
| Size | 4.7 inches, 60.9 cm2 (~65.4% screen-to-body ratio) | 6.4 inches, 100.5 cm2 |
| Type | LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Multitouch | Yes | |
| Protection | Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating | |
| Resolution | 750 x 1334 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~326 ppi density) | 720 x 1560 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~268 ppi density) |
| Network |
| EDGE | Yes | Yes |
| GPRS | Yes | Yes |
| Speed | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps |
| 2G bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM only) |
| 3G bands | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
| 4G bands | LTE 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 |
| Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| Features |
| - Fast battery charging: 50% in 30 min - Qi wireless charging - Siri natural language commands and dictation - iCloud cloud service - MP3/WAV/AAX+/AIFF/Apple Lossless player - MP4/H.265 player - Audio/video/photo editor - Document editor | |
| Java | No | |
| Browser | HTML5 (Safari) | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer | Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass |
| Messaging | iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email | |
| Platform |
| OS | iOS 11, upgradable to iOS 11.1 | Android 9.0 (Pie) |
| CPU | Hexa-core (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral) | Octa-core (2x1.6 GHz & 6x1.35 GHz) |
| GPU | Apple GPU (three-core graphics) | |
| Chipset | Apple A11 Bionic | Exynos 7884 Octa |
| Benchmarks |
| Antutu | | 88710 |
| Main Camera |
| Dual | | 13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), AF 5 MP, f/2.2, depth sensor |
| Video | | 1080p@30fps |
| Features | | LED flash, panorama, HDR |
| Selfie camera |
| Video | | |
| Single | | 8 MP, f/2.0 |