Comparison of Samsung Galaxy S9 vs Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016)

Comparison of
Samsung Galaxy S9

General Features General Features
Release Date 2018, February 2016, September
SIM Support Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Phone Dimensions 5.81 x 2.70 x 0.33 in 6.17 x 3.02 x 0.28 in
Phone Weight 163 g 182 g
Operating System Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Display Display
Screen Size 5.8 inches 5.7 inches
Screen Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels 1080 x 1920 pixels
Screen Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Screen Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Memory Memory
Internal Memory 64/128/256 GB 32 GB
RAM 4 GB RAM 3 GB RAM
Card Slot microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Performance Performance
Processor Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEAOcta-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA/LATAM, China Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEAAdreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China Mali-T760MP8
Battery Battery
Type Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery (11.55 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion 3300 mAh battery
Camera Camera
Front Camera 8 MP 8 MP
Front Flash Light No
Front Video Recording 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Back Flash Light Yes Yes
Back Camera 12 MP 16 MP
Back Video Recording 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Connectivity Connectivity
Bluetooth Yes Yes
3G Yes Yes
4G/LTE Yes Yes
5G
Radio FM radio (USA & Canada only) FM radio, RDS, recording
WiFi Yes Yes
NFC Yes Yes

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