LG K8 2017 vs Samsung Galaxy A55 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Dec 22, 2016	Mar 11, 2024
Prices (MSRP)
	8GB/128GB - $489

Design

Dimensions
5.69 x 2.84 x 0.31 inches 144.5 x 72.1 x 8 mm	6.34 x 3.05 x 0.00 inches 161.1 x 77.4 8.2 mm
Weight
5.08 oz / 144.0 g	7.51 oz / 213.0 g
Materials
	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass) Frame: Plastic
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Left: Volume control, Camera shutter; Back: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray	Iceblue, Lilac, Navy, Lemon

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 66.11% screen-to-body	6.6-inch, 84.30% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 550 nits
Resolution
1280x720px, 294 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 399 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	1510 (Good)
Bright Min
Untested	1.3 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 425 8917 (28 nm)	Exynos 1480 (5 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 4x2.7GHz Cortex-A78 4x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 308	Yes
Memory
1.5GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDHC up to 32 GB	microSDXC
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat)	Android (14)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1163
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	3487
3D Mark High
Untested	930
3D Mark Low
Untested	916

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Battery

Type
2500 mAh	5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 36min

Browsing

17h 7min

Video

8h 15min

Gaming

9h 39min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus)	50 MP (OIS, Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/1.56" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/3.06" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Continuous autofocus, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
5 MP Video capture: 1080p	32 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

132

Overall

140

Photo

123

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.3
WLAN
b,g,n Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M4/T4
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Radio
FM, RDS

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, 5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
2, 4, 5, 12, 25	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
	1, 2, 3, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s)	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording, TTY/TDD

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Mar 01, 2017 FCC ID value: ZNFUS215
Measured SAR
Head: 0.62 W/kg Body: 0.78 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.48 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.92 W/kg

Alternative variants

Rear	Single camera
Main camera	13 MP Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
4G (FDD) Bands	1, 3, 7, 8, 20
3G Bands	5, 8, 1
Data Speed	LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB

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