Samsung Galaxy A16 5G vs Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 07, 2024	Jul 09, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
4GB/128GB - $230 | €249	$499

Design

Dimensions
6.47 x 3.07 x 0.31 inches (~0.36 inches with camera bump) 164.4 x 77.9 x 7.9 mm (~9.2 mm with camera bump)	1.73 x 1.83 x 1.81 inches 44 x 46.4 x 46 mm
Weight
7.05 oz / 200.0 g	2.22 oz / 63.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic	Back: Aluminum
Resistance
Splash, Dust; IP54	Water (up to 5 meters), Dust; IP68; MIL-STD-810 certified
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Blue Black, Light Gray, Gold, Light Green

Display

Size
6.7-inch, 85.99% screen-to-body	1.3-inch
Type
Super AMOLED, 90Hz, 800 nits	Super AMOLED
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 385 PPI	438x438px, 462 PPI
Protection
	Sapphire

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
736 (Poor)	Untested
Bright Min
1.6 (Good)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Exynos 1330 (5 nm)	Exynos W1000 (3 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2x2.4GHz Cortex-A78 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-G68 MP2
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4X)/128GB (UFS 2.2) 8GB/256GB	2GB/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (14)	Wear OS

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GeekBench 6 Single
965	Untested
GeekBench 6 Multi
1875	Untested
3D Mark High
367	Untested
3D Mark Low
360	Untested

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Battery

Type
5000 mAh, Li - Ion	445 mAh
Charging
Fast charging
Charge speed
Wired: 25.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

6h 12min

Browsing

9h 43min

Video

11h 13min

Gaming

9h 52min

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Triple camera
Main camera
50 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2.76" Pixel size: 0.64 μm
Second camera
5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED
Video recording
HDR, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording
Front
13 MP Video capture: 1080p (30 fps)

PhoneArena Camera Tests

124

Overall

130

Photo

118

Video

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.3	5.3
WLAN
dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	Yes 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Pedometer, Compass, Heart rate, Thermometer, Barometer, Step detector, Blood Oxygen, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
NFC	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n3, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6
LTE Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28, 66
TDD Bands
38, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Pro Cat 18 (1200/150 Mbit/s)	LTE-A
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Dual Nano SIM	eSIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage and 8GB RAM

Memory	8GB/256GB

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