Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) vs Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Dec 19, 2017	Feb 11, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	$1400

Design

Dimensions
6.30 x 2.98 x 0.33 inches 159.9 x 75.7 x 8.3 mm	6.57 x 2.99 x 0.35 inches 166.9 x 76 x 8.8 mm
Weight
6.74 oz (191.0 g)	7.83 oz (222.0 g)
Materials
Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) Frame: Aluminum	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 6) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Orchid grey, Blue	Cosmic black, Cosmic grey

Display

Size
6.0-inch, 75.43% screen-to-body	6.9-inch, 90.70% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1400 nits
Resolution
2220x1080px, 18.5:9 ratio, 411 PPI	3200x1440px, 20:9 ratio, 509 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 4	Corning Gorilla Glass 6

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 7885 (14 nm)	Snapdragon 865 SM8250 (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2200 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core Kryo 585
GPU
Mali-G71	Adreno 650
Memory
6GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 4GB/32GB	12GB (LPDDR5)/128GB (UFS 3.0) 12GB/256GB 16GB/512GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)	Android (13, 12, 11, 10)

Battery

Type
3500 mAh, Li - Polymer	5000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging	Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging Qi and Powermat wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 45.0W Wireless: 15.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 57min

Browsing

10h 2min

Video

10h 29min

Gaming

9h 12min

Learn more on our PhoneArena Battery Test Results page

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7	108 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide, Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Third camera
	48 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F3.5 Focal Length: 102 mm Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Fourth camera
	0.3 MP VGA (ToF 3D depth sensing)
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Hyperlapse, Video calling, Video sharing	8K UHD (24 fps), 4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps), 720p (960 fps) OIS, HDR, Time-lapse video, EIS
Front
16 MP (Dual-Camera) Video capture: 1080p	40 MP (PDAF, HDR) Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.2
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
	M3/T4
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	32-Bit DAC, Dolby Atmos, aptX, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n2, n5, n41, n66, n71, n260, n261, SA, NSA, Sub-6, mmWave
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 66	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41	38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 48
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 11 (600/75 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA	LTE-A Pro Cat 20 (2000/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Nov 09, 2017 FCC ID value: A3LSMA730F	Date approved: Jan 28, 2020 FCC ID value: A3LSMG988B
Measured SAR
Head: 0.20 W/kg Body: 0.75 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.92 W/kg Phablet: 3.95 W/kg	Head: 0.26 W/kg Body: 0.41 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.57 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.04 W/kg Phablet: 2.12 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 32 GB storage

Memory	4GB/32GB

Global variant

System chip	Samsung Exynos 990 (7 nm)
Processor	Octa-core 2700 MHz Mongoose M5, Arm Cortex-A76 and Arm Cortex-A55
GPU	Mali G77 MP11
5G Bands	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28, n40, n77, n78, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 39, 40, 41
Dual SIM	Yes
SIM type	Nano SIM, eSIM

with 256GB storage

Memory	256GB

with 512GB storage

Memory	16GB/512GB
Prices (MSRP)	$1600

for Sprint

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 20, 25, 26, 28, 66, 71

for Verizon

4G (FDD) Bands	2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 66
3G Bands	5, 8, 2, 1

for T-Mobile

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 66, 71
3G Bands	5, 4, 2, 1

Links

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