Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) vs Nokia 2 Specs Comparison

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Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) Nokia 2
Released · Oct 01, 2016
Released · Nov 15, 2017
5.7-inch · 1920x1080px
5.0-inch · 1280x720px
Single camera
Single camera
3GB · 32GB
1GB · 8GB
3300 mAh
4100 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Sep 30, 2016 Oct 31, 2017

Design

Dimensions
6.17 x 3.02 x 0.28 inches
156.6 x 76.8 x 7.2 mm
5.65 x 2.81 x 0.37 inches
143.5 x 71.3 x 9.3 mm
Weight
6.42 oz / 182.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum
Frame: Aluminum
Back: Plastic
Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Splash; IP52
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Silver, Blue Black, Brown, White

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 74.51% screen-to-body 5.0-inch, 67.28% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED LCD
Resolution
1920x1080px, 386 PPI 1280x720px, 294 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420 (14 nm) Snapdragon 212 8909 v2 (28 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2100 MHz
ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53
Quad-core
1300 MHz
ARM Cortex-A7
GPU
Yes Adreno 304
Memory
3GB (LPDDR4)/32GB 1GB (LPDDR3)/8GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow) Android (8.1 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)

Battery

Type
3300 mAh, Li - Ion 4100 mAh

Camera

Rear
Single camera Single camera
Main camera
16 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor)
Aperture size: F1.9
8 MP (Autofocus)
Flash
LED LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
Yes
Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP 5 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1 4.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n
b,g,n
Wi-Fi Direct
802.11 b, g, n
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0 microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
NFC, ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share Wireless screen share
Radio
FM, RDS
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
40 38, 40
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1 5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback, Music ringtones, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

Dual SIM
Dual SIM Yes
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