Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) vs Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 (40mm) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Dec 19, 2017	Aug 05, 2019
Prices (MSRP)
	$430

Design

Dimensions
5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 inches 149.2 x 70.6 x 8.4 mm	1.57 x 1.57 x 0.43 inches 40 x 40 x 10.9 mm
Weight
6.07 oz / 172.0 g	1.31 oz / 37.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) Frame: Aluminum
Materials & Colors
	Stainless steel: Black, Gold, Silver
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68	Water (up to 50 meters), Dust; IP68; MIL-STD-810 certified
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Notification light
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Orchid grey, Blue

Display

Size
5.6-inch, 75.60% screen-to-body	1.2-inch, 29.21% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	Super AMOLED
Resolution
2220x1080px, 18.5:9 ratio, 441 PPI	360x360px, 424 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 4	Corning Gorilla Glass DX+

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
1 (Excellent)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 7885 (14 nm)	Samsung Exynos 9110 (10 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2200 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Dual-core 1150 MHz Arm Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-G71	Mali-T720 MP1
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 4GB/32GB	1.5GB/4GB (eMMC) 0.75GB/4GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)	Tizen (4.0)
Compatible devices
	Samsung smartphone, Android smartphone (Android 5.0 and above with 1.5GB RAM and above), iPhone 5 and above or iOS 9.0 and above

Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Polymer	247 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging	Magnetic charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera
Main camera
16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7
Flash
LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Hyperlapse, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
16 MP (Dual-Camera) Video capture: 1080p

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	b,g,n 802.11 b, g, n
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Heart rate, Barometer, ECG, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, Glonass
Other
NFC, ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

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Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 66	2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 25, 26, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	5, 4, 2
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 11 (600/75 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA	LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	eSIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Nov 14, 2017 FCC ID value: A3LSMA530F
Measured SAR
Head: 0.26 W/kg Body: 0.76 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.54 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.98 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 32 GB storage

Memory	32GB
Prices (MSRP)	€500

non-LTE version

Memory	0.75GB
Weight	0.92 oz / 26.0 g
Materials & Colors	Aluminum: Aqua black, Cloud Silver, Pink gold
Prices (MSRP)	$280