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

Availability

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

Design

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

Display

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

PhoneArena Display Test

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

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 9110 (10 nm)	Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 7885 (14 nm)
Processor
Dual-core 1150 MHz Arm Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2200 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-T720 MP1	Mali-G71
Memory
1.5GB/4GB (eMMC) 0.75GB/4GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 4GB/32GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Tizen (4.0)	Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)
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
247 mAh, Li - Ion	3000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Magnetic charging	Fast 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
b,g,n 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Heart rate, Barometer, ECG, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
NFC	NFC, ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

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Multimedia

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

Cellular

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

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

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

with 32 GB storage

Memory	32GB
Prices (MSRP)	€500