Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy A8 vs Apple iPhone XR vs Xiaomi Redmi 9A

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple Xiaomi
Announced July 2015 September 2018 Not announced yet
Status Available - August 2015 Coming Soon - October 2018 Rumored
Price Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 59,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold Black, Red, Yellow, Blue, Coral Blue, other colors
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
150.9 x 75.7 x 8.3 mm
(5.94 x 2.98 x 0.33 in)
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Weight 151 g (5.33 oz) 194 g (6.84 oz) -
SIM Type - Nano-SIM and e-SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100), 71(600) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor - IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
- Fingerprint Sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) iOS 12 Android 10.0
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Hexa-core, Apple A12 Bionic , MediaTek Helio G25
GPU Adreno 405 Apple GPU (4-core graphics) Mali-G31
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 64/128/256 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) No microSDXC (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches 6.1 inches 6.53 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 828 x 1792 pixels (324 ppi) 720 x 1600 pixels (269 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 73.99% 79.83% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes no yes
Radio FM radio with RDS; recording No -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 12 MP 13 MP
Flash LED flash Quad-LED dual-tone flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR f/1.8, 28mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, PDAF, HDR 13 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/3.1", 1.12µm, PDAF
HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@60fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, HDR, 1080@60fps [Similar] 5 MP
HDR
1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 2.0, proprietary reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 64/128/256 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) No microSDXC (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - Not Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 3050 mAh - 5000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - Up to 25 h (3G) -