Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Samsung Galaxy M17

Samsung Galaxy S8
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung
Announced March 2017 October 2025
Status Available - April 2017 Available - October 2025
Price Rs. 57,900 ($720.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 12,499 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold Moonlight Silver, Sapphire Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm
(5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in)
164.4 x 77.9 x 7.5 mm
(6.47 x 3.07 x 0.3 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) 192 g (6.77 oz)
SIM Type Dual-SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66
5G Network - 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 28, 40, 41, 66, 77, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
IP54 dust protected and water resistant (water splashes)
Notification LED Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 15, up to 6 major Android upgrades
User Interface - One UI 7
Processor Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo)
Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835
Exynos 8895 Octa [Similar]
Octa-core (2x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), Exynos 1330 (5 nm) [Similar]
GPU Adreno 540 [Similar] Mali-G68 MP2 [Similar]
RAM 4 GB [Browse Similar] 8 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64 GB 128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5 FHD+ Super AMOLED Screen, 90Hz, 1100 Nits (HBM)
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.8 inches [Similar] 6.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi) 1080 x 2340 pixels (385 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 84.06% 85.89%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes no
Radio No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP [Similar] 50 MP + 5 MP + 2 MP [Similar]
Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED Flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, f/1.7 aperture, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama 50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/2.76", 0.64µm, AF, OIS
5 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide), 1/5.0", 1.12µm
2 MP, f/2.2, (macro)
Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
Front Camera 8 MP, AF [Similar] 13 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/3.1", 1.12µm

1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA, LTE, 5G
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.3, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
USB v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BDS, QZSS
Browser HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 128 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 128 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
USB OTG Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor not present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-ion Battery
Fast Battery Charging 25W wired
Capacity 3000 mAh 5000 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -