Apple iPhone 8 Plus vs Apple iPhone SE Comparison and Differences

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Apple iPhone 8 Plus

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Apple iPhone 8 Plus or Apple iPhone SE Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Apple iPhone 8 Plus Apple iPhone SE
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Release date 2017, September 2016, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm | 6.24 x 6.24 x 3.07 in 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm | 4.87 x 4.87 x 2.31 in
Weight 202 g | 7.13 oz 113 g | 3.99 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame Front glass, aluminum body
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Colors Gold, Space Gray, Silver, Red Space Gray, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold
Battery 2691 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 1624 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Battery life Talking time - Up to 21 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 60 h
Stand by time - Up to 240 h (2G) / Up to 240 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 14 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 50 h
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Screen

Technology LED-backlit IPS LCD LED-backlit IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.5" in 4" in
Screen area 83.4 cm2 44.1 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 67.4% 60.8%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 640 x 1136 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 401 PPI 326 PPI
Screen protection Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - Wide color gamut
-3D Touch display & home button
-True-tone
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 12 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), OIS, PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.8, 57mm (telephoto), 2x optical zoom, PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.2, 29mm (standard), 1/3'', 1.22µm, PDAF
Functions Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR
Video 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps
DxOMark Main Score 94
DxOMark Photo 96
DxOMark Video 89
Front camera, selfie 7 MP, Single 1.2 MP, Single
Specifications 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm (standard) 1.2 MP, f/2.4, 31mm (standard)
Functions Face detection, HDR Face detection, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 720p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS iOS 11, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3 iOS 9.3.2, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3
Chipset - Apple A11 Bionic (10 nm) - Apple A9 (14 nm)
CPU - Hexa-core (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral) - Dual-core 1.84 GHz Twister
GPU Apple GPU (three-core graphics) PowerVR GT7600 (six-core graphics)
External memory No No
Internal memory 64/256 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32/64/128 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 378011 240258
Antutu 10 CPU 118857 71620
Antutu 10 GPU 118036 72243
Antutu 10 Mem 60136 44386
Antutu 10 UX 118857 71620
Antutu 8 Total 302943 177368
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 1050 614
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 2162 912
GeekBench 6 Metal 5298 2687
GeekBench 5 Single Core 917 541
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1993 995
GeekBench 4 Single Core 4224
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 10193
GeekBench 4 Battery 2842

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Nano-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - A1662, A1723 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - A1662, A1723
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - A1662, A1723 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - A1662, A1723 
TD‑SCDMA - A1723
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700) - A1662 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - A1723
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE-A Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes (Apple Pay only)
USB 2.0, proprietary reversible connector 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 4.2, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.19 W/kg (head)     1.19 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.99 W/kg (head)     0.99 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 1.17 W/kg (head)     1.19 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.72 W/kg (head)     0.97 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack No Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - 16-bit/44.1kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging: 50% in 30 min
-Qi wireless charging
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

- Siri natural language commands and dictation
--Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Versions
- Versions: A1864 (USA, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, China) A1897 (EMEA, UAE, LATAM, Canada, USA AT&T/T-Mobile, Singapore); A1898 (Japan)

- Supported LTE Networks

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