Nokia 7.1 Plus (X7) vs Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) Comparison and Differences

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Nokia 7.1 Plus (X7)

Nokia 7.1 Plus (X7)

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Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018)

Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018)

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Nokia 7.1 Plus (X7) or Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Nokia 7.1 Plus (X7) Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018)
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Release date 2018, December 2017, December
Dimensions (HxWxD) 154.8 x 75.8 x 8 mm | 6.09 x 6.09 x 2.98 in 159.9 x 75.7 x 8.3 mm | 6.3 x 6.3 x 2.98 in
Weight 180 g | 6.35 oz 191 g | 6.74 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame Front/back glass, aluminum frame
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Colors Blue, Silver, Steel, Copper, Iron, Steel Black, orchid grey, gold, blue
Battery 3500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 23 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 73 h
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.18" in 6" in
Screen area 95.3 cm2 91.4 cm2
Screen format 19:9 (height:width) 18.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 81.2% 75.5%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2280 px 1080 x 2220 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 408 PPI 411 PPI
Screen protection NEG Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version)
Other specs - Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
-13 MP
-16 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8”, 1.12µm, PDAF
Functions Zeiss optics, dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS) 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 20 MP, Single 16 MP, Dual
Specifications 20 MP, f/2.0, 0.9µm 16 MP, f/1.9, 27mm (wide), 1/3.1'', 1.0µm
8 MP, f/1.9, 1/4.0'', 1.12µm
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 9.0 (Pie); Android One Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM710 Snapdragon 710 (10 nm) - Exynos 7885 Octa (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz 360 Gold & 6x1.7 GHz Kryo 360 Silver) - Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Adreno 616 Mali-G71
External memory microSD, up to 400 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64 GB, 4 GB RAM - Nokia 8.1
64/128 GB, 4/6 GB RAM - Nokia X7Y
64 GB, 6 GB RAM 32 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 137850
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 311
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 816
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 402
GeekBench 5 Single Core 305
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 950
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1455
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 4083
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 3547

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-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), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat11 600/75 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.32 W/kg (head)     1.30 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 2A/9V (18W)

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-ANT+
- Fast battery charging
- Samsung Pay
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Versions: Nokia 8.1 (Global); Nokia X7 (China)

- Versions: A730F (Global Single-SIM); A730F/DS (Global Dual-SIM). Also known as Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) Duos with dual-SIM card slots

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