Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) vs Samsung S5690 Galaxy Xcover Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)

Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)

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Samsung S5690 Galaxy Xcover

Samsung S5690 Galaxy Xcover

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Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) or Samsung S5690 Galaxy Xcover Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Samsung S5690 Galaxy Xcover
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Release date 2017, December 2011, August
Dimensions (HxWxD) 149.2 x 70.6 x 8.4 mm | 5.87 x 5.87 x 2.78 in 121.5 x 65.9 x 12 mm | 4.78 x 4.78 x 2.59 in
Weight 172 g | 6.07 oz 100 g | 3.53 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame
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Colors Black, orchid grey, gold, blue Gray
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 24 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 66 h
Stand by time - Up to 640 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 13 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 11 h (3G)
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.6" in 3.65" in
Screen area 79.6 cm2 39.7 cm2
Screen format 18.5:9 (height:width) 3:2 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 75.6% 49.5%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2220 px 320 x 480 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 441 PPI 158 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version) Corning Gorilla Glass
Other specs - Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Single 3.15 MP, Single
Camera specs -16 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8”, 1.12µm, PDAF -3.15 MP, AF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps 480p
Front camera, selfie 16 MP, Dual 0 MP,
Specifications 16 MP, f/1.9, 27mm (wide), 1/3.1'', 1.0µm
8 MP, f/1.9, 24mm (wide), 1/4'', 1.12µm
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.1.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Chipset - Exynos 7885 Octa (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) - 800 MHz Marvell MG2
GPU Mali-G71
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 150 MB, 512 MB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 142851
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 320
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 892
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 463
GeekBench 5 Single Core 309
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 994
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1482
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 4208
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 3704

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Mini-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA
Bands -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)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat11 600/75 Mbps HSPA 7.2/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Yes Class 12
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, EDR, LE 3.0, A2DP, EDR
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.24 W/kg (head)     1.25 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 0.53 W/kg (head)     0.73 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.58 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio Stereo FM radio, RDS
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- DNSe sound

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
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-ANT+
- Fast battery charging
- Samsung Pay
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- MP4/H.264 player
-MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
-Photo/video editor
-Document editor
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Versions: A530F (Europe, Global Single-SIM); A530F/DS (Global Dual-SIM) Also known as Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Duos with dual-SIM card slots

- Also known as Samsung Galaxy Xtreme S5690

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