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Vertu Signature Touch vs Samsung Galaxy S8 Active

 
Brief information about compared phones: Samsung Galaxy S8 Active , Vertu Signature Touch

Samsung Galaxy S8 Active 2017 year of release, cpu Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), screen 5.8", with resolution 1440x2960. Smartphone has 8 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera.

Vertu Signature Touch 2014 year of release, cpu Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, screen 4.7", with resolution 1080x1920. Smartphone has 2 megapixel front camera and 13 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology Super AMOLED Sapphire crystal glass
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.8" inch 4.7" inch
Screen area 85.4 cm2 60.9 cm2
Screen format 18.5:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 75.0% 60.9%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2960 px 1080 x 1920 px
PPI /points per inch/ 568 PPI 469 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Scratch-proof glass
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Camera specs 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF 13 MP, Hasselblad certified, AF
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR Dual-LED flash
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 2.1 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF 2.1 MP
Performance Operating system OS Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 4.4.2 (KitKat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (28 nm)
Processor CPU Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 540 Adreno 330
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) No
Internal memory 64 GB, 512GB 4GB 64 GB, 2 GB RAM
Antutu 7 score 201325
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1775 354
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6056 1174
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7509
GeekBench 5 Single Core 343
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1426
General specs Release date 2017, August 2014, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 151.9 Х 74.9 Х 9.9 mm 145 Х 69 Х 10.7 mm
Weight 208.1 g 192 g
Colors Meteor Gray, Tungsten Gold Jet/ Claret leather, pure Jet leather, Pure Jet Red Gold, Seaspray/ Damson/ Pure navy lizard, Jet Alligator, Clous De Paris
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2275 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 850 USD 8290 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 120 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 32 h (3G) Music play - Up to 113 h Stand by time- Up to 380 h Talking time- Up to 15 h 30 min
Body build aluminum frame, corner bumpers, plastic back
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Nano-SIM Micro-SIM
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - AT&T  HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - T-Mobile  HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Sprint -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 20(800), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) - AT&T  LTE band 1(2100), 13(700), 18(800), 19(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - T-Mobile  LTE band 1(2100), 41(2500) - Sprint Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 25(1900)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
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, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 5.1, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.69 W/kg (head)     1.29 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 0.49 W/kg (head)    
Music and Audio Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others HDR10 -3D Touch (home button only) -Always-on display Dolby Digital Plus audio enhancement -Bang & Olufsen -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Other features Dop Sensors Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate - Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) -Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0) -PMA wireless charging -ANT+ -S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) -IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) -MIL-STD-810G compliant - For AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Titanium body (forged grade 5) and luxurious calf leather covered rear panel - Also known as Vertu Signature Touch RM-980V, RM-980C

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Galaxy S8 Active
  • Screen 5.8"
  • Front camera 8 MP
  • Internal memory 512 GB
  • External memory microSD GB
Reasons to buy Signature Touch