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vivo NEX 3 vs Samsung Galaxy S8 Active

 
Brief information about compared phones: Samsung Galaxy S8 Active , vivo NEX 3

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.

vivo NEX 3 2019 year of release, cpu Octa-core (1x2.96 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 485), screen 6.89", with resolution 1080x2256. Smartphone has 16 megapixel front camera and 64 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.8" inch 6.89" inch
Screen area 85.4 cm2 119.3 cm2
Screen format 18.5:9 (height:width) (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 75.0% 93.6%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2960 px 1080 x 2256 px
PPI /points per inch/ 568 PPI 0 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 64 MP, Triple
Camera specs 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF 64 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/1.7'', 0.8µm, PDAF -13 MP, f/2.5, (telephoto), f/2.2, (ultrawide), PDAF
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR LED flash, HDR
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF Motorized pop-up 16 MP, f/2.1
Performance Operating system OS Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 9.0 (Pie); Funtouch 9.1
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855+ (7 nm)
Processor CPU Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) Octa-core (1x2.96 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 485)
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 540 Adreno 640 (700 MHz)
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) No
Internal memory 64 GB, 512GB 4GB 128GB 8GB RAM, UFS3.0
Antutu 7 score 201325
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1775
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6056
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7509
Antutu 8 score 483427
GeekBench 5 Single Core 343
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1426
General specs Release date 2017, August 2019, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 151.9 Х 74.9 Х 9.9 mm 167.4 Х 76.1 Х 9.4 mm
Weight 208.1 g 217.3 g
Colors Meteor Gray, Tungsten Gold Liquid Tianhe, Deep air streamer
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 4500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price 850 USD 640 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 120 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 32 h (3G) Music play - Up to 113 h
Body build aluminum frame, corner bumpers, plastic back Front/back glass, aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Nano-SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
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 - SIM 1 & SIM 2  CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100   CDMA2000 1xEV-DO -4G - 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), 26(850), 28(700), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat18 1200/150 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, GALILEO, BDS
NFC Yes
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.1, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE
Music and Audio Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others HDR10 -3D Touch (home button only) -Always-on display HDR10
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 Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fast battery charging 44W

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 NEX 3
  • Screen 6.89"
  • Front camera 16 MP
  • Main camera 64 MP