Samsung Galaxy S8 Active vs vivo V5 Plus

Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

• Display technology

  OLED versus LCD

  Galaxy S8 Active:

  OLED

  V5 Plus:

  LCD

• Weight

  V5 Plus: 49.5 g lighter

  Galaxy S8 Active:

  208.1 g

  V5 Plus:

  158.6 g

• Screen diagonal

  V5 Plus: 0.3 in smaller diagonal

  Galaxy S8 Active:

  5.8 in

  V5 Plus:

  5.5 in

• Chipset

  Galaxy S8 Active:

  Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm)

  V5 Plus:

  Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625 (14 nm)

• Depth

  V5 Plus: 2.6 mm thinner

  Galaxy S8 Active:

  9.9 mm

  V5 Plus:

  7.3 mm

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

1. 1. Galaxy S8 Active

   Height:

   151.9 mm

   Width:

   74.9 mm

   Depth:

   9.9 mm +2.6 mm versus V5 Plus

2. 2. V5 Plus

   Height:

   152.6 mm

   Width:

   74 mm

   Depth:

   7.3 mm

Screen size

Approximate rectangular screens calculated from recorded diagonal and aspect ratio at one relative scale. Rounded corners and cutouts are not subtracted. These are not phone outlines or calibrated actual sizes.

1. 1. Galaxy S8 Active

   Screen diagonal:

   5.8 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   18.5:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   85.4 cm²

2. 2. V5 Plus

   Screen diagonal:

   5.5 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   83.4 cm²

Galaxy S8 Active has approximately 2.4% more rectangular screen area than V5 Plus.

Memory variants

Each row compares the same storage capacity. Cells show recorded RAM alternatives, not combined maxima. Not recorded does not mean unavailable in every market.

No unambiguous storage/RAM pairings are recorded. See the original specifications below.

Practical features

Explicit Yes and No values are shown directly. Qualified or regional records retain their details. Unknown means the record is missing.

Battery capacity

Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.

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