Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite vs Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)

General Info

Manufacturer
Xiaomi	Samsung
Announced
September 2018	December 2017
Status
Available - September 2018	Coming Soon - January 2018
Price
-	Rs. 37,750 ($589.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Midnight Black, Aurora Blue, Twilight Gold (China only)	Black, orchid grey, gold, blue
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
156.4 x 75.8 x 7.5 mm (6.16 x 2.98 x 0.3 in)	149.2 x 70.6 x 8.4 mm (5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 in)
Weight
169 g (5.96 oz)	172 g (6.07 oz)
SIM Type
Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)	Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA - China	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Global HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - China	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300) - Global	LTE
Messaging
	SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
Fingerprint Sensor	- Fingerprint Sensor - Samsung Pay - IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
Notification LED
Yes	Yes

OS
Android 8.1 (Oreo)	Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)
User Interface
MIUI 10	-
Processor
Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260), Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 (14 nm) [Similar]	Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7885 Octa [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 512 [Similar]	Mali-G71 [Similar]
RAM
4/6 GB [Browse Similar]	4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
64/128 GB	32/64 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)	microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Type
IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen	Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified Version)
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
6.26 inches [Similar]	5.6 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 2280 pixels (403 ppi)	1080 x 2220 (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
82.51%	75.51%
Multi-Touch

Rear Camera
12 MP + 5 MP [Similar]	16 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED Flash	LED Flash
Features
12 MP, f/1.9, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF 5 MP, f/2.0, 1/5", 1.12µm, depth sensor HDR, Panorama	Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.7, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video
2160p@30fps, 1080p@60/120fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS)	1080p@30fps
Front Camera
24 MP, 1/2.8", 0.9µm, Auto HDR, 1080p@30fps [Similar]	Dual 16 MP + 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
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, VoLTE
Bluetooth
5.0, A2DP, LE	5.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
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, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB
Type-C 1.0 reversible connector	2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser
Yes	HTML5

Internal
64/128 GB, 4/6 GB RAM	32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)	microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
Not Supported	Not Supported