

Galaxy S8 (US) - Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 octa-core chipset (4x 2.35GHz and 4x 1.9GHz Kryo CPUs), Adreno 540 GPU 4GB of RAM.comparison in their performance Gordon KellyĪs such the specifications of the two smartphones are ultimately rather pointless:
GALAXY S7 SCREEN LIGHTS UP REPEATEDLY SOFTWARE
Apple has always been good at optimising its hardware and software and the fact the Galaxy S8 can’t hold a candle even to the generation older Pixel XL shows where Samsung continues to go wrong.īoth the iPhone 7 and Galaxy S8 fit first class hardware inside super thin designs, but there's no. Quite simply the iPhone 7 delivers a much faster and vastly smoother software experience compared to the Galaxy S8. Samsung may easily win the first two categories, but it is Apple’s iPhone 7 which is the vastly better performer because Samsung simply cannot stop self-sabotaging its phones. Performance - Samsung’s Self Inflicted Failure Winner: Galaxy S8 - Apple has stood still for too long and Samsung’s design is simply in a different class The fact the iPhone 8 is expected to copy many of the Galaxy S8’s traits (glass back, virtually bezel-less design) only proves this. Somehow Samsung has still managed to fit a headphone jack into the Galaxy S8 Gordon Kellyīoth phones are IP68 water and dust resistant, which is frankly par for the course these days, though it’s impossible to get away from how far Samsung has pulled ahead of Apple in overall design innovation.
