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Brand
 samsung microsoft
Model
 samsung galaxy a8 star (a9 star) microsoft lumia 950 xl dual sim
Announced
 2018 June 2015 October. Released 2015 December
Status
 Available. Released 2018 June discontinued
Device Body
 glass front ( gorilla glass 5 ) | glass back ( gorilla glass 5 ) | aluminum frame
Dimensions
 162.4 x 77 x 7.6 mm ( 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 in ) 151.9 x 78.4 x 8.1 mm ( 5.98 x 3.09 x 0.32 in )
Weight in gram
 191 165
SIM card
 Hybrid dual SIM ( Nano-SIM | dual stand-by ) Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Water Resistance
 No No
Display type
 Super AMOLED AMOLED
Display resolution
 1080 x 2220 pixels | 18.5 : 9 ratio ( ~392 pixel per inch density ) 1440 x 2560 pixels | 16 : 9 ratio ( ~515 pixel per inch density )
Display size
 6.3 inches | 100.7 cm2 ( ~80.6% screen to body ratio ) 5.7 inches | 89.6 cm2 ( ~75.2% screen to body ratio )
Display Protection
 corning gorilla glass 5 corning gorilla glass 4
Operating System
 android 8.0 ( oreo ) | upgradable to android 9.0 ( pie ) | one ui microsoft windows 10
CPU
 Octa-core ( 4x2.2 GHz kryo 260 gold & 4x1.8 GHz kryo 260 silver ) Octa-core ( 4x1.5 GHz cortex-a53 & 4x2.0 GHz cortex-a57 )
Chipset
 Qualcomm sdm660 snapdragon 660 ( 14 nm ) Qualcomm msm8994 snapdragon 810 ( 20 nm )
GPU
 adreno 512 adreno 430
Memory card
 microsdxc ( uses shared sim slot ) microsdxc ( dedicated slot )
Memory v1
 64gb 4gb RAM 32gb 3gb RAM
Memory v2
 64gb 6gb RAM
Primary camera
24 megapixel| lens aperture1.7 | 27mm ( wide ) | 1/2.8" | 0.9µm | phase detection autofocus
16 megapixel| lens aperture1.7 | phase detection autofocus
20 megapixel| lens aperture1.9 | 26mm ( wide ) | 1/2.4" | 1.12µm | Auto focus | OIS
Secondary camera
24 megapixel| lens aperture2.0 | 26mm ( wide ) | 1/2.8" | 0.9µm
5 megapixel| lens aperture2.4
Loud speaker
 Yes Yes
Audio jack
 Yes Yes
WLAN
 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 | hotspot
Bluetooth
 5.0 | a2dp | le 4.1.0 | a2dp
GPS
 Yes with a-gps glonass bds galileo
NFC
 Yes Yes
Radio
 FM Radio FM Radio
USB
 USB Type-C 2.0 USB Type-C 3.1.0
Sensors
 fingerprint ( rear-mounted ) | accelerometer | gyroscope | proximity | compass iris scanner | accelerometer | gyroscope | proximity | compass | barometer | sensor core
Battery
 Li-lon 3700 mAh | Non-removable Li-lon 3340 mAh | removable
Battery Charge
 Fast charging 15w 18w wired | wireless ( Qi ) ( market dependent )
Colors
 black, white black, white
Network technology
 gsm / cdma / hspa / lte gsm / hspa / lte
5G bands
Network speed
 hspa 42.2/5.76 mbps lte-a (3ca) cat9 450/50 mbps hspa 42.2/5.76 mbps lte cat4 150/50 mbps
GPRS
EDGE
Approx price
  • 300 GBP
  • 352 EUR
  • 3460 NOK
  • 3700 SEK
  • 22300 RUB
  • 360 USD
  • 1880 BRL
  • 520 AUD
  • 470000 KRW
  • 48000 JPY
  • 490 SGD
  • 1590 MYR
  • 1310 AED
  • 6000 ZAR
  • 300 GBP
  • 352 EUR
  • 3460 NOK
  • 3700 SEK
  • 22300 RUB
  • 360 USD
  • 1880 BRL
  • 520 AUD
  • 470000 KRW
  • 48000 JPY
  • 490 SGD
  • 1590 MYR
  • 1310 AED
  • 6000 ZAR