Samsung Nexus S vs Xiaomi Mi 8
| Type | Touch | Touch |
| Dimensions | 123.90 x 63.00 x 10.88 mm | 154.90 x 74.80 x 7.60 mm |
| Weight | 129.00 g | 175.00 g |
| Display size | 4.00" | 6.21" |
| Display | Color / Super AMOLED 16M colors 480 x 800 px (4.00") 233 ppi | Color / AMOLED 16M colors 1080 x 2248 px (6.21") 402 ppi |
| Display protection |   | Corning Gorilla Glass Buy screen protector
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| Additional display | | |
| Protection of the secondary display | | |
| Talk time (max.) | 2G: 840 min. (14.0 h) 3G: 402 min. (6.7 h) |  |
| Stand-by (max.) | 2G: 712 h. (29.7 days) 3G: 427 h. (17.8 days) | |
| Standard battery | Li-Ion 1500 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Ion 3400 mAhBuy powerbank
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| Quick battery charging | | Quick Charge 4.0+ |
| Wireless battery charging | | |
| Internal memory | 16 GB | 64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB |
| RAM memory | | 6 GB |
| Memory cards | | |
| Operating system | Android 2.3 Gingerbread | Android 8.1 Oreo |
| Interface | - | MIUI 9 |
| Processor | Cortex A8 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 |
| Processor clock | 1000 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| GPU | - | Adreno 630 |
| Touchscreen |  | |
| SAR (10g) | | 1,32 W/kg |
| DualSIM | | |
| SIM cards standard | | DualSIM(nanoSIM, nanoSIM) |
| DualSIM mode | nd | dual standby |
| Hybrid DualSIM | nd | |
| Announced | 4Q 2010 | 2Q 2018 |
| Other names | GT-i9020; GT-i9020T; Google Nexus S | Mi8 |
| GSM frequencies | 850 900 1800 1900 | 850 900 1800 1900 |
| UMTS | 900 1700 2100 | 850 900 1700 1900 2100 |
| LTE standard | | FDD LTE: 2600, 2100, 1900, 1800, 1700, 900, 850, 800, 700 TDD LTE: 2600, 2500, 2300, 2100, 1900 |
| CDMA | | 850 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO |
| Standard TD-SCDMA | | 1900 2000 |
| UMA | | |
CAMERAS - BACK
| First camera | | |
| Photo sensor model | | Sony IMX363 |
| Photo matrix | 5 Mpx | 12 Mpx |
| Resolution | 2560x1920 px | |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | 720x480 px | 3840x2160 px |
| Video formats | H.264, H.263, MPEG4 - 30 fps | H.263, H.264, H.265, MPEG4 - 30 fps |
| Additional | - | AF, OIS, f/1.8 |
| Second camera | | |
| Photo sensor model | nd | Samsung S5K3M3 |
| Photo matrix | nd | 12 Mpx |
| Optical zoom | nd | |
| Flash | nd | LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | nd | |
| Video resolution | nd | 3840x2160 px |
| Video formats | nd | H.263, H.264, H.265, MPEG4 - 30 fps |
| Additional | nd | FF, f/2.4 |
CAMERAS - FRONT
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 0.3 Mpx | 20 Mpx |
| Resolution | 640x480 px | |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | | |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video formats | H.264, H.263, MPEG4 - 30 fps | H.263, H.264, H.265, MPEG4 - 30 fps |
| Additional | - | FF |
SENSORS
| Accelerometer | | |
| Proximity | | |
| Light | | |
| Magnetometer | | |
| Gyroscope | | |
| Barometer | | |
| Altimeter | | |
| Gravity | | |
| Hall-effect | | |
| Iris scanner | | |
| Fingerprint scanner | | |
| Thermometer | | |
| Hygrometer | | |
Data transfer
| xHTML | | |
| WAP | | v2.0 |
| HSCSD | | |
| HSDPA | 7.20 Mbit/s | 42.00 Mbit/s |
| HSUPA | 5.76 Mbit/s | 5.76 Mbit/s |
| HSPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| LTE DL | | |
| LTE UP | | |
| WIMAX+ | | |
| GPRS | | |
| EDGE | | |
| Bluetooth | v2.1 EDR | v5.0 |
| A2DP Profile | | |
| HDMI | | |
| WiFi | v802.11 b/g/n | v802.11 a/b/g/n/ac |
| WiFi frequencies | 2,4 GHz | 2,4 GHz; 5 GHz |
| WiFi Direct | | |
| WiFi Display | | |
| DLNA | | |
| Miracast | | |
| WiFi hotspot | | |
| IrDA | | |
| USB | v2.0 | v2.0 Type-C |
| GPS | | |
| A-GPS | | |
| GLONASS | | |
| Beidou | | |
| Galileo | | |
| NFC | | |
COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING
| Call waiting | | |
| Conferency | | |
| Call forwarding | | |
| Push To Talk | | |
| Instant Messenger | | |
| SMS | | |
| EMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| Dictionary | T9 | T9 |
| Swype | | |
| e-mail client | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP |
| Hardware QWERTY keyboard | | |
| RSS Reader | | |
Multimedia
| Radio | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Stereo speakers | | |
| Audio Jack | 3.5 mm | |
| HD Voice | | |
| Sound formats | AAC, WAV, WMA, eAAC, eAAC+ | AAC, AAC+, AMR, APE, AWB, FLAC, WAV, WMA, eAAC+ |
| Polyphony | | |
| Video ringtone | | |
| Ring composer | | |
| Games | | |
| Java | Dalvik | ART |
| Videophone | | |
| DVB-H television | | |
| TV-Out | | |
PIM AND ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
| Watch | | |
| Stopwatch | | |
| Alarm | | |
| Calculator | | |
| Currency converter | | |
| Organizer | | |
| Calendar | | |
| Flight mode | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Data and fax | | |
| Screensaver | | |
| Themes | | |
| Interchangeable covers | | |
| Voice dial | | |
| Speakerphone | | |
| Recorder | | |
| Vibrations | | |