Product
Samsung Galaxy Note9
Samsung Galaxy Note9
Apple iPhone 5
Apple iPhone 5
Battery
Charging 15W wired Wireless (Qi) (market dependent) -
Stand-by - Up to 225 h (3G)
Talk time - Up to 8 h (3G)
Type Li-Ion 4000 mAh, non-removable Li-Po 1440 mAh, non-removable (5.45 Wh)
Body
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame Glass front (Corning-made glass), aluminum back, aluminum frame
Dimensions 161.9 x 76.4 x 8.8 mm (6.37 x 3.01 x 0.35 in) 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm (4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 in)
SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIM
Weight 201 g (7.09 oz) 112 g (3.95 oz)
  IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min) Stylus (Bluetooth integration) -
Comms
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.0, A2DP, LE
NFC Yes -
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
Radio No No
USB USB Type-C 3.1 Lightning, USB 2.0
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot
Display
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass, oleophobic coating
Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~516 ppi density) 640 x 1136 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~326 ppi density)
Size 6.4 inches, 103.2 cm2 (~83.4% screen-to-body ratio) 4.0 inches, 44.1 cm2 (~60.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Type Super AMOLED, HDR10 IPS LCD
Features
Sensors Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
  Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) ANT+ Bixby natural language commands and dictation Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) -
Launch
Announced 2018, August 09. Released 2018, August 24 2012, September 12. Released 2012, September 21
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Main Camera
Dual 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS 12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.4", 1.0µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom -
Features LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Single - 8 MP, f/2.4, 33mm (standard), 1/3.2", 1.4µm, AF
Video 4K@60fps (no OIS/EIS), 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS 1080p@30fps
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) No
Internal 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 512GB 8GB RAM 16GB 1GB RAM, 32GB 1GB RAM, 64GB 1GB RAM
  UFS 2.1 -
Misc
Colors Metallic Copper, Lavender Purple, Ocean Blue, Midnight Black, Pure White, Alpine White Black/Slate, White/Silver
Models SM-N960F, SM-N9600, SM-N960F, SM-N960U, SM-N960U1, SM-N960N, SM-N960W, SM-N960X, SCV40 A1428, A1429, A1442, iPhone5,1, iPhone5,2
SAR 1.29 W/kg (head)     1.03 W/kg (body)     1.18 W/kg (head)     1.18 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.38 W/kg (head)     1.51 W/kg (body)     0.95 W/kg (head)     0.90 W/kg (body)    
Network
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GSM A1428
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - GSM A1428
4G bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66, 71 - Global 4, 17 - GSM A1428
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (5CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66, 71 - USA LTE 850 / 1800 / 2100 - GSM A1429
Our Tests
Audio quality Noise -93.7dB / Crosstalk -94.1dB -
Battery (old) Endurance rating 97h -
Camera Photo / Video -
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.531 (sunlight) -
Loudspeaker Voice 71dB / Noise 74dB / Ring 80dB -
Performance AnTuTu: 248823 (v7), 315447 (v8) GeekBench: 9026 (v4.4), 2092 (v5.1) GFXBench: 15fps (ES 3.1 onscreen) -
Platform
Chipset Exynos 9810 (10 nm) - EMEAQualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - USA/LATAM, China Apple A6 (32 nm)
CPU Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEAOcta-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA/LATAM, China Dual-core 1.3 GHz Swift (ARM v7-based)
GPU Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEAAdreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China PowerVR SGX 543MP3 (triple-core graphics)
OS Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 10, One UI 2.5 iOS 6, upgradable to iOS 10.3.4
Selfie camera
Dual 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6", 1.22µm, AF 2 MP (dedicated iris scanner camera) -
Features HDR face detection, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular
Single - 1.2 MP, f/2.4, 35mm (standard)
Video 1440p@30fps 720p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers Yes
  32-bit/384kHz audio 16-bit/44.1kHz audio
Tests
Audio quality - Noise -91.3dB / Crosstalk -76.5dB
Battery (old) - Endurance rating 51h
Camera - Photo / Video
Display - Contrast ratio: 1320:1 (nominal) / 3.997:1 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker - Voice 66dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 67dB
Performance - Basemark X: 2229