| Product |
Samsung Galaxy Note9
|
Apple iPhone 6s Plus
|
| Battery |
| Charging |
15W wired
Wireless (Qi) (market dependent) |
- |
| Stand-by |
- |
Up to 384 h (3G) |
| Talk time |
- |
Up to 24 h (3G) |
| Type |
Li-Ion 4000 mAh, non-removable |
Li-Ion 2750 mAh, non-removable (10.45 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) |
158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm (6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 in) |
| SIM |
Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM |
Nano-SIM |
| Weight |
201 g (7.09 oz) |
192 g (6.77 oz) |
| |
IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min)
Stylus (Bluetooth integration) |
Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified) |
| Comms |
| Bluetooth |
5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX |
4.2, A2DP, LE |
| NFC |
Yes |
Yes (Apple Pay only) |
| Positioning |
GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO |
GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS |
| 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/ac, dual-band, hotspot |
| Display |
| Protection |
Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating |
| Resolution |
1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~516 ppi density) |
1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~401 ppi density) |
| Size |
6.4 inches, 103.2 cm2 (~83.4% screen-to-body ratio) |
5.5 inches, 83.4 cm2 (~67.7% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Type |
Super AMOLED, HDR10 |
IPS LCD |
| |
- |
3D Touch display |
| Features |
| Sensors |
Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 |
Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer |
| |
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 |
2015, September 09. Released 2015, September 25 |
| 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 |
Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR |
| Single |
- |
12 MP, f/2.2, 29mm (standard), 1/3.0", 1.22µm, PDAF, OIS |
| Video |
4K@60fps (no OIS/EIS), 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS |
4K@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps |
| Memory |
| Card slot |
microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) |
No |
| Internal |
128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 512GB 8GB RAM |
16GB 2GB RAM, 32GB 2GB RAM, 64GB 2GB RAM, 128GB 2GB RAM |
| |
UFS 2.1 |
NVMe |
| Misc |
| Colors |
Metallic Copper, Lavender Purple, Ocean Blue, Midnight Black, Pure White, Alpine White |
Space Gray, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold |
| Models |
SM-N960F, SM-N9600, SM-N960F, SM-N960U, SM-N960U1, SM-N960N, SM-N960W, SM-N960X, SCV40 |
A1634, A1687, A1690, A1699, iPhone8,2 |
| SAR |
1.29 W/kg (head) 1.03 W/kg (body) |
1.12 W/kg (head) 1.14 W/kg (body) |
| SAR EU |
0.38 W/kg (head) 1.51 W/kg (body) |
0.93 W/kg (head) 0.98 W/kg (body) |
| Network |
| 2G bands |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G bands |
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 |
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 |
| 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 |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30 - A1633 |
| Speed |
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (5CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps |
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (2CA) Cat6 300/50 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 |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41 - A1634 |
| 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 A9 (14/16 nm - maker dependant) |
| 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 1.84 GHz Twister |
| GPU |
Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEAAdreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China |
PowerVR GT7600 (six-core graphics) |
| OS |
Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 10, One UI 2.5 |
iOS 9, upgradable to iOS 15.8.1 |
| 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, HDR, panorama |
| Single |
- |
5 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (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 -93.4dB / Crosstalk -71.1dB |
| Battery (old) |
- |
Endurance rating 85h |
| Camera |
- |
Photo / Video |
| Display |
- |
Contrast ratio: 1382:1 (nominal), 3.530 (sunlight) |
| Loudspeaker |
- |
Voice 65dB / Noise 65dB / Ring 64dB |
| Performance |
- |
Basemark OS II 2.0: 2261 |
