Product
Samsung Galaxy Note9
Samsung Galaxy Note9
Apple iPhone 7 Plus
Apple iPhone 7 Plus
Battery
Charging 15W wired Wireless (Qi) (market dependent) -
Stand-by - Up to 384 h (3G)
Talk time - Up to 21 h (3G)
Type Li-Ion 4000 mAh, non-removable Li-Ion 2900 mAh, non-removable (11.1 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) 188 g (6.63 oz)
  IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min) Stylus (Bluetooth integration) IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 min)Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Comms
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.2, A2DP, LE
NFC Yes Yes
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
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 Retina IPS LCD, 625 nits (typ)
  - 3D Touch display & home button
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 2016, September 07. Released 2016, September 16
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 12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), 1/3.0", PDAF, OIS12 MP, f/2.8, 56mm (telephoto), 1/3.6", AF, 2x optical zoom
Features LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR
Video 4K@60fps (no OIS/EIS), 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) No
Internal 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 512GB 8GB RAM 32GB 3GB RAM, 128GB 3GB RAM, 256GB 3GB RAM
  UFS 2.1 NVMe
Misc
Colors Metallic Copper, Lavender Purple, Ocean Blue, Midnight Black, Pure White, Alpine White Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold, Red
Models SM-N960F, SM-N9600, SM-N960F, SM-N960U, SM-N960U1, SM-N960N, SM-N960W, SM-N960X, SCV40 A1661, A1784, A1785, A1786, iPhone9,4, iPhone9,2
SAR 1.29 W/kg (head)     1.03 W/kg (body)     1.19 W/kg (head)     1.19 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.38 W/kg (head)     1.51 W/kg (body)     1.24 W/kg (head)     1.00 W/kg (body)    
Network
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - A1661, A1784
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - A1661, A1784
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, 27, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41 - A1661, A1784
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (5CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (3CA) Cat9 450/50 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 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO & TD-SCDMA - A1661
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 A10 Fusion (16 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 Quad-core 2.34 GHz (2x Hurricane + 2x Zephyr)
GPU Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEAAdreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China PowerVR Series7XT Plus (six-core graphics)
OS Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 10, One UI 2.5 iOS 10.0.1, upgradable to iOS 15.8.4
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, HDR
Single - 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm (standard)
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes No
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers Yes, with stereo speakers
  32-bit/384kHz audio -
Tests
Audio quality - Noise -93.1dB / Crosstalk -80.5dB
Battery (old) - Endurance rating 75h
Camera - Photo / Video
Display - Contrast ratio: 1398:1 (nominal), 3.588 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker - Voice 68dB / Noise 72dB / Ring 72dB
Performance - Basemark OS II 2.0: 3796