Product
Samsung Galaxy Note9
Samsung Galaxy Note9
Apple iPhone SE
Apple iPhone SE
Battery
Charging 15W wired Wireless (Qi) (market dependent) -
Stand-by - Up to 240 h (3G)
Talk time - Up to 14 h (3G)
Type Li-Ion 4000 mAh, non-removable Li-Po 1624 mAh, non-removable (6.21 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) 113 g (3.99 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
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, hotspot
Display
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 -
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 Fingerprint (front-mounted), 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 2016, March 21. Released 2016, March 31
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
Video 4K@60fps (no OIS/EIS), 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 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 A1662, A1723, A1724, iPhone8,4
SAR 1.29 W/kg (head)     1.03 W/kg (body)     1.17 W/kg (head)     1.19 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.38 W/kg (head)     1.51 W/kg (body)     0.72 W/kg (head)     0.97 W/kg (body)    
Network
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - A1662, A1723
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - A1662, A1723
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, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29 - A1662
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (5CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 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, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41 - A1723
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 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 1.84 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 9.3.2, 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, panorama
Single - 1.2 MP, f/2.4, 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 -93.0dB / Crosstalk -72.9dB
Battery (old) - Endurance rating 73h
Camera - Photo / Video
Display - Contrast ratio: 804:1 (nominal), 3.681 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker - Voice 66dB / Noise 65dB / Ring 69dB
Performance - Basemark OS II 2.0: 2163