Product
Samsung Galaxy Note9
Samsung Galaxy Note9
Samsung Galaxy XCover7 Pro
Samsung Galaxy XCover7 Pro
Battery
Charging 15W wired Wireless (Qi) (market dependent) 15W wired
Type Li-Ion 4000 mAh, non-removable Li-Po 4350 mAh, removable
Body
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame -
Dimensions 161.9 x 76.4 x 8.8 mm (6.37 x 3.01 x 0.35 in) 168.6 x 79.9 x 10.2 mm (6.64 x 3.15 x 0.40 in)
SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIM + eSIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 201 g (7.09 oz) 240 g (8.47 oz)
  IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min) Stylus (Bluetooth integration) IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min) Drop resistant up to 1.5m MIL-STD-810H compliant
Comms
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.4, A2DP, LE
NFC Yes Yes
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS
Radio No No
USB USB Type-C 3.1 USB Type-C 3.2, charging connector pins
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, tri-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Display
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+
Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~516 ppi density) 1080 x 2408 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~400 ppi density)
Size 6.4 inches, 103.2 cm2 (~83.4% screen-to-body ratio) 6.6 inches, 104.9 cm2 (~77.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Type Super AMOLED, HDR10 PLS LCD, 120Hz
Features
Sensors Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
  Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) ANT+ Bixby natural language commands and dictation Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) Samsung DeX
Launch
Announced 2018, August 09. Released 2018, August 24 2025, April 14
Status Discontinued Available. Released 2025, May 07
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 50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/2.76", 0.64µm, PDAF 8 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide)
Features LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 4K@60fps (no OIS/EIS), 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 512GB 8GB RAM 128GB 6GB RAM
  UFS 2.1 -
Misc
Colors Metallic Copper, Lavender Purple, Ocean Blue, Midnight Black, Pure White, Alpine White Black
Models SM-N960F, SM-N9600, SM-N960F, SM-N960U, SM-N960U1, SM-N960N, SM-N960W, SM-N960X, SCV40 SM-G766B, SM-G766BU1, SM-G766B/DS
SAR 1.29 W/kg (head)     1.03 W/kg (body)     -
SAR EU 0.38 W/kg (head)     1.51 W/kg (body)     0.81 W/kg (head)     1.03 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(AWS) / 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, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 38, 40, 41, 66, 68
5G bands - 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66, 77, 78 SA/NSA
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (5CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps HSPA, LTE, 5G
Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G
  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 -
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 Qualcomm SM7635 Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 (4 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 Octa-core (1x2.5 GHz Cortex-A720 & 3x2.4 GHz Cortex-A720 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A520)
GPU Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEAAdreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China Adreno 810
OS Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 10, One UI 2.5 Android 15, One UI 7
Selfie camera
Dual 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6", 1.22µm, AF 2 MP (dedicated iris scanner camera) -
Features HDR -
Single - 13 MP, f/2.2, (wide)
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes No
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers Yes, with stereo speakers (with Dolby Atmos)
  32-bit/384kHz audio -