Product
Vivo iQOO 8
Vivo iQOO 8
Samsung Galaxy S9
Samsung Galaxy S9
Battery
Charging 120W wired 15W wired, QC2 Wireless (Qi) (market dependent)
Type 4350 mAh Li-Ion 3000 mAh, non-removable (11.55 Wh)
Body
Build - Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
Dimensions 159 x 75.1 x 8.6 mm (6.26 x 2.96 x 0.34 in) 147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5 mm (5.81 x 2.70 x 0.33 in)
SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 200 g (7.05 oz) 163 g (5.75 oz)
  - IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min)
Comms
Bluetooth 5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
NFC Yes Yes
Positioning GPS GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Radio No FM radio (USA & Canada only)
USB USB Type-C 2.0 USB Type-C 3.1
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, Wi-Fi Direct
Display
Protection - Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Resolution 1080 x 2376 pixels (~398 ppi density) 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~570 ppi density)
Size 6.56 inches, 104.6 cm2 (~87.6% screen-to-body ratio) 5.8 inches, 84.8 cm2 (~83.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Type AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR10 Super AMOLED, HDR10
  - 3D Touch (home button only)
Features
Sensors Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
  - ANT+ Bixby natural language commands and dictation Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
Launch
Announced 2021, August 17 2018, February 25. Released 2018, March 09
Status Available. Released 2021, August 24 Discontinued
Main Camera
Features Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Single - 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
Triple 50 MP, f/1.8, 23mm (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF 13 MP, f/2.2, 50mm (telephoto), PDAF 13 MP, f/2.2, 120˚ (ultrawide) -
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS (30fps)
Memory
Card slot No microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 256GB 4GB RAM
  UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
Misc
Colors White, Orange, Black Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Titanium Gray, Lilac Purple, Burgundy Red, Sunrise Gold, Ice Blue
Models V2136A SM-G960F, SM-G960, SM-G960F, SM-G960U, SM-G960W, SM-G9600, SM-G960U1, SM-G960N, SCV38, SM-G960X, SC-02K
SAR - 0.63 W/kg (head)     0.96 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.36 W/kg (head)     1.18 W/kg (body)    
Network
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Global, USA
4G bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66 - Global
5G bands 1, 5, 8, 3, 28, 41, 77, 78 SA/NSA -
Speed HSPA, LTE, 5G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (6CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps
Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G 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
Our Tests
Audio quality - Noise -93.4dB / Crosstalk -93.9dB
Battery (old) - Endurance rating 78h
Camera - Photo / Video
Display - Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.630 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker - Voice 68dB / Noise 74dB / Ring 81dB
Performance - AnTuTu: 250156 (v7) GeekBench: 8830 (v4.4) GFXBench: 14fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)
Platform
Chipset Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm) Exynos 9810 (10 nm) - EMEAQualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - USA/LATAM, China
CPU Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.42 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A55 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
GPU Adreno 660 Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEAAdreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China
OS Android 11, OriginOS 1.0 Android 8.0 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 10, One UI 2.5
Selfie camera
Dual - 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6", 1.22µm, AF 2 MP (dedicated iris scanner camera)
Features HDR HDR
Single 16 MP, f/2.5, (wide) -
Video 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack No Yes
Loudspeaker Yes, with dual speakers Yes, with stereo speakers
  24-bit/192kHz Hi-Res audio 32-bit/384kHz audio Tuned by AKG