Product
Xiaomi Black Shark 3S
Xiaomi Black Shark 3S
Samsung Galaxy Note8
Samsung Galaxy Note8
Battery
Charging 65W wired, 100% in 38 min 18W magnetic wireless 15W wired, QC2 Wireless (Qi) (market dependent)
Music play - Up to 74 h
Talk time - Up to 22 h (3G)
Type Li-Po 4729 mAh Li-Ion 3300 mAh, non-removable
Body
Build Glass front, aluminum back, aluminum frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
Dimensions 168.7 x 77.3 x 10.4 mm (6.64 x 3.04 x 0.41 in) 162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm (6.40 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)
SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 222 g (7.83 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz)
  - IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min) Stylus
Comms
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
NFC No Yes
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS, BDS GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Radio No No
USB USB Type-C 2.0 USB Type-C 3.1
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, 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 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~395 ppi density) 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~521 ppi density)
Size 6.67 inches, 107.4 cm2 (~82.4% screen-to-body ratio) 6.3 inches, 101.1 cm2 (~83.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Type AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR10+, 500 nits (typ) 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
  - Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) ANT+ Bixby natural language commands and dictation Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
Launch
Announced 2020, July 31 2017, August 23. Released 2017, September
Status Available. Released 2020, August 04 Discontinued
Main Camera
Dual - 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS 12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.6", 1.0µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom
Features LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Triple 64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.72", 0.8µm, PDAF 13 MP, f/2.3, 120˚ (ultrawide) 5 MP, f/2.2, (depth) -
Video 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@1920fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 720p@240fps, stereo sound rec., HDR, gyro-EIS
Memory
Card slot No microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal 128GB 12GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM 64GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM, 256GB 6GB RAM
  UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
Misc
Colors Sky Cloud Black, Crystal Blue Midnight Black, Maple Gold, Orchid Gray, Deep Sea Blue, Star Pink
Models - SM-N950F, SM-N950U, SM-N9500, SM-N950U1, SM-N950N, SM-N950W, SC-01K, SM-N950FD
SAR - 0.61 W/kg (head)     0.56 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.17 W/kg (head)     1.29 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 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G bands 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66
5G bands 41, 78, 79 SA/NSA -
Speed HSPA, LTE, 5G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G GSM / HSPA / LTE
  CDMA2000 1xEV-DO -
Our Tests
Audio quality - Noise -92.5dB / Crosstalk -93.2dB
Battery (old) - Endurance rating 89h
Camera - Photo / Video
Display - Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.148(sunlight)
Loudspeaker - Voice 67dB / Noise 69dB / Ring 71dB
Performance - AnTuTu: 201065 (v7) GeekBench: 6784 (v4.4) GFXBench: 13fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)
Platform
Chipset Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865 5G (7 nm+) Exynos 8895 (10 nm) - EMEAQualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - USA & China
CPU Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Cortex-A77 & 3x2.42 GHz Cortex-A77 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A55) Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose M2 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - EMEAOcta-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - USA & China
GPU Adreno 650 Mali-G71 MP20 - EMEAAdreno 540 - USA & China
OS Android 10 Android 7.1.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie)
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 20 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/3", 0.9µm -
Video 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers Yes
  - 32-bit/384kHz audio