Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 6s vs Samsung Galaxy S9+ vs Samsung Galaxy Xcover 5

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced September 2015 February 2018 2021, March 04
Status Available - September 2015 Coming Soon, March 2018 Coming soon. Exp. release 2021, March 12
Price Rs. 41,999 ($617.63) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 57,999 ($890.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Various Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1 mm
(5.44 x 2.64 x 0.28 in)
158.1 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm
(6.22 x 2.91 x 0.33 in)
147.1 x 71.6 x 9.2 mm
(5.79 x 2.82 x 0.36 in)
Weight 143 g (5.04 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz) -
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (Dual SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700) - A1688
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(
LTE LTE
SAR US 1.14 W/kg (head)
1.14 W/kg (body)
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SAR EU 0.87 W/kg (head)
0.98 W/kg (body)
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Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (TouchID v2)
- 3D Touch display
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
- Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
MIL-STD-810H compliant
Notification LED - Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 9 Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 11
Processor 2 GHz Dual-core, Apple A9 Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA & China, Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), Exynos 850 (8nm)
GPU - Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China
Mali-G52
RAM 2 GB 6 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16/64/128 GB 64 GB 64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSDXC (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Ion-Strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 TFT Screen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colour
Size 4.7 inches 6.2 inches 5.3 inches
Resolution 750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (531 ppi) 720 x 1600 pixels (331 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.45% 83.59% 64.41%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No Unspecified
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels Dual12 MP + 12 MP 16 MP
Flash Real-tone Flash LED Flash LED Flash
Features Phase-Detection AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (Photo/Panorama) Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.6 + f/2.4, 26mm, 1/2.55", 1.4 µm, 52mm, 1/3.6", 1 µm, Dual Pixel AF, OIS, 2x Optical Zoom, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama 16 MP, f/1.7, PDAF
HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.6, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB v2.0, reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser HTML5 (Safari) HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64/128 GB, 2 GB RAM 64 GB, 6 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM eMMC 5.1
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSDXC (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - Not Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor not present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery (6.9 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion battery Removable Li-Ion Battery
Fast battery charging 15W
Capacity 1715 mAh 3500 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 240 h (3G) - -
Talk Time Up to 14 h (3G) - -