Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone XS Max vs Samsung Galaxy Note 9

Apple iPhone XS Max
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Samsung Galaxy Note 9
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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung
Announced September 2018 August 2018
Status Coming Soon - September 2018 Available - August 2018
Price Rs. 109,900 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 67,900 ($999.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold Metallic copper, Lavender purple, Ocean blue, Midnight black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 157.5 x 77.4 x 7.7 mm
(6.2 x 3.05 x 0.3 in)
161.9 x 76.4 x 8.8 mm
(6.37 x 3.01 x 0.35 in)
Weight 208 g (7.34 oz) 201 g (7.09 oz)
SIM Type Nano-SIM and e-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 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), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) 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), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 2m for 30 mins)
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
- Stylus (Bluetooth integration)
Notification LED - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 12 Android 8.1 (Oreo)
Processor Hexa-core, Apple A12 Bionic Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA/LATAM, China, Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA
Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 - USA/LATAM, China [Similar]
GPU Apple GPU (4-core graphics) [Similar] Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China [Similar]
RAM 4 GB [Browse Similar] 6/8 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64/256/512 GB 128/512 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 6.5 inches [Similar] 6.4 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1242 x 2688 pixels (456 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (514 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 84.97% 84.15%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 12 MP + 12 MP [Similar] Dual 12 MP + 12 MP [Similar]
Flash Quad-LED dual-tone flash LED flash
Features 12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, PDAF
12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm, 1.0µm, OIS, PDAF, 2x optical zoom, HDR
12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm, 1/3.6", 1µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom
Dual Video Call, Auto-HDR
Video 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, stereo sound recording 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, Dual-Video Rec
Front Camera 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, HDR, 1080p@60fps [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm, 1/3.6", 1.22µm, AF, Dual video call, Auto-HDR, 1440p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
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
USB 2.0, proprietary reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64/256/512 GB, 4 GB RAM 128/512 GB, 6/8 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
USB OTG Not Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Light Sensor light sensor present light sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor not present heart rate sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity - 4000 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time Up to 20 h (3G) -