Phone Comparison - Fairphone 4 vs Samsung Galaxy S9+

Fairphone 4
fairphone 4
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general General Info

Manufacturer Fairphone Samsung
Announced September 2021 February 2018
Status Coming Soon - October 2021 Coming Soon, March 2018
Price - Rs. 57,999 ($890.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Gray, Green, Speckled Green Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 162 x 75.5 x 10.5 mm
(6.38 x 2.97 x 0.41 in)
158.1 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm
(6.22 x 2.91 x 0.33 in)
Weight 225 g (7.94 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
SIM Type Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 18, 19, 20, 28, 32, 38, 40, 41, 71 LTE
5G Network 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 41, 71, 77, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 -
SAR EU 0.49 W/kg (head)
0.99 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
IP54, dust and splash protection
MIL-STD-810G compliant
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
Notification LED - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android 11 Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Processor Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Kryo 570 & 6x1.8 GHz Kryo 570), Qualcomm SM7225 Snapdragon 750G 5G (8 nm) [Similar] 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 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 619 [Similar] Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China [Similar]
RAM 8 GB [Browse Similar] 6 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 256 GB 64 GB
External Memory microSDXC microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only

display Display

Type FHD+ IPS LCD Screen
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M Colors 16M colors
Size 6.3 inches [Similar] 6.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels (409 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (531 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 79.69% 83.59%
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 48 MP + 48 MP [Similar] Dual12 MP + 12 MP [Similar]
Flash Dual-LED Dual-tone Flash LED Flash
Features 48 MP, f/1.6, (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS
48 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF
TOF 3D, (depth)
HDR, 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
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 25 MP, f/2.2, (wide), 1/2.78", 0.9µm
HDR
1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS [Similar]
8 MP, f/1.6, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat18 1200/150 Mbps, 5G 2.3 Gbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
Bluetooth 5.1, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi 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 USB Type-C 3.0, USB On-The-Go, DisplayPort 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser Yes HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM 64 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSDXC microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
USB OTG Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion, removable
Fast charging 20W, 50% in 30 min (advertised)
Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 3905 mAh 3500 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -