Phone Comparison - Google Pixel vs Google Pixel 2 vs Samsung Galaxy S9

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general General Info

Manufacturer Google Google Samsung
Announced October 2016 October 2017 February 2018
Status Available - October 2016 Available - October 2017 Coming Soon, March 2018
Price Rs. 57,000 ($649.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 61,000 ($649.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 52,999 ($750.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Very Silver, Quite Black, Really Blue Black, White Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143.8 x 69.5 x 8.6 mm
(5.66 x 2.74 x 0.34 in)
145.7 x 69.7 x 7.8 mm
(5.74 x 2.74 x 0.31 in)
147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5 mm
(5.81 x 2.7 x 0.33 in)
Weight 143 g (5.04 oz) 143 g (5.04 oz) 163 g (5.75 oz)
SIM Type - Single/Dual SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- Google Magic
- Fingerprint Sensor - Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
Notification LED - Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat) Android OS, v8.0 (Oreo) Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Processor Dual-core 2.15 GHz Kryo & dual-core 1.6 GHz Kryo, Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 821 Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 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
GPU Adreno 530 Adreno 540 Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China
RAM 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32/128 GB 64/128 GB 64 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only

display Display

Type AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.0 inches 5.8 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.83% 67.74% 84.00%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels 12.2 MP 12 MP
Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone) Dual-LED (dual Tone) LED Flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, f/2.0, 1.55µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.8, 1.4µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.5 - f/2.4 variable aperture lens, 26mm, 1/2.5", 1.4 µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps 2160p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 8 MP, f/2.0, 1.4 µm pixel size, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.0, 1.4 µm pixel size, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.6, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE v5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/128 GB, 4 GB RAM 64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No 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 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 barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable battery Non-removable battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 2770 mAh 2700 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 552 h - -
Talk Time Up to 32 h - -