Phone Comparison - Microsoft Surface Duo vs Samsung Galaxy Note20

Microsoft Surface Duo
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Samsung Galaxy Note20
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general General Info

Manufacturer Microsoft Samsung
Announced 2020, August 12 2020, August 05
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2020, September 10 Coming soon. Exp. release 2020, August 28
Price - Rs. 77,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White Mystic Green, Mystic Bronze, Mystic Gray
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension Unfolded: 186.9 x 145.2 x 4.8 mm
Folded: 145.2 x 93.3 x 9.9 mm
(Unfolded: 7.36 x 5.72 x 0.19 in
Folded: 5.72 x 3.67 x 0.39 in)
161.6 x 75.2 x 8.3 mm
(6.36 x 2.96 x 0.33 in)
Weight 250 g (8.82 oz) 192 g (6.77 oz)
SIM Type Nano-SIM, eSIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 19 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66 LTE
Messaging
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
Stylus support
- Fingerprint Sensor(in-display)
Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Stylus, 9ms latency (Bluetooth integration, accelerometer, gyro)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android 10 Android 10
User Interface - One UI 2.1
Processor Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.78 GHz Kryo 485), Qualcomm SM8150 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) [Similar] Octa-core (2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M5 & 2x2.50 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) - Global
Octa-core (1x3.09 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 585) - USA, Exynos 990 (7 nm+) - Global
Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865+ (7 nm+) - USA [Similar]
GPU Adreno 640 [Similar] Mali-G77 MP11 - Global
Adreno 650 - USA [Similar]
RAM 6 GB [Browse Similar] 8 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 256 GB 256 GB
External Memory No microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)

display Display

Type AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Folded position display: 5.6 inches, AMOLED, 1350 x 1800 pixels (4:3)
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Corning Gorilla Glass 7
HDR10+
Always-on display
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.1 inches [Similar] 6.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1800 x 2700 pixels (401 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (393 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.85% 89.10%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes no
Radio No FM radio (Snapdragon model only; market/operator dependent)
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 11 MP [Similar] 12 MP + 64 MP + 12 MP [Similar]
Flash No LED Flash
Features 11 MP, f/2.0, 23mm (wide), 1.0µm, PDAF
12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.76", 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
64 MP, f/2.0, (telephoto), 1/1.72", 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS, 3x hybrid optical zoom
12 MP, f/2.2, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm
Auto-HDR, Panorama
Video 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS 8K@24fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS
Front Camera Uses main camera, , 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS [Similar] 10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.2", 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF
Dual video call, Auto-HDR
4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA) Cat18 1200/100 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A, 5G
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX Adaptive 5.1, 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/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.2, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 256 GB, 6 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM UFS 3.0 256 GB, 8 GB RAM UFS 3.1
Expandable Storage No microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
USB OTG Not Supported 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 not present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor not present gyroscope sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor not present barometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 18W
Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Fast charging 25W
USB Power Delivery 3.0
Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging
Reverse wireless charging 9W
Capacity 3577 mAh 4300 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -