Apple iPhone 8 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy S9
| Type | Touch | Touch |
| Waterproofness & dust-resistance | IP67 | IP68 |
| Dimensions | 158.40 x 78.10 x 7.50 mm | 147.70 x 68.70 x 8.50 mm |
| Weight | 202.00 g | 163.00 g |
| Display size | 5.50" | 5.80" |
| Display | Color / IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 x 1920 px (5.50") 401 ppi | Color / Super AMOLED 16M colors 1440 x 2960 px (5.80") 568 ppi |
| Display protection |   | Corning Gorilla Glass Buy screen protector
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| Additional display | | |
| Protection of the secondary display | | |
| Talk time (max.) | 4G: 1260 min. (21.0 h) |  |
| Playback time (max.) | Audio: 60 h (2.5 days) Video: 14 h (0.6 days) | nd |
| Internet browsing time (max.) | 4G: 13 h (0.5 days) | nd |
| Standard battery | Li-Ion 2675 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Ion 3000 mAhBuy powerbank
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| Quick battery charging |  | Quick Charge 2.0 |
| Wireless battery charging | Qi | PMA |
| Internal memory | 256 GB, 128 GB, 64 GB | 64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB |
| RAM memory | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory cards | | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 400 GBBuy memory card |
| Operating system | iOS 11 | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| Interface | - | Samsung Experience 9.0 |
| Processor | Apple A11 | Samsung Exynos 9810 |
| Processor clock | - | 2800 MHz |
| GPU | - | ARM Mali-G72 MP18 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| SAR (10g) | | 1,18 W/kg |
| DualSIM | | |
| SIM cards standard | SingleSIM(nanoSIM) | SingleSIM(nanoSIM) |
| Announced | 3Q 2017 | 1Q 2018 |
| Other names | A1864; A1897 | SM-G960F |
| GSM frequencies | 850 900 1800 1900 | 850 900 1800 1900 |
| UMTS | 850 900 1700 1900 2100 | 850 900 1900 2100 |
| LTE standard | FDD LTE: 2600, 2300, 2100, 1900, 1800, 1700, 900, 850, 800, 700 TDD LTE: 2600, 2500, 2300, 2100, 1900 | FDD LTE: 2600, 2100, 1900, 1800, 1700, 900, 850, 800, 700 TDD LTE: 2600, 2500, 2300, 1900 |
| CDMA | 850 1900 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO | |
| Standard TD-SCDMA | 1900 2000 | |
| UMA | | |
CAMERAS - BACK
| First camera | | |
| Photo sensor model | | Sony IMX345 |
| Photo matrix | 12 Mpx | 12 Mpx |
| Resolution | | 4032x3024 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Digital zoom | 10x | 8x |
| Flash | 4x LED | LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | 2+2 | |
| Video resolution | 3840x2160 px | 3840x2160 px |
| Video formats | HEVC, H.264 - 60 fps | H.263, H.264, H.265, MPEG4 - 30 fps |
| Additional | AF, OIS, f/1.8 | AF, EIS, OIS, f/1.5-f/2.4 |
| Second camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 12 Mpx | nd |
| Optical zoom | | nd |
| Flash | | nd |
| Dual-colour LED flash | 2+2 | nd |
| Video resolution | 3840x2160 px | nd |
| Video formats | HEVC, H.264 - 60 fps | nd |
| Additional | EIS, f/2.8 | nd |
CAMERAS - FRONT
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 7 Mpx | 8 Mpx |
| Resolution | | 3264x2448 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | | |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | 1920x1080 px | |
| Video formats | HEVC, H.264 - 60 fps | H.263, H.264, H.265, MPEG4 - 30 fps |
| Additional | FF, f/2.2 | AF, f/1.7 |
SENSORS
| Accelerometer | | |
| Proximity | | |
| Light | | |
| Magnetometer | | |
| Gyroscope | | |
| Barometer | | |
| Altimeter | | |
| Gravity | | |
| Hall-effect | | |
| Iris scanner | | |
| Fingerprint scanner | | |
| Thermometer | | |
| Hygrometer | | |
Data transfer
| xHTML | | |
| WAP | | v2.0 |
| HSCSD | | |
| HSDPA | | 42.20 Mbit/s |
| HSUPA | | 5.76 Mbit/s |
| HSPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| LTE DL | | 1174.00 Mbit/s |
| LTE UP | | - |
| WIMAX+ | | |
| GPRS | | |
| EDGE | | |
| Bluetooth | v5.0 | v5.0 |
| A2DP Profile | | |
| HDMI | | |
| WiFi | v802.11 a/b/g/n/ac | v802.11 a/b/g/n/ac |
| WiFi frequencies | 2,4 GHz; 5 GHz | 2,4 GHz; 5 GHz |
| WiFi Direct | | |
| WiFi Display | | |
| DLNA | | |
| Miracast | | |
| WiFi hotspot | | |
| IrDA | | |
| USB | | v3.1 Type-C |
| GPS | | |
| A-GPS | | |
| GLONASS | | |
| Beidou | | |
| Galileo | | |
| NFC | | |
COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING
| Call waiting | | |
| Conferency | | |
| Call forwarding | | |
| Push To Talk | | |
| Instant Messenger | | |
| SMS | | |
| EMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| Dictionary | | T9 |
| Swype | | |
| e-mail client | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP |
| Hardware QWERTY keyboard | | |
| RSS Reader | | |
Multimedia
| Radio | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Stereo speakers | 2 | 2 |
| Audio Jack | | 3.5 mm |
| HD Voice | | |
| Sound formats | AAC-LC, AAX, AAX+, FLAC, HE-AAC, PCM | 3GA, AAC, AMR, APE, AWB, DFF, DSF, FLAC, IMY, M4A, MID, MIDI, MP3, MXMF, OGA, OGG, OTA, RTTTL, RTX, WAV, WMA, XMF |
| Polyphony | | |
| Video ringtone | | |
| Ring composer | | |
| Games | | |
| Java | | ART |
| Videophone | | |
| DVB-H television | | |
| TV-Out | | |
PIM AND ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
| Watch | | |
| Stopwatch | | |
| Alarm | | |
| Calculator | | |
| Currency converter | | |
| Organizer | | |
| Calendar | | |
| Flight mode | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Data and fax | | |
| Screensaver | | |
| Themes | | |
| Interchangeable covers | | |
| Voice dial | | |
| Speakerphone | | |
| Recorder | | |
| Vibrations | | |