Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 8 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy Note 9 vs Apple iPhone XR

Price Comparison (India)

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Apple
Announced September 2017 August 2018 September 2018
Status Coming Soon - September 2017 Available - August 2018 Coming Soon - October 2018
Price Rs. 74,000 ($799.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 67,900 ($999.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 59,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Metallic copper, Lavender purple, Ocean blue, Midnight black Black, Red, Yellow, Blue, Coral
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm
(6.24 x 3.07 x 0.3 in)
161.9 x 76.4 x 8.8 mm
(6.37 x 3.01 x 0.35 in)
150.9 x 75.7 x 8.3 mm
(5.94 x 2.98 x 0.33 in)
Weight 174 g (6.14 oz) 201 g (7.09 oz) 194 g (6.84 oz)
SIM Type Nano-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM and e-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 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) 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), 66(1700/2100), 71(600)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- IP68 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1.5 meters and 30 minutes
- 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)
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Notification LED Yes Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 11 Android 8.1 (Oreo) iOS 12
Processor Hexa-core, Apple A11 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
Hexa-core, Apple A12 Bionic
GPU - Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China
Apple GPU (4-core graphics)
RAM 3 GB 6/8 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 64/256 GB 128/512 GB 64/128/256 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Ion-strengthened glass, Oleophobic Coating Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 6.4 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (514 ppi) 828 x 1792 pixels (324 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.25% 84.15% 79.83%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 12 MP Dual 12 MP + 12 MP 12 MP
Flash Quad-LED (dual Tone) Flash LED flash Quad-LED dual-tone flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, (f/1.8, 28mm & f/2.8, 56mm), OIS, 2x Optical Zoom, 1/3" Sensor Size @ 28mm, 1/3.6" Sensor Size @ 56mm, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 8MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) 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
f/1.8, 28mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, PDAF, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, Dual-Video Rec 1080p@60fps
Front Camera 7 MP, f/2.2, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm, 1/3.6", 1.22µm, AF, Dual video call, Auto-HDR, 1440p@30fps [Similar] 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, HDR, 1080@60fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes 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 HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE
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 Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB 3.0, reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
Browser HTML5 (Safari) HTML5 HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 64/256 GB, 3 GB RAM 128/512 GB, 6/8 GB RAM 64/128/256 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No
USB OTG Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity - 4000 mAh -
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - Up to 25 h (3G)