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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Google Samsung
Announced September 2016 October 2017 February 2018
Status Available - September 2016 Available - October 2017 Coming Soon, March 2018
Price Rs. 72,000 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 73,000 ($849.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 57,999 ($890.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Quite Black, Very Silver, Really Blue Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
(6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 in)
157.9 x 76.7 x 7.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.31 in)
158.1 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm
(6.22 x 2.91 x 0.33 in)
Weight 188 g (6.63 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
SIM Type Nano SIM Nano-SIM & electronic SIM card (e-SIM) Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
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 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), 29(700), 30(2300) LTE LTE
SAR US 1.19 W/kg (head)
1.19 W/kg (body)
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SAR EU 1.24 W/kg (head)
1.00 W/kg (body)
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Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint with Force Touch
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Splash and dust resistant
- 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 iOS 10 Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Processor Quad-core, Apple A10 Fusion 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 6 core Adreno 540 Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China
RAM 2 GB 4 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 32/128/256 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 LED-backlit IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 3D Touch Display, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 6.0 inches 6.2 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1440 x 2880 pixels (537 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (531 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.51% 76.61% 83.59%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 12 MP 12.2 MP Dual12 MP + 12 MP
Flash Quad-LED (dual tone) Dual-LED (dual Tone) Flash LED Flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, (f/1.8, 28mm & f/2.8, 56mm, 2x optical zoom, OIS, Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Phase Detection & Laser Autofocus, f/1.8 aperture, EIS (gyro), OIS, Dual-Pixel sensor, 1.4µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, 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 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 7 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.4, 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, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
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, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB v2.0, 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 (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/128/256 GB, 2 GB RAM 64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
USB OTG - Not 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
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 barometer sensor present barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor not present heart rate sensor 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 2700 mAh 3520 mAh 3500 mAh
Stand by Up to 384 h - -
Talk Time Up to 21 h - -