Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone SE vs Samsung Galaxy S9+

Apple iPhone SE
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Samsung Galaxy S9+
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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung
Announced March 2016 February 2018
Status Available - March 2016 Coming Soon, March 2018
Price Rs. 21,499 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 57,999 ($890.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray, White/Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
158.1 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm
(6.22 x 2.91 x 0.33 in)
Weight - 189 g (6.67 oz)
SIM Type Single-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 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - 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 iOS 9.3 Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Processor Dual-core 1.84 GHz Twister, Apple A9 [Similar] 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 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR GT7600 [Similar] Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 6 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/64 GB 64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches [Similar] 6.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (531 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.84% 83.59%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP [Similar] Dual12 MP + 12 MP [Similar]
Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED Flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, f/2.2, 29mm, 1/3" sensor size, 1.22 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/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@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 1.2 MP, f/2.4, 31mm, 720p@30fps, face detection, HDR [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.6, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB v2.0, Reversible Connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 64 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
USB OTG - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Light Sensor light sensor present light sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1642 mAh 3500 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -