Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone XS vs Google Pixel 4 XL vs Samsung Galaxy A31

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Google Samsung
Announced September 2018 October 2019 2020, March 24
Status Coming Soon - September 2018 Coming soon. Exp. release 2019, October 24 Coming Soon - April 2020
Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold Clearly White, Just Black, Coral Prism Crush Black, Prism Crush Blue, Prism Crush Red, Prism Crush White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143.6 x 70.9 x 7.7 mm
(5.65 x 2.79 x 0.3 in)
160.4 x 75.1 x 8.2 mm
(6.31 x 2.96 x 0.32 in)
159.3 x 73.1 x 8.6 mm
(6.27 x 2.88 x 0.34 in)
Weight 177 g (6.24 oz) 193 g (6.81 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz)
SIM Type Nano-SIM and e-SIM Nano-SIM card & eSIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), 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(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 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), 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), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) 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), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46(5200), 48, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - USA LTE (unspecified)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 2m for 30 mins)
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Face ID
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
- Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 12 Android 10 Android 10.0
Processor Hexa-core, Apple A12 Bionic Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.78 GHz Kryo 485), Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 Octa-core (2x2.0 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55), Mediatek MT6768 Helio P65 (12nm)
GPU Apple GPU (4-core graphics) Adreno 640 Mali-G52 MC2
RAM 4 GB 6 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 64/256/512 GB 128 GB 128 GB
External Memory No No microSDXC

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating P-OLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Corning Gorilla Glass 6
DCI-P3 100%
HDR
Always-on display
90Hz
Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.8 inches 6.3 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1125 x 2436 pixels (463 ppi) 1440 x 3040 pixels (534 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (411 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 81.01% 82.22% 85.01%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 12 MP + 12 MP 12.2 MP + 16 MP 48 MP + 8 MP + 5 MP + 5 MP
Flash Quad-LED dual-tone flash Dual-LED Flash LED flash
Features 12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, PDAF
12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm, 1.0µm, OIS, PDAF, 2x optical zoom, HDR
12.2 MP, f/1.6, 28mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
16 MP, (telephoto), dual pixel PDAF, OIS, 2x optical zoom
Auto-HDR, Panorama
48 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF
8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm
5 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
5 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, stereo sound recording 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS) 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, HDR, 1080p@60fps [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.0, 19mm (ultrawide), no AF
TOF 3D camera, Auto-HDR, 1080p@30fps [Similar]
20 MP, f/2.2, 0.8µm
HDR
1080p@30fps [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 (4CA) Cat18 1200/150 Mbps HSPA, LTE-A
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 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, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB 2.0, proprietary reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser HTML5 (Safari) Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64/256/512 GB, 4 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 6 GB RAM (UFS3.0) 128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM (UFS 2.1)
Expandable Storage No No microSDXC
USB OTG Not Supported Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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
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 not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 18W
USB Power Delivery 2.0
QI wireless charging
Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 15W
Capacity - 3700 mAh 5000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 20 h (3G) - -