Phone Comparison - Google Pixel 2 vs Samsung Galaxy S9+

Google Pixel 2
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general General Info

Manufacturer Google Samsung
Announced October 2017 February 2018
Status Available - October 2017 Coming Soon, March 2018
Price Rs. 61,000 ($649.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 57,999 ($890.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 145.7 x 69.7 x 7.8 mm
(5.74 x 2.74 x 0.31 in)
158.1 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm
(6.22 x 2.91 x 0.33 in)
Weight 143 g (5.04 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
SIM Type Single/Dual 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, 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 Android OS, v8.0 (Oreo) Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Processor Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 [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 Adreno 540 [Similar] Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China [Similar]
RAM 4 GB [Browse Similar] 6 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64/128 GB 64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only

display Display

Type AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches [Similar] 6.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar] 1440 x 2960 pixels (531 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.74% 83.59%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12.2 MP [Similar] Dual12 MP + 12 MP [Similar]
Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone) LED Flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.8, 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 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 8 MP, f/2.0, 1.4 µm pixel size, 1080p [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 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
Bluetooth v5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi 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 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, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64/128 GB, 4 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 Supported 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 battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 2700 mAh 3500 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -