Phone Comparison - Google Pixel 2 XL vs Samsung Galaxy A50 vs Microsoft Surface Duo

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general General Info

Manufacturer Google Samsung Microsoft
Announced October 2017 February 2019 2020, August 12
Status Available - October 2017 Launch on 5 March 2019 Coming soon. Exp. release 2020, September 10
Price Rs. 73,000 ($849.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 19,990 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Quite Black, Very Silver, Really Blue Black, White, Blue, Coral White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 157.9 x 76.7 x 7.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.31 in)
158.5 x 74.7 x 7.7 mm
(6.24 x 2.94 x 0.3 in)
Unfolded: 186.9 x 145.2 x 4.8 mm
Folded: 145.2 x 93.3 x 9.9 mm
(Unfolded: 7.36 x 5.72 x 0.19 in
Folded: 5.72 x 3.67 x 0.39 in)
Weight 175 g (6.17 oz) - 250 g (8.82 oz)
SIM Type Nano-SIM & electronic SIM card (e-SIM) Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM, eSIM
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
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 19 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- Splash and dust resistant
Fingerprint Sensor
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
- Fingerprint Sensor
Stylus support
Notification LED Yes - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 10
User Interface - One UI -
Processor Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 9610 Octa (10nm) Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.78 GHz Kryo 485), Qualcomm SM8150 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm)
GPU Adreno 540 Mali-G72 MP3 Adreno 640
RAM 4 GB 6 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 64/128 GB 128 GB 256 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) No

display Display

Type AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Folded position display: 5.6 inches, AMOLED, 1350 x 1800 pixels (4:3)
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 6.0 inches 6.4 inches 8.1 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2880 pixels (537 ppi) 1080 x 2340 pixels (403 ppi) 1800 x 2700 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 76.61% 84.79% 71.85%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12.2 MP 25 MP + 8 MP + 5 MP 11 MP
Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone) Flash LED Flash No
Features 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 25 MP, f/1.7, PDAF
8 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide)
5 MP, f/2.2, depth sensor
Panorama, HDR
11 MP, f/2.0, 23mm (wide), 1.0µm, PDAF
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS
Front Camera 8 MP, f/2.4, 1080p [Similar] 25 MP, f/2.0, HDR, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Uses main camera, , 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS [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 HSPA, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA) Cat18 1200/100 Mbps
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX Adaptive
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, WiFi Direct, 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 2.0, 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 Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 256 GB, 6 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM UFS 3.0
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) No
USB OTG Not Supported 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
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor not present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor not present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor not present barometer sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 18W
Capacity 3520 mAh 4000 mAh 3577 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -