Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note8 vs Motorola Moto Z3 Play vs Samsung Galaxy Note 9

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Motorola Samsung
Announced August 2017 Not announced yet August 2018
Status Coming Soon - September 2017 Rumored Available - August 2018
Price - - Rs. 67,900 ($999.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, Blue Coral, Gold Gold, Blue Metallic copper, Lavender purple, Ocean blue, Midnight black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm
(6.4 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)
- 161.9 x 76.4 x 8.8 mm
(6.37 x 3.01 x 0.35 in)
Weight 195 g (6.88 oz) - 201 g (7.09 oz)
SIM Type Single/Dual SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 19(800), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) 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), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - IP68 Certified Dust and Water Resistant
- Samsung Pay
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Splash and dust resistant
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
- Stylus (Bluetooth integration)
Notification LED Yes Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat) Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 8.1 (Oreo)
Processor Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) / Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835/ Exynos 8895 Octa Octa-core Cortex-A53, Qualcomm Snapdragon Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA/LATAM, China, Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA
Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 - USA/LATAM, China
GPU Adreno 540 / Mali-G71 MP20 Adreno Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China
RAM 6 GB 6 GB 6/8 GB
Internal Memory 64/128/256 GB 64 GB 128/512 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 6.3 inches 6.0 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels (522 ppi) 1080 x 2160 pixels (402 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (514 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 83.03% - 84.15%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 12 MP Dual 12 MP (f/1.6) + 8 MP Dual 12 MP + 12 MP
Flash LED Flash Dual-LED Dual-tone Flash LED flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, f/1.7 and f/2.4, 2X Optical Zoom, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Phase Detection And Laser Autofocus, f/1.6 aperture lens, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, Auto-HDR 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm, 1/3.6", 1µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom
Dual Video Call, Auto-HDR
Video 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, Dual-Video Rec
Front Camera 8 MP, f/1.7, AF [Similar] 5 MP (f/2.0, 1.4 µm), dual-LED dual-tone flash, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm, 1/3.6", 1.22µm, AF, Dual video call, Auto-HDR, 1440p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, 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 v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, magnetic connector, USB On-The-Go 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM 64 GB, 6 GB RAM or 32 GB, 4 GB RAM 128/512 GB, 6/8 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
USB OTG 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
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 present barometer sensor not present barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor present 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 3300 mAh - 4000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -