Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S9 vs Apple iPhone XR vs Samsung Galaxy A03s

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple Samsung
Announced February 2018 September 2018 Not announced yet
Status Coming Soon, March 2018 Coming Soon - October 2018 Rumored
Price Rs. 52,999 ($750.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 59,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Various Black, Red, Yellow, Blue, Coral Black, White, Red, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5 mm
(5.81 x 2.7 x 0.33 in)
150.9 x 75.7 x 8.3 mm
(5.94 x 2.98 x 0.33 in)
166.6 x 75.9 x 9.1 mm
(6.56 x 2.99 x 0.36 in)
Weight 163 g (5.75 oz) 194 g (6.84 oz) -
SIM Type Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM and e-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), 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
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 / 2100
4G Network LTE 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), 66(1700/2100), 71(600) LTE 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
- Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
Notification LED Yes - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android 8.0 (Oreo) iOS 12 Android 11
User Interface Samsung Experience - One UI 3.1
Processor 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
Hexa-core, Apple A12 Bionic Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53), MediaTek MT6765 Helio P35 (12nm)
GPU Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China
Apple GPU (4-core graphics) PowerVR GE8320
RAM 4 GB 3 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 64 GB 64/128/256 GB 64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No microSDXC (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating HD+ PLS IPS Screen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colour
Size 5.8 inches 6.1 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi) 828 x 1792 pixels (324 ppi) 720 x 1600 pixels (270 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 84.00% 79.83% 80.63%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP 12 MP 13 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP
Flash LED Flash Quad-LED dual-tone flash LED Flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.5 - f/2.4 variable aperture lens, 26mm, 1/2.5", 1.4 µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama f/1.8, 28mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, PDAF, HDR 13 MP, f/2.2, (wide), AF
2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@60fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 8 MP, f/1.6, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR [Similar] 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, HDR, 1080@60fps [Similar] 5 MP, f/2.2 [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 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE 4.2, A2DP
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, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, proprietary reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64/128/256 GB, 3 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM or 32 GB, 3 GB RAM eMMC 5.1
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No microSDXC (dedicated slot)
USB OTG Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint 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 not present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor not present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor present barometer sensor not present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor not present heart rate sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 15W
Capacity 3000 mAh - 5000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - Up to 25 h (3G) -