Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S9 vs Motorola Edge (2022)

Samsung Galaxy S9
samsung galaxy s9
Motorola Edge (2022)
motorola edge (2022)
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Motorola
Announced February 2018 August 2022
Status Coming Soon, March 2018 Coming Soon - August 2022
Price Rs. 52,999 ($750.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Various Grey
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5 mm
(5.81 x 2.7 x 0.33 in)
160.9 x 74.2 x 8 mm
(6.33 x 2.92 x 0.31 in)
Weight 163 g (5.75 oz) 170 g (6 oz)
SIM Type Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano SIM, eSIM
2G Network 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 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE
5G Network - SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
- Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
Water-repellent design
Notification LED Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 12, planned upgrade to Android 13
User Interface Samsung Experience MyUX
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 [Similar]
Octa-core (2x2.5 GHz Cortex-A78 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), MediaTek Dimensity 1050 (6 nm) [Similar]
GPU Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China [Similar]
Arm Mali-G610 MC3 [Similar]
RAM 4 GB [Browse Similar] 8 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64 GB 256 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 FHD+ OLED Screen
144Hz Refresh Rate
HDR10+
Colors 16M colors 1B Colors
Size 5.8 inches [Similar] 6.6 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (399 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 84.00% 87.98%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP [Similar] 50 MP + 13 MP + 2 MP [Similar]
Flash LED 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 50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/1.55", 1.0µm, multi-directional PDAF, OIS
13 MP, f/1.5, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1.12µm
2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS
Front Camera 8 MP, f/1.6, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR [Similar] 32 MP, f/2.5, (wide), 0.7µm
HDR
1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA), 5G
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.2, A2DP, LE
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/6e, tri-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 256 GB, 8 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No
USB OTG Not Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer 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 present barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery Charging 30W
Fast wireless charging 15W
Reverse charging 5W
Capacity 3000 mAh 5000 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -