Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S9 vs Nokia 7.1

Samsung Galaxy S9
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Nokia 7.1
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Nokia
Announced February 2018 October 2018
Status Coming Soon, March 2018 Available - October 2018
Price Rs. 52,999 ($750.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 19,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Various Gloss midnight blue, gloss steel
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5 mm
(5.81 x 2.7 x 0.33 in)
149.7 x 71.2 x 8 mm
(5.89 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)
Weight 163 g (5.75 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
SIM Type Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid 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
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.26 W/kg (head)
1.74 W/kg (body)
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
Notification LED Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie)
User Interface Samsung Experience Android One
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 1.8 GHz Kryo 260, Qualcomm SDM636 Snapdragon 636 (14 nm) [Similar]
GPU Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China [Similar]
Adreno 509 [Similar]
RAM 4 GB [Browse Similar] 4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64 GB 64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 400 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.8 inches [Similar] 5.84 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi) 1080 x 2280 pixels (432 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 84.00% 79.87%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP [Similar] 12 MP + 5 MP [Similar]
Flash LED Flash Dual-LED Dual-tone 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 12 MP, f/1.8, 1.28µm, Dual Pixel PDAF
5 MP, f/2.4, 1.12µm, depth sensor
Zeiss Optics, Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS)
Front Camera 8 MP, f/1.6, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.0, 24mm, 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 (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, EDR, 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
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM or 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 400 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
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 not 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-Ion Battery
Capacity 3000 mAh 3060 mAh
Stand by - Up to 408 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 19 h 30 min (3G)