Samsung Galaxy Note8 vs Apple iPhone XS

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung	Apple
Announced
August 2017	September 2018
Status
Coming Soon - September 2017	Coming Soon - September 2018
Colors
Black, Blue Coral, Gold	Space Gray, Silver, Gold
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm (6.4 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)	143.6 x 70.9 x 7.7 mm (5.65 x 2.79 x 0.3 in)
Weight
195 g (6.88 oz)	177 g (6.24 oz)
SIM Type
Single/Dual SIM	Nano-SIM and e-SIM
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network
HSDPA	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 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), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features
- IP68 Certified Dust and Water Resistant - Samsung Pay	- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 2m for 30 mins) - Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Notification LED
Yes	-

OS
Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)	iOS 12
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 [Similar]	Hexa-core, Apple A12 Bionic
GPU
Adreno 540 / Mali-G71 MP20 [Similar]	Apple GPU (4-core graphics) [Similar]
RAM
6 GB [Browse Similar]	4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
64/128/256 GB	64/256/512 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)	No

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5	Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
6.3 inches [Similar]	5.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1440 x 2960 pixels (522 ppi)	1125 x 2436 pixels (463 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
83.03%	81.01%
Multi-Touch

Rear Camera
Dual 12 MP [Similar]	Dual 12 MP + 12 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED Flash	Quad-LED dual-tone 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	12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, PDAF 12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm, 1.0µm, OIS, PDAF, 2x optical zoom, HDR
Video
2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.	2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, stereo sound recording
Front Camera
8 MP, f/1.7, AF [Similar]	7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, HDR, 1080p@60fps [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSPA, LTE, VoLTE	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX	5.0, 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, dual-band, hotspot
USB
v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector	2.0, proprietary reversible connector
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
Browser
HTML5	HTML5 (Safari)