Samsung Galaxy Note8 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung	Xiaomi
Announced
August 2017	March 2020
Status
Coming Soon - September 2017	Coming Soon - April 2020
Colors
Black, Blue Coral, Gold	Aurora Blue, Glacier White, Interstellar Gray
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm (6.4 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)	165.8 x 76.7 x 8.8 mm (6.53 x 3.02 x 0.35 in)
Weight
195 g (6.88 oz)	209 g (7.37 oz)
SIM Type
Single/Dual 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 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
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), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- IP68 Certified Dust and Water Resistant - Samsung Pay	- Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted) Splash-proof
Notification LED
Yes	-

OS
Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)	Android 10.0
User Interface
-	MIUI 11
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]	Octa-core (2x2.3 GHz Kryo 465 Gold & 6x1.8 GHz Kryo 465 Silver), Qualcomm SM7125 Snapdragon 720G (8 nm) [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 540 / Mali-G71 MP20 [Similar]	Adreno 618 [Similar]
RAM
6 GB [Browse Similar]	6 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
64/128/256 GB	128 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)	microSDXC (dedicated slot)

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5	FHD+ IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen Corning Gorilla Glass 5 450 nits typ. brightness (advertised)
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
6.3 inches [Similar]	6.67 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1440 x 2960 pixels (522 ppi)	1080 x 2400 pixels (395 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
83.03%	84.28%
Multi-Touch

Rear Camera
Dual 12 MP [Similar]	48 MP + 8 MP + 5 MP + 2 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED 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	48 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF 8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm 5 MP, f/2.4, (macro), 1.12µm 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth) HDR, Panorama
Video
2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.	2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@960fps, gyro-EIS
Front Camera
8 MP, f/1.7, AF [Similar]	16 MP Punch-Hole, f/2.5, 26mm (wide), 1/3.1", 1.0µm HDR 1080p@30fps [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSPA, LTE, VoLTE	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A
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, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB
v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector	2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser
HTML5	Yes

Internal
64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM	128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM (UFS 2.1)
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)	microSDXC (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
Supported	Supported