Samsung Galaxy Note 9 vs Samsung Galaxy Note8

Price Comparison (India)

Manufacturer
Samsung	Samsung
Announced
August 2018	August 2017
Status
Available - August 2018	Coming Soon - September 2017
Price
Rs. 67,900 ($999.00) [Similarly Priced]	-
Colors
Metallic copper, Lavender purple, Ocean blue, Midnight black	Black, Blue Coral, Gold
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
161.9 x 76.4 x 8.8 mm (6.37 x 3.01 x 0.35 in)	162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm (6.4 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)
Weight
201 g (7.09 oz)	195 g (6.88 oz)
SIM Type
Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)	Single/Dual SIM
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA
4G Network
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)	LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Fingerprint Sensor - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) - IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) - Stylus (Bluetooth integration)	- IP68 Certified Dust and Water Resistant - Samsung Pay
Notification LED
Yes	Yes

OS
Android 8.1 (Oreo)	Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)
Processor
Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA/LATAM, China, Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 - USA/LATAM, China [Similar]	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]
GPU
Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA Adreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China [Similar]	Adreno 540 / Mali-G71 MP20 [Similar]
RAM
6/8 GB [Browse Similar]	6 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
128/512 GB	64/128/256 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only	microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Type
Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
6.4 inches [Similar]	6.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1440 x 2960 pixels (514 ppi)	1440 x 2960 pixels (522 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
84.15%	83.03%
Multi-Touch

Rear Camera
Dual 12 MP + 12 MP [Similar]	Dual 12 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED flash	LED Flash
Features
12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS 12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm, 1/3.6", 1µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom Dual Video Call, Auto-HDR	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
Video
2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, Dual-Video Rec	2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm, 1/3.6", 1.22µm, AF, Dual video call, Auto-HDR, 1440p@30fps [Similar]	8 MP, f/1.7, AF [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps	HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth
5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX	v4.2, A2DP, 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, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB
3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector	v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser
HTML5	HTML5

Internal
128/512 GB, 6/8 GB RAM	64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only	microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
Not Supported	Supported

Fingerprint

Proximity Sensor

Accelerometer Sensor

Light Sensor

Magnetic-field Sensor (Compass)

Gyroscope Sensor

Infrared Sensor

Barometer Sensor

Heart-rate Sensor

NFC