Samsung Galaxy S8+ vs Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018)

Price Comparison (India)

Manufacturer
Samsung	Samsung
Announced
March 2017	October 2018
Status
Available - April 2017	Available
Price
Rs. 64,900 ($845.00) [Similarly Priced]	Rs. 30,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold	Caviar Black, Lemonade Blue, Bubblegum Pink
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
159.5 x 73.4 x 8.1 mm (6.28 x 2.89 x 0.32 in)	162.5 x 77 x 7.8 mm (6.4 x 3.03 x 0.31 in)
Weight
173 g (6.1 oz)	183 g (6.46 oz)
SIM Type
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 / 1900 / 2100 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), 17(700), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
SAR EU
- W/kg (head) - W/kg (body)	0.35 W/kg (head) 1.59 W/kg (body)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
IP68 certified	Fingerprint Sensor Samsung Pay
Notification LED
Yes	Yes

OS
Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)	Android 8.0 (Oreo), planned upgrade to Android 9.0 (Pie)
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 (4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260), Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 (14 nm) [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 540 [Similar]	Adreno 512 [Similar]
RAM
4/6 GB [Browse Similar]	6/8 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
64/128 GB	64/128 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)	microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5	Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
6.2 inches [Similar]	6.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1440 x 2960 pixels (531 ppi)	1080 x 2220 pixels (392 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
83.31%	80.45%
Multi-Touch

Rear Camera
12 MP [Similar]	24 MP + 8 MP + 10 MP + 5 MP [Similar]
Flash
Dual-LED (Dual Tone)	LED Flash
Features
Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.7 aperture, OIS, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama	24 MP, f/1.7, 27mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.9µm, PDAF 8 MP, f/2.4, 12mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm 10 MP f/2.4, 52mm, (telephoto), 1/3.9", 1.0µm, 2x optical zoom 5 MP, f/2.2, 24mm (wide), 1/5.0", 1.12µm, depth sensor Panorama, HDR
Video
2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.	2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
8 MP, AF [Similar]	24 MP, f/2.0, 27mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.9µm HDR, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSPA, LTE, VoLTE	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 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, 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, BDS, GALILEO
Browser
HTML5	Yes

Internal
64/128 GB, 4/6 GB RAM	64/128 GB, 6/8 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)	microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
Supported	Supported