Comparison of Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Samsung Galaxy S9

Comparison of
Samsung Galaxy S8

General Features General Features
Release Date 2017, March 2018, February
SIM Support Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Phone Dimensions 5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in 5.81 x 2.70 x 0.33 in
Phone Weight 155 g 163 g
Operating System Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Display Display
Screen Size 5.8 inches 5.8 inches
Screen Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels 1440 x 2960 pixels
Screen Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Screen Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Memory Memory
Internal Memory 64 GB 64/128/256 GB
RAM 4 GB RAM 4 GB RAM
Card Slot microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
Performance Performance
Processor Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose M2 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - EMEAOcta-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - USA & China Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEAOcta-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA/LATAM, China
GPU Mali-G71 MP20 - EMEAAdreno 540 - USA & China Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEAAdreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China
Battery Battery
Type Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery (11.55 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery (11.55 Wh)
Camera Camera
Front Camera 8 MP 8 MP
Front Flash Light No No
Front Video Recording 1440p@30fps 1440p@30fps
Back Flash Light Yes Yes
Back Camera 12 MP 12 MP
Back Video Recording 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Connectivity Connectivity
Bluetooth Yes Yes
3G Yes Yes
4G/LTE Yes Yes
5G
Radio No FM radio (USA & Canada only)
WiFi Yes Yes
NFC Yes Yes

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