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Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Mobile Phone
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4.2 out of 5
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3.6 out of 5
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4.1 out of 5
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38
4.1 out of 5
38 user ratings
5 stars
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 5.1Android 7.1Android 4.4
CPU clock speed2.1 GHz2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-coreQuad-core
CPU modelSamsung Exynos Octa 7420Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC v3
GPU modelARM Mali-T760ARM Mali-G71 MP20Qualcomm Adreno 330
RAM memory4 GB6 GB2 GB

Display

Screen size5.7 in6.3 in5.1 in
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeOLEDOLEDOLED
Resolution2560 x 1440 px1440 x 2960 px1920 x 1080 px
Technology
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Pixel density518.0 ppi521.0 ppi432.0 ppi
Screen materialCorning Gorilla Glass 4.0
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 3.0
Multi touch
N/A
yesyes
Touchscreen
N/A
N/A
yes
Dual screen support
N/A
N/A
yes
Scratch resistant display
N/A
N/A
yes
HDR
N/A
N/A
no

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture1.9 f
N/A
2.2 f
Highest video resolution4096 x 2160 px3840 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)120.0 fps240.0 fps60.0 fps
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.55"1/2.6"
Video recording
N/A
yesyes
Max resolution (highest frame rate)
N/A
1280 x 720 px1920 x 1080 px
3D Capture
N/A
no
N/A
Autofocus
N/A
yesyes
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
yesyes
Optical zoom
N/A
2x
N/A
Face detection
N/A
yes
N/A
Geo-tagging
N/A
yesyes
LED Flash
N/A
yesyes
Night Mode
N/A
yes
N/A
Panorama
N/A
yesyes
Burst Mode
N/A
N/A
yes
Digital zoom
N/A
N/A
yes
HDR Capture
N/A
N/A
yes
Slow-Mo
N/A
N/A
yes
Touch focus
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution5.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx2.1 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 256 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
Memory card readernoyesyes
Types of memory card supportedNo memory slot
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
Maximum card storage
N/A
256GB128GB

Design

Colour of product
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Gold
  • Black
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Green
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Silver
  • Turquoise
  • White
  • Yellow
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Plastic
Water resistant
N/A
N/A
yes
Shock resistant
N/A
N/A
no
Dust resistant
N/A
N/A
yes

Dimensions

Height6.03 in6.4 in5.59 in
Width3.0 in2.94 in2.85 in
Depth0.3 in0.34 in0.32 in
Weight6.03 oz6.88 oz5.11 oz

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesnono
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMMicro-SIM
Bluetooth version4.15.04.0
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
A2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codecSBCSBC
  • SBC
  • aptX
Charging connection
  • USB
  • Wireless
USBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.0
3.0/3.1
3.0/3.1
Video outputMHLDisplayPort over USB-CMHL
DLNA certified
N/A
noyes
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
yesyes
Bluetooth
N/A
N/A
yes
NFC
N/A
N/A
yes

Cellular

Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
LTE frequencies
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
Streaming standardsMiracast
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
Miracast
Data transmission
N/A
VoWiFiHSPA+
Navigation system
N/A
GLONASSGLONASS
2G GSM
N/A
yesyes
3G UMTS
N/A
yesyes
4G LTE
N/A
yesyes
Wireless network (Wi-Fi)
N/A
N/A
yes
CDMA frequences
N/A
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
Mobile hotspot
N/A
N/A
yes

Battery

Battery typeLithium Polymer
N/A
Lithium ion
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh3300.0 mAh2800.0 mAh
Standby time336.0 h220.0 h390.0 h
Talk time21.0 h22.0 h21.0 h
Wireless charging standard
  • PMA
  • QI
  • PMA
  • QI
  • PMA
  • QI
Fast charging standard
N/A
Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
N/A
Replaceable battery
N/A
N/A
yes
Fast charging
N/A
N/A
yes
Wireless charging
N/A
N/A
yes

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