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Samsung Galaxy Note Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy S8 Mobile Phone
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 4.1Android 5.1Android 4.4Android 7.0
CPU clock speed1.4 GHz2.1 GHz2.5 GHz2.3 GHz
CPU coresDual-core8-coreQuad-core8-core
CPU modelSamsung Exynos 4 Dual 4210Samsung Exynos Octa 7420Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC v3Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895
GPU modelARM Mali-400 MPARM Mali-T760Qualcomm Adreno 330ARM Mali-G71 MP20
RAM memory1 GB4 GB2 GB4 GB

Display

Screen size5.3 in5.7 in5.1 in5.8 in
Touchscreenyes
N/A
yesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel type
  • LCD
  • OLED
OLEDOLEDOLED
Resolution1280 x 800 px2560 x 1440 px1920 x 1080 px1440 x 2960 px
Technology
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Quad HD+ Super AMOLED
Pixel density285.0 ppi518.0 ppi432.0 ppi570.0 ppi
Screen materialCorning Gorilla GlassCorning Gorilla Glass 4.0Corning Gorilla Glass 3.0Corning Gorilla Glass 5.0
Dual screen supportno
N/A
yesno
Scratch resistant displayyes
N/A
yesyes
HDRno
N/A
noyes
Multi touchyes
N/A
yesyes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution8.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Video recordingyes
N/A
yesyes
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px3840 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps120.0 fps60.0 fps240.0 fps
3D Captureno
N/A
N/A
N/A
Autofocusyes
N/A
yesyes
Digital zoomyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Face detectionyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Geo-taggingyes
N/A
yesyes
HDR Captureyes
N/A
yes
N/A
LED Flashyes
N/A
yesyes
Panoramayes
N/A
yesyes
Slow-Mono
N/A
yes
N/A
Smile detectionyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Touch focusyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Primary lens aperture
N/A
1.9 f2.2 f
N/A
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Primary sensor size
N/A
N/A
1/2.6"1/2.55"
Max resolution (highest frame rate)
N/A
N/A
1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
Burst Mode
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Number of rear cameras
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Focus adjustment
N/A
N/A
N/A
  • Automatic
  • Manual
Night Mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Scene mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution2.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx2.1 Mpx8.0 Mpx
Number of front cameras
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
Primary sensor size
N/A
N/A
1/2.6"1/2.55"
Focus adjustment
N/A
N/A
N/A
  • Automatic
  • Manual
Lens aperture
N/A
N/A
N/A
F/1.7

Storage

Internal storage16 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
64 GB
Memory card readeryesnoyesyes
Maximum card storage32GB
N/A
128GB256GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
No memory slot
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • White
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Green
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Silver
  • Turquoise
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Arctic silver
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Midnight black
  • Orchid grey
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Rose pink
  • Silver
  • Turquoise
MaterialPlastic
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Plastic
N/A
Water resistantno
N/A
yesyes
Shock resistantno
N/A
nono
Dust resistant
N/A
N/A
yesyes

Dimensions

Height5.78 in6.03 in5.59 in5.86 in
Width3.26 in3.0 in2.85 in2.68 in
Depth0.38 in0.3 in0.32 in0.31 in
Weight6.28 oz6.03 oz5.11 oz5.47 oz

Connectivity

Dual sim supportnoyesnono
Sim card sizeMini-SIMNano-SIMMicro-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiedyes
N/A
yesno
Bluetoothyes
N/A
yesyes
Bluetooth version3.0 HS4.14.05.0
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • SAP
Bluetooth codecSBCSBC
  • SBC
  • aptX
  • aptX
  • SBC
NFCyes
N/A
yesyes
Charging connectionUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
USBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.0
3.0/3.1
3.1
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yes
N/A
yesyes
Video outputMHLMHLMHLDisplayPort over USB-C
Type of USB connector
N/A
N/A
N/A
USB Type-C

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yes
N/A
yesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 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
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmissionHSPA+
N/A
HSPA+
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TDD-LTE
Navigation systemA-GPS
N/A
GLONASS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
  • Galileo
2G GSMyes
N/A
yesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
3G UMTSyes
N/A
yesyes
4G LTE
  • no
  • yes
N/A
yesyes
LTE frequencies700 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
N/A
Mobile hotspotyes
N/A
yes
N/A
UMTS frequences
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
Streaming standards
N/A
MiracastMiracast
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
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
N/A

Battery

Replaceable batteryyes
N/A
yesno
Battery typeLithium ionLithium PolymerLithium ion
N/A
Battery capacity2500.0 mAh3000.0 mAh2800.0 mAh3000.0 mAh
Standby time820.0 h336.0 h390.0 h326.0 h
Talk time13.0 h21.0 h21.0 h20.0 h
Fast chargingno
N/A
yesyes
Wireless charging no
N/A
yesyes
Wireless charging standard
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
  • PMA
  • QI
  • PMA
  • QI
  • WPC
Fast charging standard
N/A
N/A
N/A
Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge

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