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Samsung Galaxy S6 Plus Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy S9 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S9
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Editiorial reviews
11
4.4 out of 5
6 user ratings
5 stars
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4 stars
83 %
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4.5 out of 5
11 user ratings
5 stars
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4 stars
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4.2 out of 5
10 user ratings
5 stars
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4 stars
90 %
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User rating
37
3.9 out of 5
37 user ratings
5 stars
24 %
4 stars
48 %
3 stars
24 %
2 stars
2 %
1 stars
0 %
33
4.1 out of 5
33 user ratings
5 stars
33 %
4 stars
45 %
3 stars
21 %
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4.3 out of 5
46 user ratings
5 stars
45 %
4 stars
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 5.0Android 7.0Android 8.0
CPU cores6-core8-core8-core
RAM memory2 GB
  • 4 GB
  • 6 GB
4 GB
CPU clock speed
N/A
2.3 GHz2.7 GHz
CPU model
N/A
Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9810
GPU model
N/A
ARM Mali-G71 MP20ARM Mali-G72 MP18

Display

Screen size5.5 in6.2 in5.8 in
Panel typeOLEDOLEDOLED
Resolution1920 x 1080 px1440 x 2960 px1440 x 2960 px
TechnologySuper AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Quad HD+ Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Quad HD+ Super AMOLED
Pixel density401.0 ppi529.0 ppi570.0 ppi
Multi touchyes
N/A
yes
Touchscreen
N/A
yesyes
Number of colors
N/A
16.7M16.7M
Screen material
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 5.0Corning Gorilla Glass 5.0
Dual screen support
N/A
nono
Scratch resistant display
N/A
yesyes
HDR
N/A
yesyes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Highest video resolution4096 x 2160 px3840 x 2160 px3840 x 2160 px
Autofocusyesyesyes
Face detectionyes
N/A
N/A
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
HDR Captureyes
N/A
N/A
LED Flashyesyesyes
Panoramayes
N/A
N/A
Touch focusyes
N/A
yes
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.55"1/2.55"
Sensor size (second camera)
N/A
1/3.4"
N/A
Resolution (second camera)
N/A
12.0 Mpx
N/A
Lens aperture (second camera)
N/A
F/2.4
N/A
Focus adjustment
N/A
  • Automatic
  • Manual
  • Automatic
  • Manual
Video recording
N/A
yesyes
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution
N/A
30.0 fps60.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
60.0 fps960.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)
N/A
1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
Optical zoom
N/A
2x
N/A
Optical image stabilization
N/A
yesyes
Primary lens aperture
N/A
N/A
1.9 f

Front camera

Primary resolution5.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.55"1/2.55"
Focus adjustment
N/A
  • Automatic
  • Manual
  • Automatic
  • Manual
Lens aperture
N/A
F/1.7F/1.7

Storage

Memory card readeryesyesyes
Types of memory card supportedmicroSD
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
Internal storage
N/A
  • 128 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 256 GB
  • 64 GB
Maximum card storage
N/A
256GB400GB

Design

Colour of productBlack
  • Arctic silver
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Coral blue
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Light blue
  • Midnight black
  • Orchid grey
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Silver
  • Sunrise gold
  • Turquoise
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Coral blue
  • Grey
  • Midnight black
  • Pink
  • Polaris blue
  • Purple
  • Sunrise gold
Material
N/A
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Metal
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Metal
Water resistant
N/A
yesyes
Shock resistant
N/A
nono

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Digital compassyes
N/A
N/A
Ambient light sensoryes
N/A
yes
Gyroscopeyesyesyes
Barometeryesyesyes
Fingerprint
N/A
yesyes
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
yesyes
ANT+
N/A
yesyes
Face scanner
N/A
N/A
yes

Connectivity

Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.15.05.0
NFCyesyesyes
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
Type of USB connectorMicro-USBUSB Type-CUSB Type-C
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyesyes
Dual sim support
N/A
noyes
Sim card size
N/A
  • Nano SIM
  • Nano-SIM
Nano-SIM
DLNA certified
N/A
nono
Bluetooth profile
N/A
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • SAP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • SAP
Bluetooth codec
N/A
  • aptX
  • SBC
  • aptX
  • SBC
Charging connection
N/A
USBUSB
USB version
N/A
3.1
3.1
Video output
N/A
DisplayPort over USB-CDisplayPort over USB-C

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
Data transmissionHSPA+
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TDD-LTE
  • VoLTE
  • VoWiFi
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
  • TDD-LTE
  • VoLTE
  • VoWiFi
Navigation systemGPS
  • A-GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
  • Galileo
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
  • Galileo
2G GSMyesyesyes
4G LTEyesyesyes
Mobile hotspotyes
N/A
yes
Wireless networking standard
N/A
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
GSM frequencies
N/A
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
3G UMTS
N/A
yesyes
UMTS frequences
N/A
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
Streaming standards
N/A
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast

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