Razer Phone vs Samsung Galaxy S9 Comparison and Differences

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Razer Phone or Samsung Galaxy S9 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Razer Phone Samsung Galaxy S9
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Release date 2017, November 2018, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 158.5 x 77.7 x 8 mm | 6.24 x 6.24 x 3.06 in 147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5 mm | 5.81 x 5.81 x 2.7 in
Weight 197 g | 6.95 oz 163 g | 5.75 oz
Body Build Aluminum body Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
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Colors Black Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Titanium Gray, Lilac Purple, Burgundy Red, Sunrise Gold, Ice Blue
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 750 EUR 490 EUR
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Screen

Technology IGZO IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.7" in 5.8" in
Screen area 89.6 cm2 84.8 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 18.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 72.7% 83.6%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 1440 x 2960 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 515 PPI 570 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - Wide Colour Gamut
-120 Hz
-380 nits
- HDR10
-3D Touch (home button only)
-Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 12 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 25mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.4µm, Dual pixel PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.6, 1/3.4'', 1.0µm, 2x optical zoom, PDAF
-12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.0 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 81
DxOMark Photo 81
DxOMark Video 81

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.1.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.1 (Oreo) Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - Exynos 9810 Octa (10 nm)
- Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - USA/LATAM, China
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
-Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA/LATAM, China
GPU Adreno 540 Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal memory 64 GB, 8 GB RAM 64/128/256 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 284449
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 411 510
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1474 1725
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1262 1987
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 1835
GeekBench 5 Single Core 380 469
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1685 1957
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1913 3288
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6604 8240
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7908 8705
GeekBench 4 Battery 3960

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1800 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - USA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Global, USA 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - USA
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) - Global 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - USA
Speed HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio (USA & Canada only)
Headphone jack No Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 24W (Quick Charge 4+)

- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
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-ANT+
-Bixby natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
-Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Versions: G960F (Europe, Global Single-SIM); G960F/DS (Europe, Global Dual-SIM); G960U (USA); G960W (Canada); G9600 (China, LATAM)

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