Cubot KingKong 9 vs Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Comparison and Differences

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Cubot KingKong 9

Cubot KingKong 9

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Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

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Cubot KingKong 9 or Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Cubot KingKong 9 Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
Rating (+2) (+3)
Release date May, 2023 2023, February 01
Dimensions (HxWxD) 172 x 81.6 x 17.7 mm | 6.77 x 6.77 x 3.21 in 163.4 x 78.1 x 8.9 mm | 6.43 x 6.43 x 3.07 in
Weight 390 g | 13.76 oz 234 g | 8.25 oz
Body Build Rugged Smartphone, Metal Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus 2), glass back (Gorilla Glass Victus 2), aluminum frame
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Colors Black Phantom Black, Green, Cream, Lavender, Graphite, Sky Blue, Lime, Red, BMW M Edition
Battery 10600 mAh, Li-Polymer, non-removable 5000 mAh, Li-Ion, non-removable
Approximate price 1400 EUR
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Screen

Technology LCD IPS Dynamic AMOLED 2X
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.58" in 6.8" in
Screen area 104.3 cm2 114.7 cm2
Screen format 20:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 74.3% 89.9%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2408 px 1440 x 3088 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 401 PPI 500 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Other specs - 120Hz
-Secondary screen on the back
- 120Hz
-HDR10+
-1750 nits (peak)
-1200 nits (HBM)
-Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 100 MP, Triple 200 MP, Quad
Camera specs -100 MP, (wide), PDAF
-24 MP, (night vision camera), 2 IR emitters
-5 MP, (macro)
-200 MP, f/1.7, 24mm (wide), 1/1.3", 0.6µm, multi-directional PDAF, Laser AF, OIS
-10 MP, f/4.9, 230mm (periscope telephoto), 1/3.52", 1.12µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS, 10x optical zoom
-10 MP, f/2.4, 70mm (telephoto), 1/3.52", 1.12µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom
-12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, Super Steady video
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video Yes 8K@24/30fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 1080p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS
DxOMark Main Score 140
DxOMark Photo 139
DxOMark Video 137
Front camera, selfie 32 MP, Single 12 MP, Single
Specifications 32 MP, ƒ/ 2.0 12 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), Dual Pixel PDAF
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR, HDR10+
Video Yes 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 141
DxOMark Photo 139
DxOMark Video 145

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 13 Tiramisu Android 13, One UI 5.1
Chipset - Mediatek Helio G99 (6nm) - Qualcomm SM8550-AC Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) - Octa-core (1x3.36 GHz Cortex-X3 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A715 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A710 & 3x2.0 GHz Cortex-A510)
GPU Mali-G57 MC2 Adreno 740
External memory microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) No
Internal memory 256GB 12GB RAM 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 1TB 12GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 1530695
Antutu 10 CPU 377291
Antutu 10 GPU 595608
Antutu 10 Mem 286984
Antutu 10 UX 377291
Antutu 9 Total 340003 1287951
GeekBench 6 Single Core 1883
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 4993
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 8807
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 5815
GeekBench 5 Single Core 1396
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 4882

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM and eSIMDual SIM (2 Nano-SIMs and eSIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (Dual SIM model only) 
CDMA 800 / 1900 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - LTE
-5G - SA/NSA/Sub6 - International
Speed HSPA, LTE HSPA, LTE-A (CA), 5G
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, tri-band, Wi-Fi Direct
GPS GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB USB Type-C, OTG USB Type-C 3.2, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.2, A2DP, LE 5.3, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.12 W/kg (head) 0.92 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - 0.96 W/kg (head) 1.40 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

Radio No
Headphone jack No
Others - 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Tuned by AKG

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compasscelerometer, compass, gyro - Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Fast charging 33.0W
- IP68/IP69K dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 min)

- Samsung DeX, Samsung Wireless DeX (desktop experience support)
-Bixby natural language commands and dictation
-Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-Ultra Wideband (UWB) support
- Fast charging 45W, 65% in 30 min
-Power Delivery 3.0
-Wireless charging 15W (Qi/PMA)
-Reverse wireless charging 4.5W
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
-Stylus (Bluetooth integration, accelerometer, gyro)

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