Nokia 9 PureView vs Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Comparison and Differences

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Nokia 9 PureView

Nokia 9 PureView

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Samsung Galaxy Note 9

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Nokia 9 PureView or Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Nokia 9 PureView Samsung Galaxy Note 9
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Release date 2019, February 2018, August
Dimensions (HxWxD) 155 x 75 x 8 mm | 6.1 x 6.1 x 2.95 in 161.9 x 76.4 x 8.8 mm | 6.37 x 6.37 x 3.01 in
Weight 172 g | 6.07 oz 201 g | 7.09 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
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Colors Midnight Blue Metallic Copper, Lavender Purple, Ocean Blue, Midnight Black, Pure White, Alpine White
Battery 3320 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 620 EUR 750 EUR
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Screen

Technology P-OLED capacitive touchscreen, Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors Type P-OLE 16M
Screen size 5.99" in 6.4" in
Screen area 92.6 cm2 103.2 cm2
Screen format 18:9 (height:width) 18.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 79.7% 83.4%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2880 px 1440 x 2960 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 538 PPI 516 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - Always-on display
-HDR10
- HDR10
-Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 5 MP, Five 12 MP, Dual
Camera specs -5x 12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), 1/2.9'', 1.25µm
-(2x RGB & 3x B/W cameras, working simultaneously)
-TOF camera
-12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
-12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.4'', 1.0µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom
Functions Zeiss optics, dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, HDR 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
DxOMark Main Score 85 103
DxOMark Photo 88 107
DxOMark Video 80 94
Front camera, selfie 20 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 20 MP, 1.0µm 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF
Functions HDR Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 92
DxOMark Photo 96
DxOMark Video 86

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 9.0 (Pie); Android One Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); One UI
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - Exynos 9810 Octa (10 nm)
- Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - USA/LATAM, China
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - 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 630 Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China
External memory No microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal memory 128 GB, 6 GB RAM 512 GB, 8 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 9 Total 399852
Antutu 8 Total 240222 320265
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 546 521
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1958 1790
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 2158 2025
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 1958
GeekBench 5 Single Core 504 480
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 2146 2002
GeekBench 4 Single Core 2358
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 8531
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 9353
GeekBench 4 Battery 5154

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) 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 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
-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  
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), 71(600) - 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 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) 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, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX

Music and Audio

Radio No No
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 (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
Other extras
- ANT+
- Fast battery charging 18W (Quick Charge 3.0)
-USB Power Delivery
-Fast wireless charging 10W (Qi); 5W (PMA)
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)

- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
-ANT+
-Bixby natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
-Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
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- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
-Stylus (Bluetooth integration)
Versions
- SM-N960F/DS (Global); SM-N960U (USA); SM-N9600/DS (LATAM, Brazil, China)

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