Samsung Galaxy Note 9 vs Fairphone 5 Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy Note 9

Samsung Galaxy Note 9

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Fairphone 5

Fairphone 5

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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 or Fairphone 5 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Fairphone 5
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Release date 2018, August 2023, August 30
Dimensions (HxWxD) 161.9 x 76.4 x 8.8 mm | 6.37 x 6.37 x 3.01 in 161.6 x 75.8 x 9.6 mm | 6.36 x 6.36 x 2.98 in
Weight 201 g | 7.09 oz 212 g | 7.48 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame, plastic back
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Colors Metallic Copper, Lavender Purple, Ocean Blue, Midnight Black, Pure White, Alpine White Matte Black, Sky Blue, Transparent
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 4200 mAh, Li-Ion, removable
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED OLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.4" in 6.46" in
Screen area 103.2 cm2 101.2 cm2
Screen format 18.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 83.4% 82.7%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2960 px 1224 x 2700 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 516 PPI 459 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - HDR10
-Always-on display
- 90Hz, 880 nits (peak)
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 50 MP, Dual
Camera specs -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
-50 MP, f/1.9, (wide), 1/1.49", 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS
-50 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide), 1/2.51", 0.7µm, PDAF
-TOF 3D, (depth)
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, gyro-EIS
DxOMark Main Score 103 108
DxOMark Photo 107 115
DxOMark Video 94 104
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 50 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF 50 MP, f/2.5, (wide), 1/2.76", 0.74µm
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR HDR
Video 1440p@30fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
DxOMark Selfie Score 92
DxOMark Photo 96
DxOMark Video 86

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); One UI Android 13, planned upgrade to Android 14
Chipset - Exynos 9810 Octa (10 nm)
- Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - USA/LATAM, China
- Qualcomm QCM6490 (6 nm)
CPU - 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
- Octa-core (1x2.7 GHz Cortex-A78 & 3x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China
Adreno 643L
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 512 GB, 8 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM 256GB 8GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 605212
Antutu 8 Total 320265
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 521 1131
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1790 2985
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 2025
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 1958
GeekBench 5 Single Core 480
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 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) Nano-SIM and eSIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G
Bands -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
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 28, 32, 38, 40, 41, 42, 48, 66, 71
-5G - 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 41, 48, 66, 71, 77, 78 SA/NSA
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps HSPA, LTE-A (4CA), 5G
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector USB Type-C 3.0, OTG, DisplayPort
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.2, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.40 W/kg (head) 0.85 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others - 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- 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)

- 30W Fast charging, 50% in 20 min
- IP55, dust and water resistant
-MIL-STD-810H compliant
Versions
- SM-N960F/DS (Global); SM-N960U (USA); SM-N9600/DS (LATAM, Brazil, China)

- Modular phone with swappable components

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