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Samsung Galaxy A9
Samsung Galaxy S8
Network
Technology HSPA/GSM/LTE LTE/GSM/HSPA
2G bands SIM1 and SIM2 (GSM 850/900/1800/1900)

SIM 1 and SIM 2 (Dual-SIM Model Only), GSM 850/900/1800/1900

3G bands HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100 HSDPA, (AWS) 850/900/1700/1900/2100
4G bands 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,12,13,17,20,26,28,38,40,41,66 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,12,13,17,18,19,20,25,26,28,32,66,38,39,40,41
5G bands N/A N/A
Network Type Speed LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 (450/50 Mbps), HSPA (42.2/5.76 Mbps) LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps
Launch
Launch Date October 11, 2018 March 29, 2017
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Weight 183g 155 g
Build Gorilla Glass 5 (Glass Front+Glass Back), Aluminum Frame Front and Back (Gorilla Glass 5), Aluminum Frame
SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM) Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, Dual Stand-By), Single SIM (Nano-SIM)
Display
Display Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.3 Inch 5.8 Inch
Resolution (1080x2220) Pixels (1440x2960) Pixels
Platform
OS Android 8 Android 7.0 To Android 9.0
CPU Octa Core (4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver / 4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 Gold) Octa-Core (4x1.7 GHz / 4x2.3 GHz)
GPU Adreno 512 Mali-G71 MP20
Memory
Card slot MicroSD Card (Dedicated Slot) MicroSD (Uses Shared SIM Slot)
Main Camera
Features Touch Focus / Face Detection / Geo-Tagging / Panorama / HDR / Autofocus / LED Flash Auto-HDR, Panorama, LED Flash
Video 4K UHD Video Recording (30fps)
1080p Video Recording (30fps)
4K Video Recording (30fps)
1080p Video Recording (30/60fps)
720p Video Recording (240fps)
Sound
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot, Wi-Fi 802.11 (a/b/g/n/ac), and Dual-Band Dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, Wi-Fi 802.11 (a/b/g/n/ac)
Bluetooth Bluetooth v5.0 Bluetooth v5.0
GPS Yes (A-GPS Support + Glonass, BDS, and GALILEO) Yes, with A-GPS, BDS, GALILEO, and GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
RADIO FM Radio N/A
USB USB Type-C (2.0) Type-C 3.1
Features
Sensors Accelerometer / Fingerprint Sensor / Gyro Sensor / Geomagnetic Sensor / Hall Sensor / RGB Light Sensor / Proximity Sensor Accelerometer / Gyro / Proximity / Compass / Barometer / Heart Rate / SpO2 / Iris Scanner / Fingerprint (rear-mounted)
Battery
Type Li-Ion 3800 mAh (Non Removable) Li-ion 3000 mAh (Non Removable)
Charging Fast Charging (18W) 15W, Fast Charging
Misc
Colors Caviar Black, Lemonade Blue, and Bubblegum Pink Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Rose Pink, Burgundy Red, Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver
Model SM-A920FZBDPAK SM-G9500, SM-G950A, SM-G950P, SM-G950T, SM-G950U, SM-G950V, SM-G950F, SM-G950FD, SM-G950W, SM-G950S, SM-G950K, SM-G950L, SM-G950U1, SM-G950N, SC-02J, SCV36, SM-G950, G950F
Price 79,999 76,000
Brand Samsung Samsung
Model Samsung A9 Samsung S8
Samsung Galaxy A9
Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus
Network
Technology
2G bands
SIM1 and SIM2 (GSM 850/900/1800/1900)

SIM1 and SIM2 (GSM 850/900/1800/1900)
3G bands
HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100 HSDPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100
4G bands
1,2,3,4,5,7,8,12,13,17,20,26,28,38,40,41,66 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,17,20,28
5G bands
N/A N/A
Network Type Speed
LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 (450/50 Mbps), HSPA (42.2/5.76 Mbps) LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, HSPA (42.2/5.76) Mbps
Launch
Launch Date
October 11, 2018 March 21, 2017
Status
Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Weight
183g 173g
SIM
Dual SIM (Nano-SIM) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, Dual Stand-by)
Display
Display
Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size
6.3 Inch 6.2 Inch
Resolution
(1080x2220) Pixels (1440x2960) Pixels
Platform
OS
Android 8 Android 7.0 (Nougat), Upgradable to Android 9.0
Chipset
Qualcomm SDM660 (Snapdragon 660) Exynos 8895
CPU
Octa Core (4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver / 4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 Gold) Octa-Core
GPU
Adreno 512 Mali-G71 MP20
Memory
Card slot
MicroSD Card (Dedicated Slot) MicroSD (Uses Shared SIM Slot)
Internal
128GB 6GB RAM 128GB 4GB RAM
Main Camera
Features
Touch Focus / Face Detection / Geo-Tagging / Panorama / HDR / Autofocus / LED Flash LED Flash, Phase Detection, Auto Focus, OIS, Geo-Tagging, Touch Focus, Face/Smile Detection, Auto HDR, and Panorama
Video
4K UHD Video Recording (30fps)
1080p Video Recording (30fps)
4K Video Recording (60fps)
1080p Video Recording (30/60fps)
720p Video Recording (240fps)
Selfie Camera
Front Camera
24MP (F/2.0 Aperture) Wide 8MP (F/1.7 Aperture) Wide
2 MP (Dedicated iris Scanner Camera)
Video
4K UHD Video Recording (30fps)
1080p Video Recording (30fps)
4K Video Recording (60fps)
1080p Video Recording (30/60fps)
720p Video Recording (240fps)
Sound
Loudspeaker
Yes Yes
3.5mm jack
Yes Yes
Comms
WLAN
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot, Wi-Fi 802.11 (a/b/g/n/ac), and Dual-Band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot, Wi-Fi 802.11 (a/b/g/n/ac), and Dual-band
WLAN
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot, Wi-Fi 802.11 (a/b/g/n/ac), and Dual-Band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot, Wi-Fi 802.11 (a/b/g/n/ac), and Dual-band
Bluetooth
Bluetooth v5.0 5.0, A2DP
GPS
Yes (A-GPS Support + Glonass, BDS, and GALILEO) Yes, With A-GPS, BDS, GALILEO, and GLONASS
NFC
Yes Yes
RADIO
FM Radio N/A
USB
USB Type-C (2.0) USB Type-C 3.1
Features
Sensors
Accelerometer / Fingerprint Sensor / Gyro Sensor / Geomagnetic Sensor / Hall Sensor / RGB Light Sensor / Proximity Sensor Geomagnetic Sensor / Hall Sensor / HR Sensor / Iris Sensor / Pressure Sensor / Proximity Sensor / RGB Light Sensor / Accelerometer / Barometer / Fingerprint Sensor / Gyro Sensor
Battery
Type
Li-Ion 3800 mAh (Non Removable) Li-Ion 3500 mAh (Non-Removable)
Charging
Fast Charging (18W) Fast Charging 15W
Misc
Colors
Caviar Black, Lemonade Blue, and Bubblegum Pink Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Rose Pink, Midnight Black, and Orchid Gray
Model
SM-A920FZBDPAK SM-G955FZDDPAK
Price
79999 84999
Brand
Samsung Samsung
Model
Samsung A9 Samsung S8

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