Samsung s9 plus vs Samsung s8 plus comparison

	Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus	Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus
Network
Technology	LTE/GSM/EVDO/CDMA/HSPA	LTE/GSM/HSPA
2G bands	SIM1 and SIM2 (GSM 850/900/1800/1900)	SIM1 and SIM2 (GSM 850/900/1800/1900)
3G bands	HSDPA 850/900/1700(AWS)/1900/2100	HSDPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100
4G bands	1,2,3,4,5,7,8,12,13,17,18,19,20,25,26,28,32,38,39,40,41,66	1,2,3,4,5,7,8,17,20,28
5G bands	N/A	N/A
Network Type Speed	LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 (1200/200 Mbps), HSPA (42.2/5.76 Mbps)	LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, HSPA (42.2/5.76) Mbps
Launch
Launch Date	March 16, 2018	March 21, 2017
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Body
Weight	189g	173g
Build	Gorilla Glass 5 (Glass front+Glass back), Aluminum Frame	Front and Back (Gorilla Glass 5), And Aluminum Frame
SIM	Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM)	Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, Dual Stand-by)
Display
Display	Super Amoled	Super AMOLED
Size	6.2 Inch	6.2 Inch
Resolution	(1440x2960) Pixels	(1440x2960) Pixels
Platform
OS	Android V8	Android 7.0 (Nougat), Upgradable to Android 9.0
CPU	Octa-Core (4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55 / 4x2.8 GHz Mongoose M3)	Octa-Core
GPU	Mali-G72 MP18	Mali-G71 MP20
Memory
Card slot	Yes (up to 256GB) (Uses SIM 2 Slot)	MicroSD (Uses Shared SIM Slot)
Main Camera
Features	Auto HDR, Panorama, Phase Detection, Geo-Tagging, Touch Focus, and Face/Smile Detection	LED Flash, Phase Detection, Auto Focus, OIS, Geo-Tagging, Touch Focus, Face/Smile Detection, Auto HDR, and Panorama
Video	4K Video Recording (60fps) 2160p Video Recording (60fps) 1080p Video Recording (60fps) 720p Video Recording (960fps) HD Slow-Motion Video Recording (960fps) FHD Slow-Motion Video Recording (240fps)	4K Video Recording (60fps) 1080p Video Recording (30/60fps) 720p Video Recording (240fps)
Sound
Loudspeaker	Yes (Stereo Speakers)	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
Bluetooth	Bluetooth v5.0	5.0, A2DP
GPS	Yes + A-GPS support & Glonass / BDS / GALILEO)	Yes, With A-GPS, BDS, GALILEO, and GLONASS
NFC	Yes	Yes
RADIO	N/A	N/A
USB	USB Type-C (3.1)	USB Type-C 3.1
Features

Sensors	Accelerometer / Compass / Fingerprint / Gyro / Heartrate / Iris Scanner / Proximity	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 3500 mAh (Non Removable)	Li-Ion 3500 mAh (Non-Removable)
Charging	Fast Battery Charging Qi Wireless Charging	Fast Charging 15W
Misc
Colors	Midnight Black / Coral Blue / Titanium Gray / Lilac Purple	Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Rose Pink, Midnight Black, and Orchid Gray
Model	SM-G965F/SM-G965U/SM-G965W/SM-G9650/SM-G965U1	SM-G955FZDDPAK
Price	84,000	84,999
Brand	Samsung	Samsung
Model	Samsung S9 Plus	Samsung S8 Plus

Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus	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 850/900/1700(AWS)/1900/2100	HSDPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100
4G bands
1,2,3,4,5,7,8,12,13,17,18,19,20,25,26,28,32,38,39,40,41,66	1,2,3,4,5,7,8,17,20,28
5G bands
N/A	N/A
Network Type Speed
LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 (1200/200 Mbps), HSPA (42.2/5.76 Mbps)	LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, HSPA (42.2/5.76) Mbps
Launch
Launch Date
March 16, 2018	March 21, 2017
Status
Discontinued	Discontinued

Body
Weight
189g	173g
SIM
Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM)	Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, Dual Stand-by)
Display
Display
Super Amoled	Super AMOLED
Size
6.2 Inch	6.2 Inch
Resolution
(1440x2960) Pixels	(1440x2960) Pixels
Platform
OS
Android V8	Android 7.0 (Nougat), Upgradable to Android 9.0
Chipset
Exynos 9810	Exynos 8895
CPU
Octa-Core (4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55 / 4x2.8 GHz Mongoose M3)	Octa-Core
GPU
Mali-G72 MP18	Mali-G71 MP20
Memory
Card slot
Yes (up to 256GB) (Uses SIM 2 Slot)	MicroSD (Uses Shared SIM Slot)
Internal
64GB 6GB RAM 128GB 6GB RAM	128GB 4GB RAM
Main Camera

Features
Auto HDR, Panorama, Phase Detection, Geo-Tagging, Touch Focus, and Face/Smile Detection	LED Flash, Phase Detection, Auto Focus, OIS, Geo-Tagging, Touch Focus, Face/Smile Detection, Auto HDR, and Panorama
Video
4K Video Recording (60fps) 2160p Video Recording (60fps) 1080p Video Recording (60fps) 720p Video Recording (960fps) HD Slow-Motion Video Recording (960fps) FHD Slow-Motion Video Recording (240fps)	4K Video Recording (60fps) 1080p Video Recording (30/60fps) 720p Video Recording (240fps)
Selfie Camera
Front Camera
8MP (F/1.7 Aperture)	8MP (F/1.7 Aperture) Wide 2 MP (Dedicated iris Scanner Camera)
Video
4K Video Recording (60fps) 2160p Video Recording (60fps) 1080p Video Recording (60fps) 720p Video Recording (960fps) HD Slow-Motion Video Recording (960fps) FHD Slow-Motion Video Recording (240fps)	4K Video Recording (60fps) 1080p Video Recording (30/60fps) 720p Video Recording (240fps)
Sound
Loudspeaker
Yes (Stereo Speakers)	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 / GALILEO)	Yes, With A-GPS, BDS, GALILEO, and GLONASS
NFC
Yes	Yes
RADIO
N/A	N/A
USB
USB Type-C (3.1)	USB Type-C 3.1
Features
Sensors
Accelerometer / Compass / Fingerprint / Gyro / Heartrate / Iris Scanner / Proximity	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 3500 mAh (Non Removable)	Li-Ion 3500 mAh (Non-Removable)
Charging
Fast Battery Charging Qi Wireless Charging	Fast Charging 15W
Misc
Colors
Midnight Black / Coral Blue / Titanium Gray / Lilac Purple	Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Rose Pink, Midnight Black, and Orchid Gray
Model
SM-G965F/SM-G965U/SM-G965W/SM-G9650/SM-G965U1	SM-G955FZDDPAK
Price
84000	84999
Brand
Samsung	Samsung
Model
Samsung S9 Plus	Samsung S8 Plus