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Fairphone 3 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy S9

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Fairphone 3 Plus Samsung Galaxy S9
Launch
Release Date
Sep, 2020 Mar, 2018
Status
Available Discontinued
Body & Operating System
Operating system
Android 10 up to 13 Android V8.0 Oreo
UI
NA
Dimensions
158 x 71.8 x 9.9 mm (6.22 x 2.83 x 0.39 in) 147.6 x 68.7 x 8.4 mm
Weight
189 g 163 g
Body
Modular phone with swappable components
Color Options
Black Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Titanium Gray, Lilac Purple
Display Specifications
Technology
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Super Amoled capacitive Touchscreen, 16M Colors, Multitouch
Size
5.65 inches
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5.8 inches
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Resolution
Full HD (FHD) - 1080 x 2160 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~427 ppi density) 2K/Quad HD (QHD) - 1440 x 2960 Pixels (~568 PPI)
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Features
NA 3D Touch (home button only), Always-on display
Battery & Charging
Capacity
Removable Li-Ion, 3040 mAh
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(Li-ion Non removable), 3000 mAh
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Charging
NA - Fast battery charging, Qi wireless charging
Processing Power
CPU
Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Kryo 250 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 250 Silver) Octa-core (4 x 2.8 GHz Mongoose M3 + 4 x 1.7 GHz Cortex-A55)
Chipset
Qualcomm SDM632 Snapdragon 632 (14 nm) Exynos 9810 Octa
GPU
Adreno 506 Mali-G72 MP18
Memory & Storage
Ram
4GB RAM 4GB RAM
Storage Memory
64GB Built-in 64GB Built-in
Memory Card
microSD, up to 256GB (dedicated slot) microSD Card, (supports upto 256GB) (uses SIM 2 slot)
Cameras
Rear/Back
48 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF 12 MP (f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, 1/2.5
Features

Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 4K@30fps, 1 80p@30fps, gyro-EIS Show more

Phase detection, Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP mage recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama, Video (2160p@60fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec) Show more

Front
16 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/3.1"
HDR, Video 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
8 MP, f/1.7, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR
Features
NA NA
Network
SIM
Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Hybrid Dual SIM, Dual Standby (Nano-SIM)
Data
GSM / HSPA / LTE GPRS, Edge, 3G (HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps), 4G (LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps)
2G Bands
SIM 1: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
SIM 2: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
SIM 1: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
SIM 2: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Bands
HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Bands
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800),... LTE...
5G Bands
NO NO
Connectivity
WLAN (WIFI)
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth
5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO Yes + A-GPS support & Glonass, BDS, GALILEO
USB
2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
NFC
Yes Yes
Additional Features
Sensors
Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Accelerometer, FingerPrint, Gyro, HeartRate, Iris Scanner, Proximity, SpO2
Extra
NA Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic, Samsung DeX (desktop experience support), Qi wireless charging, ANT+ support, Bixby natural language commands and dictation, IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes, Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified), Front/back glass + Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
Pricing
Price
US$ 559 USD $800
Resale Value
Low Very High
Comparison Result
Score
7 Point(s) 6 Point(s)
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