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Launch
Release Date
Aug, 2015 Aug, 2018
Status
Discontinued Discontinued
Body & Operating System
Operating system
Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), up to 7.0 (Nougat) Android 8.1 (Oreo) up to 10
UI
NA One UI 2.5
Dimensions
153.2 x 76.1 x 7.6 mm (6.03 x 3.00 x 0.30 in) 161.9 x 76.4 x 8.8 mm (6.37 x 3.01 x 0.35 in)
Weight
171 g 201 g
Body
Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Stylus (Bluetooth integration)
Color Options
Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Silver Titan, White Pearl Metallic Copper, Lavender Purple, Ocean Blue, Midnight Black, Pure White, Alpine White
Display Specifications
Technology
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Super AMOLED
Size
5.7 inches
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6.4 inches
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Resolution
2K/Quad HD (QHD) - 1440 x 2560 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~518 ppi density) 2K/Quad HD (QHD) - 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~516 ppi density)
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Features
NA HDR10, Always-on display
Battery & Charging
Capacity
Non-removable Li-Po, 3000 mAh
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Non-removable Li-Ion, 4000 mAh
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Charging
Fast battery charging 15W (Quick Charge 2.0) Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) Fast charging 15W
Qi/PMA wireless charging
Processing Power
CPU
Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) 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
Chipset
Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm) Exynos 9810 (10 nm) - EMEA
Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - USA/LATAM, China
GPU
Mali-T760MP8 Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China
Memory & Storage
Ram
4GB RAM 6/8GB RAM
Storage Memory
32/64/128GB Built-in 128/512GB Built-in
Memory Card
No microSD, up to 512GB (uses shared SIM slot)
Cameras
Rear/Back
16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6 Dual 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
Features

LED flash, panorama, HDR Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, dua -video rec. Show more

LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 4K@60fps (no OIS/EIS , 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS Show more

Front
5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide), 1/4.1 Dual 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6", 1.22µm, AF
2 MP (dedicated iris scanner camera)
Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1440p@30fps
Features
NA NA
Network
SIM
Nano-SIM Stylus Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
Data
GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
2G Bands
SIM 1: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
SIM 2: NO
SIM 1: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
SIM 2: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - (Dual SIM model only)
CDMA 800 / 1900 - USA
3G Bands
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - USA
4G Bands
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900),... LTE bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7...
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
4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
USB
microUSB 2.0, USB Host USB Type-C 3.1
NFC
Yes Yes
Additional Features
Sensors
Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 ANT+ S-Voice natural language commands and dictation Fingerprint (rear-mounted), Iris scanner, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
ANT+
Bixby natural language commands and dictation
Extra
NA NA
Pricing
Price
US$ 536 USD $1,140
Resale Value
Very High Very High
Comparison Result
Score
4 Point(s) 8 Point(s)
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