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vivo NEX 3 vs Samsung Galaxy S9

 
Brief information about compared phones: Samsung Galaxy S9 , vivo NEX 3

Samsung Galaxy S9 2018 year of release, 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, screen 5.8", with resolution 1440x2960. Smartphone has 8 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera.

vivo NEX 3 2019 year of release, cpu Octa-core (1x2.96 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 485), screen 6.89", with resolution 1080x2256. Smartphone has 16 megapixel front camera and 64 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.8" inch 6.89" inch
Screen area 84.8 cm2 119.3 cm2
Screen format 18.5:9 (height:width) (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 83.6% 93.6%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2960 px 1080 x 2256 px
PPI /points per inch/ 570 PPI 0 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 64 MP, Triple
Camera specs 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF 64 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/1.7'', 0.8µm, PDAF -13 MP, f/2.5, (telephoto), f/2.2, (ultrawide), PDAF
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR LED flash, HDR
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF Motorized pop-up 16 MP, f/2.1
DxOMark Photo 81
DxOMark Video 81
DxOMark Selfie Score 81
Performance Operating system OS Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 9.0 (Pie); Funtouch 9.1
Chipset Exynos 9810 Octa (10 nm) EMEA -Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) USA/LATAM, China Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855+ (7 nm)
Processor 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 (1x2.96 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 485)
Graphics processor GPU Mali-G72 MP18 EMEA -Adreno 630 USA/LATAM, China Adreno 640 (700 MHz)
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No
Internal memory 64/128/256 GB, 512GB 4GB 128GB 8GB RAM, UFS3.0
Antutu 7 score 247256
GeekBench 4 Single Core 3288
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 8240
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 8705
Antutu 8 score 284449 483427
GeekBench 4 Battery 3960
GeekBench 5 Single Core 469
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1957
General specs Release date 2018, February 2019, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 147.7 Х 68.7 Х 8.5 mm 167.4 Х 76.1 Х 9.4 mm
Weight 163 g 217.3 g
Colors Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Titanium Gray, Lilac Purple, Burgundy Red, Sunrise Gold, Ice Blue Liquid Tianhe, Deep air streamer
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 4500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price 490 EUR 640 EUR
Body build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame Front/back glass, aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network Show all network frequencies: -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 - Global, USA  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) - Global  LTE band 1(2100), 14(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - USA Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2  CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100   CDMA2000 1xEV-DO -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat18 1200/150 Mbps
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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
NFC Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE
Music and Audio Radio FM radio (USA & Canada only) No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others HDR10 -3D Touch (home button only) -Always-on display HDR10
Other features Dop Sensors Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 - Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) -Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0) -Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) -ANT+ -Bixby natural language commands and dictation - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) -IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) - Versions: G960F (Europe, Global Single-SIM); G960F/DS (Europe, Global Dual-SIM); G960U (USA); G960W (Canada); G9600 (China, LATAM) Sensors Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fast battery charging 44W

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Galaxy S9
  • Screen 5.8"
  • Front camera 8 MP
  • Internal memory 512 GB
  • External memory microSD GB
Reasons to buy NEX 3
  • Screen 6.89"
  • Front camera 16 MP
  • Main camera 64 MP