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| Global Score | |
| 83.3 | 78.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| -- | Android 11 |
| 2018-03-16 | 2021-03-12 |
| 5.81 x 2.70 x 0.33 inches | 5.79 x 2.82 x 0.36 inches |
| 5.75 ounces | 6.07 ounces |
| Burgundy red, Coral blue, Ice blue, Lilac purple, Midnight black, Sunrise gold and Titanium gray | Black |
| Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 158.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.8 inches | 5.3 inches |
| 2960 x 1440 pixels | 1480 x 720 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | LCD |
| 568 pixels per inch | 311 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 7.5 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset | Samsung Exynos 850 S5E3830 chipset |
| Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 630 GPU | Mali-G52 MP1 GPU |
| 9.54 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 11.34 | 13.02 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/1.50 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 10.23 | 9.13 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 4.96 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
The Galaxy S9 is slightly better than the Samsung Galaxy XCover 5, with an 83.3 score against 78.1. Galaxy S9's body is a little lighter and a little thinner than the Samsung Galaxy XCover 5, despite of the fact that it was released 3 years before. Samsung Galaxy S9 counts with a sharper screen than Galaxy XCover 5, because it has a lot better resolution of 1440 x 2960px, a quite bigger display and a much better pixel amount per inch in the screen.
The Samsung Galaxy XCover 5 counts with a better storage to install applications and games than Galaxy S9, and although they both have equal internal memory capacity, the Samsung Galaxy XCover 5 also has a SD memory card expansion slot that holds up to 1 TB. The Galaxy S9 has a bit better CPU than Galaxy XCover 5. They have the same number of cores and the same RAM amount.
Galaxy S9 features a superior camera than Samsung Galaxy XCover 5, because although it has a back camera with a much worse 12 mega pixels resolution, it also counts with a bigger aperture to take better low light photos and a way higher 3840x2160 video definition. Galaxy XCover 5's battery life is very similar to the Galaxy S9 one.
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