Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus vs Apple iPhone X in Bahrain

Compare specifications, features, and prices side-by-side to make the best choice.

Launch
Status
Available. Released Mar 2018
Available. Released Nov 2017
Body
Dimensions
158.1 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm
143.6 x 70.9 x 7.7 mm
Weight
189 g
174 g
Build
Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), Aluminum frame
Glass front, glass back, stainless steel frame
SIM
Dual SIM (Nano-SIM) or Single SIM + microSD
Nano-SIM and eSIM
Colors
Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Lilac Purple, Titanium Gray, Burgundy Red, Polaris Blue
Silver, Space Gray
Display
Type
GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G
Size
6.2 inches, 98.3 cm2
5.8 inches
Resolution
1440 x 2960
2436 x 1125
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Ceramic Shield
Features
Variable aperture f/1.5-2.4, Super Slow-mo 960fps, IP68, iris scanner, stereo AKG, DeX
Dolby Vision/HDR10 compliant, Wide color gamut display, 3D Touch display, True-tone display  
Platform
OS
Android 8.0, upgradable to Android 10 (One UI 2.5)
iOS 11, upgradable to iOS 18.3
Chipset
Samsung Exynos 9810 (10 nm) / Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm)
Apple A11 Bionic (10 nm)
CPU
Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55)
Hexa-core
GPU
Mali-G72 MP18 / Adreno 630
Apple GPU
Memory
Card Slot
microSDXC (up to 400GB, uses SIM 2 slot)
No
Internal
64GB 6GB RAM, 256GB 6GB RAM
64GB 3GB RAM, 256GB 3GB RAM
Camera
Main
Dual: 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4 (wide), Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS | 12 MP, f/2.4 (telephoto, 2x, OIS)
12 MP + 12 MP telephoto 2x
Features
LED flash, HDR, panorama, 4K@60fps, Super Slow-mo 960fps
LED flash, HDR, Dolby Vision
Selfie
8 MP, f/1.7, AF
7 MP, f/2.2
Comms
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band
Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth
5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
5.0
GPS
GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
NFC
Yes
Yes
Radio
No
No
USB
USB Type-C 3.1, OTG, DeX
Lightning
Battery
Type
3500 mAh
Li-Ion 2716 mAh
Charging
Front/back glass + Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame, Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic, ANT+ support, Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified), IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes, Bixby natural language commands and
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic, IP67 certified - dust and water resistant, Siri natural language commands and dictation, Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes, iCloud service, Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified), Google Maps,