Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 7 Plus vs Realme 9 Pro+ vs Asus Zenfone 9

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Realme Asus
Announced September 2016 February 2022 2022, July 28
Status Available - September 2016 Coming Soon - February 2022 Coming soon. Exp. release 2022, August
Price Rs. 72,000 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 24,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Midnight Black, Aurora Green, Sunrise Blue Black, Blue, Red, Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
(6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 in)
160.2 x 73.3 x 8 mm
(6.31 x 2.89 x 0.31 in)
146.6 x 68.2 x 9.5 mm
(5.77 x 2.69 x 0.37 in)
Weight 188 g (6.63 oz) 182 g (6.42 oz) 165 g (5.82 oz)
SIM Type Nano SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network 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), 29(700), 30(2300) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42
5G Network - 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66, 77, 78 SA/NSA 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 28, 38, 41, 77, 78 SA/NSA
SAR US 1.19 W/kg (head)
1.19 W/kg (body)
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SAR EU 1.24 W/kg (head)
1.00 W/kg (body)
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Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint with Force Touch
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
- Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
- Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 10 Android 12 Android 12
User Interface - Realme UI 3.0 ZenUI
Processor Quad-core, Apple A10 Fusion Octa-core (2x2.5 GHz Cortex-A78 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), MediaTek Dimensity 920 5G (6 nm) Octa-core (1x3.19 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.75 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A510), Qualcomm SM8475 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (4 nm)
GPU 6 core Mali-G68 MC4 Adreno 730
RAM 2 GB 8 GB 16 GB
Internal Memory 32/128/256 GB 256 GB 256 GB
External Memory No No No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 3D Touch Display, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating FHD+ Super AMOLED Screen
90Hz Refresh Rate
430 nits (typ), 600 nits (HBM)
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
FHD+ Super AMOLED Screen
120Hz Refresh Rate
HDR10+
1100 nits (peak)
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Colors 16M colors 16M Colors 16M Colors
Size 5.5 inches 6.4 inches 5.92 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (411 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (445 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.51% 84.30% 84.46%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack no yes yes
Radio No No Unspecified
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 12 MP 50 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP 50 MP + 12 MP
Flash Quad-LED (dual tone) LED Flash LED Flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, (f/1.8, 28mm & f/2.8, 56mm, 2x optical zoom, OIS, Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama) 50 MP, f/1.8, 24mm (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS
8 MP, f/2.2, 119˚, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm
2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
HDR, Panorama
50 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS
12 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide), 1/2.9", 1.25µm, AF
HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120/480fps, 720p@960fps, gyro-EIS 8K@24fps, 4K@30/60/120fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@480fps; gyro-EIS, HDR
Front Camera 7 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 16 MP, f/2.4, 27mm (wide), 1/3.09", 1.0µm
HDR, panorama
1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS [Similar]
12 MP, f/2.5, 28mm (standard), 1/2.93", 1.22µm, dual pixel PDAF
4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A, 5G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat20 2000/150 Mbps, 5G
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE 5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB v2.0, reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go USB Type-C 3.0, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS. Up to dual-band: GLONASS (1), BDS (2), GALILEO (2), QZSS (2), NavIC
Browser HTML5 (Safari) Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 32/128/256 GB, 2 GB RAM 256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM UFS 2.2 256 GB, 16 GB RAM or 256 GB, 12 GB RAM or 128 GB, 8 GB RAM UFS 3.1
Expandable Storage No No No
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery Charging 60W, 100% in 44 min (advertised)
USB Power Delivery 3.0
Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery Charging 30W
USB Power Delivery 3.0
Reverse charging
Capacity 2700 mAh 4500 mAh 4300 mAh
Stand by Up to 384 h - -
Talk Time Up to 21 h - -