Phone Comparison - Google Pixel 2 vs Samsung Galaxy S9+ vs Microsoft Surface Duo

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general General Info

Manufacturer Google Samsung Microsoft
Announced October 2017 February 2018 2020, August 12
Status Available - October 2017 Coming Soon, March 2018 Coming soon. Exp. release 2020, September 10
Price Rs. 61,000 ($649.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 57,999 ($890.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Black, White Various White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 145.7 x 69.7 x 7.8 mm
(5.74 x 2.74 x 0.31 in)
158.1 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm
(6.22 x 2.91 x 0.33 in)
Unfolded: 186.9 x 145.2 x 4.8 mm
Folded: 145.2 x 93.3 x 9.9 mm
(Unfolded: 7.36 x 5.72 x 0.19 in
Folded: 5.72 x 3.67 x 0.39 in)
Weight 143 g (5.04 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz) 250 g (8.82 oz)
SIM Type Single/Dual SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM, eSIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 19 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor - Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
- Fingerprint Sensor
Stylus support
Notification LED Yes Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v8.0 (Oreo) Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 10
Processor Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA & China, Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.78 GHz Kryo 485), Qualcomm SM8150 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm)
GPU Adreno 540 Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China
Adreno 640
RAM 4 GB 6 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 64/128 GB 64 GB 256 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No

display Display

Type AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Folded position display: 5.6 inches, AMOLED, 1350 x 1800 pixels (4:3)
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 6.2 inches 8.1 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (531 ppi) 1800 x 2700 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.74% 83.59% 71.85%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12.2 MP Dual12 MP + 12 MP 11 MP
Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone) LED Flash No
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.8, 1.4µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.6 + f/2.4, 26mm, 1/2.55", 1.4 µm, 52mm, 1/3.6", 1 µm, Dual Pixel AF, OIS, 2x Optical Zoom, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama 11 MP, f/2.0, 23mm (wide), 1.0µm, PDAF
Video 2160p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS
Front Camera 8 MP, f/2.0, 1.4 µm pixel size, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.6, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR [Similar] Uses main camera, , 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS [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 HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA) Cat18 1200/100 Mbps
Bluetooth v5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX Adaptive
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot 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
USB 3.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 6 GB RAM 256 GB, 6 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM UFS 3.0
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No
USB OTG Supported Not Supported Not 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 not present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor not present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor not present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 18W
Capacity 2700 mAh 3500 mAh 3577 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -