Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus

Comparing the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus across performance, display, camera, battery, storage, expert reviews and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus runs at a higher processing speed of 2.73 GHz, while Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus runs at 2.7 GHz, making Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus the better performer.

Display: Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus offers a screen size of 6.4 inches, while Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus offers 6.2 inches, making Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus the larger display of the two. Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus features a Super AMOLED display compared to Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus's Dynamic AMOLED, making Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Both Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus feature a 12 MP primary rear camera.

Front Camera: Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus offers a higher front camera resolution with 10 MP, while Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus offers 8 MP, making Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus better for front camera photography.

Battery: Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus offers a higher battery capacity with 4100 mAh, while Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus offers 3500 mAh, making Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus better for longer battery life.

Storage: Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus offers higher internal storage with 64 GB, while Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus offers 128 GB, making Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus the better option for storage.

Expert Review: Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus receives a higher expert rating of 9 from the editorial team, while Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus is rated 8.

User Rating: Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus receives a higher user rating of 4.5, while Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus has a rating of 4.4.

Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus

₹70,000

(Out of Stock)

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus

₹39,999

(Discontinued)

Summary

Release Date

16 Mar, 2018

08 Mar, 2019

09 Jul, 2026

Performance


Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9810	Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9820	Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Octa Core (upto 2.7 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.73 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.8 GHz)
6 GB RAM	8 GB RAM	8 GB RAM

Display


6.2 inches (15.75 cm)	6.4 inches (16.26 cm)	6.32 inches (16.05 cm)
Super AMOLED	Dynamic AMOLED	AMOLED
1440x2960 px (QHD+)	1440x3040 px (QHD+)	1216x2640 px (FHD+)
N/A	60 Hz Refresh Rate	120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


12 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	12 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	50 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera (upto 3.5x Optical Zoom)
12 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 2x Optical Zoom)	12 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 2x Optical Zoom)	50 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera
N/A	16 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	50 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 3.5x Optical Zoom)

Front Camera


8 MP Wide Angle Lens	10 MP + 8 MP Wide Angle Lens	50 MP Wide Angle Lens

Battery


3500 mAh	4100 mAh	6700 mAh
Fast Charging	Fast Charging	80W Super VOOC Charging
Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging

Storage

64 GB	128 GB	256 GB
UFS 2.1	UFS 2.1	UFS 3.1

Expert Review

9.0/10

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8.0/10

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N/A

Pros

Gorgeous design and display
Fantastic camera, even in low light
Powerful performance
Features such as 3.5mm port and dual-SIM support

Superb display
Smooth performance and good battery life
Excellent cameras
Reverse wireless charging and headphone jack

Device yet to be reviewed

Cons

Intelligent scan isn’t fast enough
AR Emojis are barely useful
Average battery life

Just an evolutionary upgrade
Fiddly gesture controls
Pricey

Device yet to be reviewed

User Ratings

4.5/5

(39,312 ratings)

4.4/5

(3,287 ratings)

N/A

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

248,237 AnTuTu Score	335,100 AnTuTu Score	N/A
N/A	13h 48m Battery Life (PC Mark)	N/A

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General

Launch Date

Mar 16, 2018

(Official)

N/A

Jul 02, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v8.0 (Oreo)

Android v9.0 (Pie)

Android v16

Custom UI

N/A

Samsung One UI

ColorOS

Performance

Performance Rating

Good

Very Good

Chipset

Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9810

Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9820

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

Processor

Octa core

2.7 GHz, Quad core, M2 Mongoose 1.7 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53

Octa core

2.73 GHz, Dual core, M4 Mongoose 2.31 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A75 1.95 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A55

Octa core

2.8 GHz, Single core, Cortex A720 2.4 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A725 1.84 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A520

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

10 nm

8 nm

4 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Mali-G72 MP18

Mali-G76 MP12

Adreno 722

RAM

6 GB

8 GB / 12 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR4X

LPDDR5X

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

248,237

335,100

N/A

Display

Display Rating

Best In Class

Excellent

Display Type

Super AMOLED (Curved Display)

Dynamic AMOLED (Curved Display)

AMOLED

Screen Size

6.2 inches (15.75 cm)

6.4 inches (16.26 cm)

6.32 inches (16.05 cm)

Resolution

1440x2960 px (QHD+)

1440x3040 px (QHD+)

1216x2640 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

N/A

1800 nits

HBM Brightness

N/A

1800 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A

60 Hz

120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

18.5:9

19:9

20:9

Pixel Density

531 ppi

526 ppi

460 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

83.99 %

87.11 %

89.37 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v5

Corning Gorilla Glass v6

Yes

Bezel-less Display

Yes

Yes with punch-hole display

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A

93.4 %

Design

Height

158.1 mm

157.6 mm

151.2 mm

Width

73.8 mm

74.1 mm

72.4 mm

Thickness

8.5 mm

7.8 mm

8.2 mm

Weight

189 grams

175 grams

193 grams

Build Material

Frame: Aluminium
Back: Gorilla Glass

Back: Gorilla Glass

N/A

Water Resistance

Yes Water resistant IP68 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

N/A

Ruggedness

Dust proof

N/A

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Very Good

Resolution

12 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.5 Wide Angle26 mm focal length 1/2.55" sensor size S5K2L3 CMOS image sensor ISOCELL Plus 1.4µm pixel size

12 MP
Primary Camera10x Digital Zoomf/1.5 Wide Angle 77° field-of-view26 mm focal length 1/2.55" sensor size S5K2L4 ISOCELL Plus 1.4µm pixel size

50 MP
Primary Camera18x Digital Zoom 3.5x Optical Zoomf/1.8 Wide Angle 79° field-of-view24 mm focal length

12 MP
f/2.4 Telephoto Camera52 mm focal length 1/3.6" sensor size 1µm pixel size

50 MP
f/2.0 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera16 mm focal length

N/A

16 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera12 mm focal length 1µm pixel size

50 MP
f/2.8 Telephoto Camera80 mm focal length

Autofocus

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus Dual Pixel Autofocus

Yes

OIS

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

N/A

Camera Features

Auto Flash
Face detection
Simultaneous HD video and image recording
Touch to focus

10 x Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

18 x Digital Zoom
3.5 x Optical Zoom

Video Recording

4k @60 fps
Full HD @60 fps
HD @30 fps

4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60/120/240 fps
HD @30/120/240 fps

Video Recording Features

N/A

Slow Motion
Stereo recording

Dual Video Recording
Video HDR
Video Pro Mode

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Resolution

8 MP
f/1.7 Wide Angle Primary Camera25 mm focal length 1/3.6" sensor size 1.22µm pixel size

10 MP
f/1.9 Wide Angle Primary Camera26 mm focal length 1.22µm pixel size

50 MP
f/2.0 Wide Angle Primary Camera18 mm focal length

N/A

8 MP
Depth Camera22 mm focal length 1.12µm pixel size

N/A

Autofocus

Yes

Yes Dual Pixel Autofocus

Yes

Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Camera Features

Wide Angle Selfie

N/A

Video Recording

N/A

4k @30 fps

4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60 fps
HD @30 fps

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Capacity

3500 mAh

4100 mAh

6700 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

N/A

TalkTime

Up to 25 Hours(3G)

N/A

Quick Charging

Yes Fast Charging

Yes 80W Super VOOC Charging

Wireless Charging

Yes

Wireless Reverse Charging

N/A

Yes

N/A

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

N/A

13h 48m

N/A

Storage

Internal Storage

64 GB / 128 GB / 256 GB

128 GB / 512 GB / 1 TB

256 GB

Storage Type

UFS 2.1

UFS 3.1

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 400 GB

Yes Up to 512 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano (Hybrid)

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G

5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes

SIM 1

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N18 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N39 / N48 / N66 / N77 / N78

4G Speed:

200 Mbit/s ↑ 1200 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 18)

4G Speed:

150 Mbit/s ↑ 2000 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 20)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 3500(band 48) / 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 850(band 26)

SIM 2

4G Bands:

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N18 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N39 / N66 / N77 / N78

4G Speed:

200 Mbit/s ↑ 1200 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 18)

4G Speed:

150 Mbit/s ↑ 2000 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 20)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)

SAR Value

N/A

Head: 1.060 W/kg

N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 5GHz MIMO

Yes Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 5GHz

Yes Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v5.0

Yes v5.4

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

Yes with Glonass

NFC

Yes

Stylus

Yes

N/A

IR Blaster

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

USB Type-C

Audio Features

Dolby Atmos

N/A

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Rear

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Ultrasonic

Optical

Heart Rate Monitor

N/A

Yes

N/A

IRIS Scanner

Yes

N/A

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor rgbw sensor Accelerometer Barometer Compass Gyroscope

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Barometer Compass Gyroscope

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

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