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Network
Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all models GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
  CDMA 800 / 1900 - N9009
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - N9005, N9002, N9006 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
  CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - N9009
  HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - N900W8
4G Network 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20 - N9005 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20, 28
  2, 4 - N900W8
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2013, September 04. Released 2013, September 2017, March 29
Status Discontinued Available. Released 2017, April
Body
Dimensions 151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm (5.95 x 3.12 x 0.33 in) 159.5 x 73.4 x 8.1 mm (6.28 x 2.89 x 0.32 in)
Weight 168 g (5.93 oz) 173 g (6.10 oz)
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 3), plastic back, plastic frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
SIM Micro-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
 Stylus IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 min)
Display
Type Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 5.7 inches, 89.6 cm2 (~74.8% screen-to-body ratio) 6.2 inches, 98.3 cm2 (~84.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~386 ppi density) 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~529 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Platform
OS Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0 (Lollipop) Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie), One UI
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (28 nm) - N9005, N9002
Exynos 5420 Octa (28 nm) - N9000
Exynos 8895 (10 nm) - EMEA
Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - USA & China
CPU Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 - N9005, N9002
Octa-core (4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A7) - N9000
Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose M2 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - EMEA
Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - USA & China
GPU Adreno 330 - N9005, N9002
Mali-T628 MP6 - N9000
Mali-G71 MP20 - EMEA
Adreno 540 - USA & China
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (dedicated slot) microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal 16GB 3GB RAM, 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 3GB RAM 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM
 eMMC 4.5 UFS 2.0 or UFS 2.1
Main Camera
Modules 13 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), 1/3.1", 1.12µm, AF 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
Features LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@60fps (N9005, N9002)/ 1080p (N9000) 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS, OIS
Selfie Camera
Modules 2 MP, f/2.4, 27mm (wide) 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6", 1.22µm, AF
2 MP (dedicated iris scanner camera)
Features Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps
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Sound
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
 24-bit/192kHz audio
32-bit/384kHz audio
Comms
WLAN 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
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
Positioning GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Radio No No
USB microUSB 3.0 (MHL 2 TV-out), OTG USB Type-C 3.1
Features
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
 ANT+
S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
Air gestures
Dropbox (50 GB cloud storage)
Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
ANT+
Bixby natural language commands and dictation
Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
Battery
Type Li-Ion 3200 mAh, removable Li-Ion 3500 mAh, non-removable (13.48 Wh)
Charging 15W wired, QC2
Wireless (Qi/PMA) (market dependent)
Stand-by Up to 420 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 21 h (3G)
Misc
Colors Black, White, Pink, Merlot Red, Rose Gold Black, Rose Gold White Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Rose Pink
SAR 0.67 W/kg (head)     0.97 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.29 W/kg (head)     0.36 W/kg (body)     0.27 W/kg (head)     1.00 W/kg (body)    
Models SM-N900, SM-N9002, SM-N9005, SM-N9007, SM-N9008, SM-N9008S, SM-N9008V, SM-N9009, SM-N9009V, SM-N900A, SM-N900K, SM-N900L, SM-N900P, SM-N900R4, SM-N900S, SM-N900T, SM-N900U, SM-N900V, SM-N900W8, SM-N900X, SM-N9000Q, SM-N9006, SM-9005 SM-G955F, SM-G955FD, SM-G955W, SM-G955A, SM-G955P, SM-G955T, SM-G955V, SM-G955R4, SM-G955U, SM-G955S, SM-G955K, SM-G955L, SM-G955, SM-G955U1, SM-G955N, SM-G9550, SC-03J, G955F
Price About 420 EUR About 430 EUR
Tests
Performance GeekBench: 6754 (v4.4)
GFXBench: 13fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal) / 3.997:1 (sunlight) Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.658(sunlight)
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Loudspeaker -31.7 LUFS (Below average) Voice 68dB / Noise 69dB / Ring 71dB
Audio quality Noise -96.5dB / Crosstalk -96.3dB Noise -92.2dB / Crosstalk -93.3dB
Battery (old) Endurance rating 75h Endurance rating 88h

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