Apple iPhone SE vs Samsung Galaxy S9+

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900; CDMA 800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 800, 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100; CDMA2000 1xEV-DO; TD SCDMA

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100
4G network

LTE frequency 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, 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)

LTE
HSDPA speed

-

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

-

5.76 Mbps
LTE speed

LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload

-
LTE-A speed

-

LTE-A, (6CA) Cat18, 1200 Mbps download, 200 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
Build

-

Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
SIM

Nano-SIM

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

123.8 mm

158.1 mm
Width

58.6 mm

73.8 mm
Thickness

7.6 mm

8.5 mm
Weight

113 g

189 g
Payment

Apple Pay(Visa, Mastercard)

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard certified)
Waterproof

-

IP68, 1.5m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

-

Yes, IP68
Colors

Gold, Rose Gold, Silver, Space Gray

Coral Blue, Lilac Purple, Midnight Black, Titanium Gray

Display
Display type

LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

4.0 inches

6.2 inches
Resolution

640 x 1136 pixels

1440 x 2960 pixels
Pixel density

326 ppi

529 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

-

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Multitouch

Yes

Yes
Display features

-

HDR10 compliant, 3D Touch, Always-on display

Main camera
Camera type

-

Dual
Main camera

12 MP, f/2.2 , 29 mm

12 MP, f/1.5-2.4 , 26 mm, 1/2.55" , 1.4 µm, 2x optical zoom
12 MP, f/2.4 , 52 mm, 1/3.6" , 1 µm
Primary camera resolution

-

4032 x 3024 pixels
Primary camera video

2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps

2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps
Primary camera Autofocus

phase detection autofocus

dual pixel phase detection autofocus
Primary camera flash

dual-LED (dual tone) flash

LED flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

-

optical image stabilization
Primary camera video dual video

-

dual-video record
Primary camera video hdr

-

HDR
Camera features

1.22 µm pixel size, 1/3" sensor size, HDR (photo/panorama), face/smile detection, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus

Auto HDR, Geo-tagging, face/smile detection, panorama, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus
DxOMark photo

-

105
DxOMark video

-

91
DxOMark camera score

-

100

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

-

Yes
USB

Lightning, USB 2.0

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth

v4.2

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

-

Yes
NFC

Yes, support for Apple Pay only

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
GALILEO

-

Yes
BDS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

iMessage(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

MMS

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

-

IM
Messaging iMessage

iMessage

-
Messaging Push Email

Push Email

-
Messaging Push Mail

-

Push Mail
Java

No

-
Sensors

Fingerprint, accelerometer, compass, gyro, proximity

Iris scanner, SpO2, accelerometer, barometer, compass, fingerprint (rear-mounted), gyro, heart rate, proximity