Apple iPhone X vs Samsung Galaxy Note 8

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900; CDMA 800, 1900, 2100

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

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

HSDPA 850, 900, 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), 30(2300), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)

LTE
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

5.76 Mbps
EV-DO speed

3.1 Mbps

-
LTE-A speed

LTE-A, (4CA) Cat16, 1024 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload

LTE-A, (4CA) Cat16, 1024 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
Build

-

Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel
SIM

Nano-SIM

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

143.6 mm

162.5 mm
Width

70.9 mm

74.8 mm
Thickness

7.7 mm

8.6 mm
Weight

174 g

195 g
Stylus

-

Yes
Payment

Apple Pay(Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard)
Waterproof

IP67 - 1.5 m and 30 minutes

IP68 - 1.5 m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

IP67

Yes, IP68
Colors

Silver, Space Gray

Deep Sea Blue, Maple Gold, Midnight Black, Orchid Grey

Display
Display type

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.8 inches

6.3 inches
Resolution

1125 x 2436 pixels

1440 x 2960 pixels
Pixel density

458 ppi

521 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Scratch-resistant glass

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Multitouch

Yes

Yes
Display features

Wide color gamut display, 3D Touch display, True-tone display, Dolby Vision/HDR10 compliant

-
Always on display

-

Yes
3D touch

-

home button only
HDR display

-

HDR10

Main camera
Camera type

Dual

Dual
Main camera

12 MP, f/1.8 , 2x optical zoom

12 MP, f/1.7 , 2x optical zoom , 26 mm
12 MP, f/2.4

12 MP, f/2.4 , 52 mm
Primary camera video

2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps

2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps
Primary camera Autofocus

phase detection autofocus

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera flash

quad-LED (dual tone) flash

dual-LED (dual tone) flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

optical image stabilization

optical image stabilization
Primary camera video dual video

-

dual-video record
Primary camera video hdr

-

HDR
Camera features

Geo-tagging, HDR (photo/panorama), face/smile detection, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus

1.0 µm pixel size @ 52 mm, geo-tagging, 1.4 µm pixel size @ 26 mm, 1/3.6" sensor size, 1/2.55" sensor size, Auto HDR, face/smile detection, panorama, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus
DxOMark photo

101

100
DxOMark video

89

84
DxOMark camera score

97

94

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

v5.0

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth EDR

-

Yes
NFC

Yes (Apple Pay only)

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
GALILEO

Yes

Yes
BDS

Yes

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

No
Sensors

Face ID, accelerometer, barometer, compass, gyro, proximity

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