Samsung Galaxy J4 Core vs Samsung Galaxy S9

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100

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

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800)

LTE
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

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

Plastic

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

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

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

160.6 mm

147.7 mm
Width

76.1 mm

68.7 mm
Thickness

7.9 mm

8.5 mm
Weight

177 g

163 g
Payment

-

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard certified)
Waterproof

-

IP68, 1.5m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

-

Yes, IP68
Colors

Black, Blue, Gold

Coral Blue, Lilac Purple, Midnight Black, Titanium Gray

Display
Display type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

6 inches

5.8 inches
Resolution

720 x 1480 pixels

1440 x 2960 pixels
Pixel density

274 ppi

570 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

2.5D curved glass screen

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Multitouch

Yes

Yes
Display features

-

HDR10 compliant, 3D Touch, Always-on display

Hardware
CPU

-

Octa-core
CPU

Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53

Quad-core 2.7 GHz Mongoose M3
CPU(second)

quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A55
Chipset

Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425

Exynos 9810 Octa / Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
GPU

Adreno 308

Mali-G72 MP18 / Adreno 630
Memory RAM

1 GB

4 GB
Internal storage

16 GB

64, 128, 256 GB
Memory card

-

microSD(uses second SIM slot)
Memory card max

-

400 GB

Main camera
Camera type

-

Photo / Video
Main camera

8 MP, f/2.2

12 MP, f/1.5-2.4 , 26 mm, 1/2.5" , 1.4 µm
Primary camera resolution

3264 x 2448 pixels

4032 x 3024 pixels
Primary camera video

1080p@30fps

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

-

dual pixel phase detection autofocus
Primary camera flash

LED 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

Autofocus, continuous shooting, digital zoom, geotagging, panorama, HDR, touch focus, face detection, white balance settings, ISO settings, exposure compensation, self-timer, scene-mode

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

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

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

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

-

Yes
USB

microUSB 2.0

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
USB On-The-Go

Yes

-
Bluetooth

v4.2

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

-

Yes
NFC

-

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
GALILEO

-

Yes
Beidou

Yes

-
BDS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

-

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

-

MMS
Messaging Email

-

Email
Messaging IM

-

IM
Messaging Push Mail

-

Push Mail
Sensors

Accelerometer, light, proximity

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