Samsung Galaxy S9 vs vivo Y17

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, 2100
4G network

LTE

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

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HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

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LTE speed

-

LTE Cat 7, 301.5 Mbps download, 102.0 Mbps upload
LTE-A speed

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

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GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
Build

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

Plastic
SIM

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

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

147.7 mm

159.43 mm
Width

68.7 mm

76.77 mm
Thickness

8.5 mm

8.92 mm
Weight

163 g

190 g
Payment

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard certified)

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Waterproof

IP68, 1.5m and 30 minutes

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Dust proof

Yes, IP68

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Colors

Coral Blue, Lilac Purple, Midnight Black, Titanium Gray

Blue, Purple

Display
Display type

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

IPS capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.8 inches

6.35 inches
Resolution

1440 x 2960 pixels

720 x 1544 pixels
Pixel density

570 ppi

268 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 5

2.5D curved glass screen, Scratch resistant
Multitouch

Yes

Yes
Display features

HDR10 compliant, 3D Touch, Always-on display

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Hardware
CPU

Octa-core

Octa-core
CPU

Quad-core 2.7 GHz Mongoose M3

Quad-core 2.3 GHz Cortex-A53
CPU(second)

quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A55

quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53
Chipset

Exynos 9810 Octa / Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845

MediaTek Helio P35 (MT6765)
GPU

Mali-G72 MP18 / Adreno 630

PowerVR GE8320
Memory RAM

4 GB

4 GB
Internal storage

64, 128, 256 GB

128 GB
Memory card

microSD(uses second SIM slot)

microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC
Memory card max

400 GB

256 GB

Main camera
Camera type

Photo / Video

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Camera type

-

Triple
Main camera

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

13 MP, f/2.2
8 MP, f/2.2 , 16 mm
2 MP, f/2.4
Primary camera resolution

4032 x 3024 pixels

4160 x 3120 pixels
Primary camera video

2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps

1080p@30fps
Primary camera Autofocus

dual pixel phase detection autofocus

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Primary camera flash

LED flash

LED flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

optical image stabilization

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Primary camera video dual video

dual-video record

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Primary camera video hdr

HDR

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Camera features

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

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

Connectivity
WLAN

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

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11n 5Ghz, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
Wi-Fi display

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

Yes
USB

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

microUSB 2.0
USB On-The-Go

-

Yes
Bluetooth

v5.0

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

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Bluetooth AptX

Yes

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NFC

Yes

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GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
GALILEO

Yes

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Beidou

-

Yes
BDS

Yes

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Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

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Messaging MMS

MMS

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Messaging Email

Email

-
Messaging IM

IM

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Messaging Push Mail

Push Mail

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Sensors

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

Accelerometer, compass, fingerprint, gyroscope, proximity, light