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GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE

LAUNCH Announced 2019, February 20

Status Available. Released 2019, March 08

BODY Dimensions 149.9 x 70.4 x 7.8 mm (5.90 x 2.77 x 0.31 in)

Weight 157 g (5.54 oz)

Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 6), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame

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

  IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 min)

DISPLAY Type Dynamic AMOLED, HDR10+

Size 6.1 inches, 93.2 cm2 (~88.3% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution 1440 x 3040 pixels, 19:9 ratio (~550 ppi density)

Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 6

  Always-on display

PLATFORM OS Android 9.0 (Pie), upgradable to Android 12, One UI 4.1

Chipset Exynos 9820 (8 nm) - EMEA/LATAM

Qualcomm SM8150 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) - USA/China

CPU Octa-core (2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M4 & 2x2.31 GHz Cortex-A75 & 4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA/LATAM

Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.78 GHz Kryo 485) - USA/China

GPU Mali-G76 MP12 - EMEA/LATAM

Adreno 640 - USA/China

MEMORY Card slot microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) - dual SIM model only

128GB 8GB RAM, 

  UFS 2.1

MAIN CAMERA Triple 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS

12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.6", 1.0µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom

16 MP, f/2.2, 12mm (ultrawide), 1/3.1", 1.0µm, Super Steady video

Features LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama

Video 4K@60fps (no EIS), 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS

SELFIE CAMERA Single 10 MP, f/1.9, 26mm (wide), 1/3", 1.22µm, dual pixel PDAF

Features Dual video call, Auto-HDR

Video 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps

SOUND Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers

3.5mm jack Yes

  32-bit/384kHz audio

Tuned by AKG

COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct

Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX

Positioning GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO

NFC Yes

Radio FM radio (USA & Canada only)

USB USB Type-C 3.1, OTG, DisplayPort

FEATURES Sensors Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2

  ANT+

BATTERY Type Li-Ion 3400 mAh, non-removable

Charging 15W wired, PD2.0

15W wireless (Qi/PMA)

4.5W reverse wireless

MISC Colors Prism White, Prism Black, Prism Green, Prism Blue, Canary Yellow, Flamingo Pink, Cardinal Red, Smoke Blue

Models SM-G973F, SM-G973U, SM-G973W, SM-G973U1, SM-G9730, SM-G973N, SM-G973X, SCV41, SM-G973C

SAR 0.93 W/kg (head) 0.79 W/kg (body)

SAR EU 0.48 W/kg (head) 1.59 W/kg (body)

Price $ 299.00 / € 188.41 / £ 123.99

TESTS Performance AnTuTu: 328366 (v7)

GeekBench: 10174 (v4.4)

GFXBench: 23fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)

Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.498 (sunlight)

Camera Photo / Video

Loudspeaker Voice 82dB / Noise 74dB / Ring 85dB

Audio quality Noise -92.2dB / Crosstalk -92.7dB