Google Pixel 3 vs OnePlus 6 vs iPhone XS vs Samsung Galaxy Note 9 price in India, availability
Pixel 3 price in India is set at Rs. 71,000 for the 64GB storage variant and Rs. 80,000 for the 128GB storage model. Pre-orders begin in India from October 11 and the phone will go on sale starting November 1 across offline and online partners that include Flipkart, Reliance Digital, Croma, Poorvika, Bajaj Electronics, and Vijay Sales. The phone will be sold in Clearly White, Just Black, and Not Pink colour options.
The OnePlus 6 ₹ 34,999 price in India is set at Rs. 34,999 for the base 6GB RAM/ 64GB storage variant, Rs. 39,999 for the 8GB RAM/ 128GB storage model, and Rs. 43,999 for the 8GB RAM/ 256GB storage variant. It is available on Amazon.in and OnePlus offline stores in Midnight Black, Silk White, and Mirror Black colour options.
The iPhone XS ₹ 94,900 price in India starts at Rs. 99,990 for the base 64GB storage variant and goes up to Rs. 1,34,900 for the 512GB storage model. It is available in Gold, Space Grey, and Silver colour options across Apple's offline and online resellers in India.
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is priced at Rs. 67,900 for the variant with 128GB storage and Rs. 84,900 for the one with 512GB of internal storage in India. This phone is also available across offline and online retailers in the country.
Google Pixel 3 vs OnePlus 6 vs iPhone XS vs Samsung Galaxy Note 9 specifications
The Google Pixel 3 ₹ 71,000 is a single-SIM (Nano) smartphone that runs a stock version of Android 9.0 Pie out-of-the-box - some markets will get eSIM functionality. The OnePlus 6 is a dual-SIM (Nano) handset that was launched with OxygenOS on top of Android 8.1 Oreo, but an Android 9.0 Pie update is now available. Apple's iPhone XS is also a dual-SIM (via eSIM) smartphone that runs iOS 12. Lastly, the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is a dual-SIM smartphone that runs Samsung Experience on top of Android 8.1 Oreo.
Google's Pixel 3 sports a 5.5-inch full-HD+ (1080x2160 pixels) flexible OLED display panel with an 18:9 aspect ratio, 443 ppi pixel density, and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. The OnePlus 6 sports a 6.28-inch full-HD+ (1080x2280 pixels) Optic AMOLED display with a 19:9 aspect ratio, 84 percent screen-to-body ratio, and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. The iPhone XS gets a 5.8-inch (1125x2234 pixels) OLED Super Retina display. And, the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 features a QHD+ (1440x2960 pixels) Super AMOLED Infinity Display with an 18.5:9 aspect ratio and 516 ppi.
In terms of internals, three of the smartphones in this list - Google Pixel 3, OnePlus 6, and Samsung Galaxy Note 9 - are powered by the same 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC. The Galaxy Note 9, however, gets the Exynos 9810 SoC in certain markets including India. The Pixel 3 comes with 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM, OnePlus 6 with options of either 6GB or 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM, and the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 also with options of 6GB or 8GB of RAM. The Apple iPhone XS ₹ 94,900 is powered by the A12 Bionic 7nm SoC, coupled with 4GB of RAM.