hotwav Note 18 GT vs Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
hotwav
Note 18 GT
Samsung
Galaxy S26 Ultra
At a glance
- Brand
- Hotwav
- Samsung
- Release date
- November 2025, 7 months ago
- February 2026, 4 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 308.681 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 61% of devices
- 4.027.702 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 99% of devices
Display
- Size
- 7.2"
- 6.9"
- Resolution
- 720 x 1560 px HD+
- 1440 x 3088 px WQHD+
- Type
- LCD IPS
- AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED 2X +
- Density
- 239 ppi Medium Density
- 494 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 21:9
- 19.5:9
- Features
- Water Drop Notch, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Brightnes 450 cd/m² (typ), 2.5D curved glass screen, Panda glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, In-cell
- Hole-punch Notch, 1-120 Hz refresh rate, DisplayPort 1.4, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Peak brightness - 2600 cd/m², HDR10+, DCI-P3, DC dimming, 10 Bits panel, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, S-Pen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, LTPO (Low Temperature PolySilicon oxide)
Performance
- Chipset
- Unisoc Tiger T615 (T7250)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- CPU
- 2 x ARM Cortex A75 1.8Ghz + 6 x ARM Cortex A55 1.6Ghz
- 2x4.61 GHz ARM + 6x3.63 GHz ARM
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 12 nm
- 3 nm
- Frequency
- 1.8 GHz
- 4.61 GHz
- GPU
- Mali-G57 MP1
- Adreno 840 1.2 GHz
- RAM
- 6 GB
- 12 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
- RAM type
- —
- RAM LPDDR5X
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 48 Mpx
- 200 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.8
- ƒ/ 1.4
- Sensor
- Omnivision OV48B
- Samsung ISOCELL HP2
- Pixel size
- 0.80 µm
- 0.60 µm
- Sensor size
- 1/2"
- 1/1.3"
- Flash
- LED
- Dual LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 240 fps
- Features
- Digital zoom, Dual camera, Autofocus, Touch focus, Geotagging, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
- UIS, Noise reduction, Time-Lapse, 4K Video, 8K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Quadruple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Autofocus, Touch focus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Laser autofocus (LAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Night Mode
Front camera
- Resolution
- 8 Mpx
- 12 Mpx
- Aperture
- Unknow
- ƒ/ 2.2
- Sensor
- Hynix HI-846
- —
- Pixel size
- 1.12 µm
- 1.12 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 6200 mAh
- 5000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 20.0W
- Yes , 60.0W
- Charge cycles
- 1000 cycles
- —
- Runtime
- ~ 55h
- —
- Features
- Non-removable
- Bypass Charging, Wireless charging, Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Wireless charging
- —
- 25W Wireless charging
Storage
- Capacity
- 128 GB
- 256 GB
- Type
- eMMC 5.1 Storage
- UFS Storage 4.1
- SD slot
- Yes , Slot for SD or second SIM card
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 84.0 mm 176.2 mm 8.6 mm Print 3D Model
- 78.1 mm 163.6 mm 7.9 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 243 g
- 214 g
- Materials
- Plastic
- Aluminium , Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2
- Colors
- Black Brown Green
- Black White Gray Violet Cyan Rose Gold
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 180 drops without defects
- —
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- —
- Usable surface
- 87 %
- 91 %
- Water/dust resistance
- —
- IP68
Software
- Operating system
- Android 15 Android 15
- Android 16 Android 16
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
- Updates
- —
- OS updates: 7 years, Security updates: 7 years
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM / eSIM + Nano SIM / eSIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.2
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11ac
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 6E , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- Wi-Fi features
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5), Galileo (E1+E5a+E5b)
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B66 (1700/2100)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B13 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B32 (1500), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B66 (1700/2100)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 5G
- —
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n20 (800), n25 (1900), n26 (850), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (1700), n75 (1500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, on the side
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- No
- Yes
- Audio
- DTS / DTS X, Stereo Speakers
- Hi-Res Audio, Noise cancellation microphone, Stereo Speakers
- Gyroscope
- —
- Yes
- Proximity
- —
- Yes
- Barometer
- —
- Yes
- Compass
- —
- Yes
