Phone Comparison - Google Pixel XL vs Huawei Mate 9

Google Pixel XL
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Huawei Mate 9
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general General Info

Manufacturer Google Huawei
Announced October 2016 November 2016
Status Available - October 2016 Available - November 2016
Price Rs. 67,000 ($769.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 51,500 ($770.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Very Silver, Quite Black, Really Blue White, Gold, Graphite, Brown, Pink, Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 154.7 x 75.7 x 8.6 mm
(6.09 x 2.98 x 0.34 in)
156.9 x 78.9 x 7.9 mm
(6.18 x 3.11 x 0.31 in)
Weight 168 g (5.93 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz)
SIM Type - Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- Google Magic
- Fingerprint Sensor
- 2.5D Curved Glass
- Metal Body
Notification LED - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
User Interface - EMUI 5.0
Processor Dual-core 2.15 GHz Kryo & dual-core 1.6 GHz Kryo, Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 821 [Similar] Octa-core (4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.44 GHz Cortex-A53), Hisilicon Kirin 960 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 530 [Similar] Mali-G71 [Similar]
RAM 4 GB [Browse Similar] 4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32/128 GB 64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 IPS-NEO LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches [Similar] 5.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (534 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (373 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.22% 77.67%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels [Similar] Dual 12 MP & 20 MP [Similar]
Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone) Dual-LED (dual Tone)
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, f/2.0, 1.55µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama f/2.2, 27 mm, Leica optics, Phase Detection Autofocus, Laser AutoFocus, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps
Front Camera 8 MP, f/2.0, 1.4 µm pixel size, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/128 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable battery Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity 3450 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by Up to 456 h -
Talk Time Up to 26 h -