Phone Comparison - Huawei Mate 9 vs Nokia 8 vs BlackBerry Key2

general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei Nokia BlackBerry
Announced November 2016 August 2017 June 2018
Status Available - November 2016 Coming Soon - September 2017 Available - June 2018
Price Rs. 51,500 ($770.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 44,900 ($700.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 43,500 ($649.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, Gold, Graphite, Brown, Pink, Black Various Black, Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 156.9 x 78.9 x 7.9 mm
(6.18 x 3.11 x 0.31 in)
151.5 x 73.7 x 7.9 mm
(5.96 x 2.9 x 0.31 in)
151.4 x 71.8 x 8.5 mm
(5.96 x 2.83 x 0.33 in)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz) 168 g (5.93 oz)
SIM Type Dual-SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- 2.5D Curved Glass
- Metal Body
- Fingerprint Sensor
- 2.5D Curved Glass
Physical Keyboard
Series 7000 Aluminium
Notification LED Yes Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat) Android 8.1 (Oreo)
User Interface EMUI 5.0 - -
Processor Octa-core (4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.44 GHz Cortex-A53), Hisilicon Kirin 960 Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 Quad 2.2GHz Kryo 260 + Quad 1.8GHz Kryo 260, Snapdragon 660
GPU Mali-G71 Adreno 540 Adreno 512
RAM 4 GB 4/6 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 64 GB 64/128 GB 64/128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB microSD, up to 2 TB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type IPS-NEO LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 3 protection
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.9 inches 5.3 inches 4.5-inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (373 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (554 ppi) 1080 x 1620 pixels (-)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 77.67% 69.40% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 12 MP & 20 MP Dual 13 MP Dual 12 MP + 12 MP
Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone) Dual-LED (dual Tone) Dual-tone Flash
Features f/2.2, 27 mm, Leica optics, Phase Detection Autofocus, Laser AutoFocus, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR PDAF, Laser AF, 1.55-micron pixel, OIS, EIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Dual PDAF, f/1.8 aperture, 1.14µm pixel size, 79.3-degree wide-angle lens, geotagging, dual cameras, secondary 50mm lens, f/2.6 aperture
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar] 13 MP, AutoFocus [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.0, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA, TD-SCDMA, LTE, TD-LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE, ANT+ 4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64/128 GB, 4/6 GB RAM 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB microSD, up to 2 TB (uses SIM 2 slot)
USB OTG Supported Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Light Sensor light sensor present light sensor present light sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Li-ion Non-removable Battery
Capacity 4000 mAh 3090 mAh 3500 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -