Phone Comparison - Huawei Mate 9 vs Google Pixel 2 XL

Huawei Mate 9
huawei mate 9
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general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei Google
Announced November 2016 October 2017
Status Available - November 2016 Available - October 2017
Price Rs. 51,500 ($770.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 73,000 ($849.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, Gold, Graphite, Brown, Pink, Black Quite Black, Very Silver, Really Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 156.9 x 78.9 x 7.9 mm
(6.18 x 3.11 x 0.31 in)
157.9 x 76.7 x 7.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.31 in)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz)
SIM Type Dual-SIM Nano-SIM & electronic SIM card (e-SIM)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- 2.5D Curved Glass
- Metal Body
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Splash and dust resistant
Notification LED Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 8.0 (Oreo)
User Interface EMUI 5.0 -
Processor Octa-core (4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.44 GHz Cortex-A53), Hisilicon Kirin 960 [Similar] Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 [Similar]
GPU Mali-G71 [Similar] Adreno 540 [Similar]
RAM 4 GB [Browse Similar] 4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64 GB 64/128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) No

display Display

Type IPS-NEO LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.9 inches [Similar] 6.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (373 ppi) [Similar] 1440 x 2880 pixels (537 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 77.67% 76.61%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 12 MP & 20 MP [Similar] 12.2 MP [Similar]
Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone) Dual-LED (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 Phase Detection & Laser Autofocus, f/1.8 aperture, EIS (gyro), OIS, Dual-Pixel sensor, 1.4µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps
Front Camera 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.4, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
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, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) No
USB OTG Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4000 mAh 3520 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -