Phone Comparison - Huawei Mate 9 vs Samsung Galaxy A12

Huawei Mate 9
huawei mate 9
Samsung Galaxy A12
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general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei Samsung
Announced November 2016 2020, November 24
Status Available - November 2016 Coming Soon - January 2021
Price Rs. 51,500 ($770.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 12,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, Gold, Graphite, Brown, Pink, Black Black, White, Blue, Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 156.9 x 78.9 x 7.9 mm
(6.18 x 3.11 x 0.31 in)
164 x 75.8 x 8.9 mm
(6.46 x 2.98 x 0.35 in)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 205 g (7.23 oz)
SIM Type Dual-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), 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 (dual-SIM only)
3G Network HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE (unspecified)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- 2.5D Curved Glass
- Metal Body
- Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
Notification LED Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 10
User Interface EMUI 5.0 -
Processor Octa-core (4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.44 GHz Cortex-A53), Hisilicon Kirin 960 [Similar] Octa-core (2.3 GHz, 1.8 GHz) [Similar]
GPU Mali-G71 [Similar] -
RAM 4 GB [Browse Similar] 4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64 GB 128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSDXC

display Display

Type IPS-NEO LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 HD+ TFT display
Colors 16M colors 16M Colour
Size 5.9 inches [Similar] 6.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (373 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1560 pixels (264 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 77.67% 83.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio FM radio Unspecified
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 12 MP & 20 MP [Similar] 48 MP + 5 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP [Similar]
Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone) LED flash
Features f/2.2, 27 mm, Leica optics, Phase Detection Autofocus, Laser AutoFocus, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR 48 MP, f/2.0, (wide), AF
5 MP, f/2.2, 115˚ (ultrawide)
2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.2
1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot Yes
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 128 GB, 4 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM or 64 GB, 3 GB RAM or 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSDXC
USB OTG Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor not present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor not present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 15W
Capacity 4000 mAh 5000 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -