Phone Comparison - Huawei Mate 9 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 9

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

Manufacturer Huawei Samsung
Announced November 2016 August 2018
Status Available - November 2016 Available - August 2018
Price Rs. 51,500 ($770.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 67,900 ($999.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, Gold, Graphite, Brown, Pink, Black Metallic copper, Lavender purple, Ocean blue, Midnight black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 156.9 x 78.9 x 7.9 mm
(6.18 x 3.11 x 0.31 in)
161.9 x 76.4 x 8.8 mm
(6.37 x 3.01 x 0.35 in)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 201 g (7.09 oz)
SIM Type Dual-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), 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 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- 2.5D Curved Glass
- Metal Body
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
- Stylus (Bluetooth integration)
Notification LED Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (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 [Similar] Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA/LATAM, China, Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA
Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 - USA/LATAM, China [Similar]
GPU Mali-G71 [Similar] Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China [Similar]
RAM 4 GB [Browse Similar] 6/8 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64 GB 128/512 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only

display Display

Type IPS-NEO LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.9 inches [Similar] 6.4 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (373 ppi) [Similar] 1440 x 2960 pixels (514 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 77.67% 84.15%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 12 MP & 20 MP [Similar] Dual 12 MP + 12 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 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm, 1/3.6", 1µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom
Dual Video Call, Auto-HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, Dual-Video Rec
Front Camera 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm, 1/3.6", 1.22µm, AF, Dual video call, Auto-HDR, 1440p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat18 1200/200 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, hotspot
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 128/512 GB, 6/8 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
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
Infrared Sensor infrared sensor present infrared sensor not present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

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