Phone Comparison - Huawei Mate 9 vs Samsung Galaxy S8+

Huawei Mate 9
huawei mate 9
Samsung Galaxy S8+
samsung galaxy s8+
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general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei Samsung
Announced November 2016 March 2017
Status Available - November 2016 Available - April 2017
Price Rs. 51,500 ($770.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 64,900 ($845.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, Gold, Graphite, Brown, Pink, Black Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 156.9 x 78.9 x 7.9 mm
(6.18 x 3.11 x 0.31 in)
159.5 x 73.4 x 8.1 mm
(6.28 x 2.89 x 0.32 in)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 173 g (6.1 oz)
SIM Type Dual-SIM Dual-SIM
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
4G Network LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- 2.5D Curved Glass
- Metal Body
IP68 certified
Notification LED Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
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) / Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835/ Exynos 8895 Octa [Similar]
GPU Mali-G71 [Similar] Adreno 540 [Similar]
RAM 4 GB [Browse Similar] 4/6 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64 GB 64/128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type IPS-NEO LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.9 inches [Similar] 6.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (373 ppi) [Similar] 1440 x 2960 pixels (531 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 77.67% 83.31%
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] 12 MP [Similar]
Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone) Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
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 Autofocus, f/1.7 aperture, OIS, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, AF [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.2, 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 v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64/128 GB, 4/6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG Supported 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 3500 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -