Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S6 (CDMA) vs Huawei Mate 9 vs Honor 9

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Huawei Honor
Announced March 2015 November 2016 June 2017
Status Available - April 2015 Available - November 2016 Available - June 2017
Price Rs. 29,999 ($441.16) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 51,500 ($770.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 32,750 ($510.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum White, Gold, Graphite, Brown, Pink, Black Blue, Amber Gold, Gray, Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143.5 x 70.6 x 6.9 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
156.9 x 78.9 x 7.9 mm
(6.18 x 3.11 x 0.31 in)
147.3 × 70.9 × 7.45 mm
(5.8 × 2.79 × 0.29 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
SIM Type - Dual-SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - G920V, G920P
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - G920V, G920P, G920R
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G920V HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700) - G920V LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- Fingerprint Sensor
- 2.5D Curved Glass
- Metal Body
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Metal and glass Build
- Dual Cameras
Notification LED - Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
User Interface - EMUI 5.0 EMUI 5.1
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 Octa-core (4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.44 GHz Cortex-A53), Hisilicon Kirin 960 Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53), HiSilicon Kirin 960
GPU Mali-T760MP8 Mali-G71 Mali-G71 MP8
RAM 3 GB 4 GB 4/6 GB
Internal Memory 32/64/128 GB 64 GB 64/128 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 IPS-NEO LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 2.5D Cruved Glass
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colors
Size 5.1 inches 5.9 inches 5.15 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (373 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (428 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.76% 77.67% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels Dual 12 MP & 20 MP Dual 20 MP + 12 MP
Flash LED Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone) Dual-LED (dual Tone)
Features OIS, Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama 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, Monochrome + RGB Sensors, Laser AF, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama, Beauty Mode
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.0 [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot 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, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host Type-C 1.0 reversible connector Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64/128 GB, 4/6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (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
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2550 mAh 4000 mAh 3200 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 23 h (3G) - -