Asus Zenfone 3s Max vs Huawei Nova 9 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jan 30, 2017	Oct 21, 2021
Prices (MSRP)
	€499

Design

Dimensions
5.89 x 2.90 x 0.35 inches 149.5 x 73.7 x 8.85 mm	6.30 x 2.90 x 0.31 inches 160 x 73.7 x 7.8 mm
Weight
6.17 oz (175.0 g)	6.17 oz (175.0 g)
Materials
Back: Metal
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold	Starry Blue, Black, Green, Violet

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 67.64% screen-to-body	6.6-inch, 89.89% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	OLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
1280x720px, 282 PPI	2340x1080px, 19:5 ratio, 392 PPI
Colors
16 777 216

Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT6750	Snapdragon 778G SM7325 (6 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1500 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2400 MHz Kryo670
GPU
Mali-T860 MP2	Adreno 642L
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB	8GB/128GB (UFS) 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 2000 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat)	Android (11)

Battery

Type
5000 mAh, Li - Polymer	4300 mAh
Charging
	Fast charging Reverse wired charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 66.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0	50 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 23 mm
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
	2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Time-lapse video, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps), 720p (240 fps) HDR, EIS
Front
8 MP (Wide Angle, HDR)	32 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.0, Yes	5.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41	34, 38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM, Micro SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

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Full specifications
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