Honor 9 vs Huawei P40 Specs Comparison

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Honor 9
Honor 9 Huawei P40
Released · Jun 27, 2017
Released · Apr 07, 2020
5.2-inch · 1920x1080px
6.1-inch · 2340x1080px
Dual camera
Triple camera
4GB · 64GB
6GB · 128GB
3200 mAh
3800 mAh
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Availability

Officially announced
Jun 12, 2017 Mar 26, 2020

Design

Dimensions
5.80 x 2.79 x 0.29 inches
147.3 x 70.9 x 7.45 mm
5.86 x 2.80 x 0.33 inches
148.9 x 71.06 x 8.5 mm
Weight
5.47 oz / 155.0 g 6.17 oz / 175.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass
Frame: Aluminum
Back: Glass
Frame: Metal
Resistance
Splash, Dust; IP53
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) 2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Blue Deep Sea blue, Ice white, Black, Blush gold, Silver frost

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 70.03% screen-to-body 6.1-inch, 86.29% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD OLED, 90Hz, HDR
Resolution
1920x1080px, 428 PPI 2340x1080px, 422 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
3 (Average) Untested

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (16 nm) HiSilicon Kirin 990 (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2400 MHz
ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
Octa-core
ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-G71 MP8 Mali-G76 MP16
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
6GB/128GB
6GB/128GB
8GB/128GB
8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat) Android (10)

Battery

Type
3200 mAh, Li - Polymer 3800 mAh
Charging
Fast charging Huawei SuperCharge
Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
Wired: 22.5W

Camera

Rear
Dual camera Triple camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal length: 27 mm
50 MP (OIS, PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.9
Focal length: 23 mm
Sensor size: 1/1.28"
Second camera
20 MP (Black and White)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal Length: 27 mm
16 MP (Ultra-wide)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal Length: 17 mm
Third camera
8 MP (Telephoto, OIS)
Optical zoom: 3.0x
Aperture size: F2.4
Focal Length: 80 mm
Flash
Dual LED Dual LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps)
Time-lapse video, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
4K UHD (60 fps)
Time-lapse video, EIS
Front
8 MP
Video capture: 1080p
32 MP (Dual-Camera, HDR)
Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2 5.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band
MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0 Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Dual-band positioning, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, VoIP, 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
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n3, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, n79
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 8 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41 34, 38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 12/13 (600/150 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM, eSIM
VoLTE
Yes Yes

Alternative variants

Memory 6GB/128GB
with 8GB RAM
Memory 8GB
with 256GB storage
Memory 8GB/256GB
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