Honor 9 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jun 12, 2017	Apr 30, 2020

Design

Dimensions
5.80 x 2.79 x 0.29 inches 147.3 x 70.9 x 7.45 mm	6.39 x 3.04 x 0.35 inches 162.3 x 77.2 x 8.9 mm
Weight
5.47 oz (155.0 g)	7.02 oz (199.0 g)
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum	Frame: Plastic
Resistance
	Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Blue	Forest green, Polar white, Midnight gray

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 70.03% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 83.52% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD
Resolution
1920x1080px, 428 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 395 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (16 nm)	MediaTek Helio G85 (12 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2400 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2000 MHz Arm Cortex-A75 and ArmCortex-A55
GPU
Mali-G71 MP8	Mali G52 MC2
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 6GB/128GB	3GB (LPDDR4)/64GB (eMMC 5.1) 4GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)	Android (10)

Battery

Type
3200 mAh, Li - Polymer	5020 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging Reverse wired charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 18.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

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Browsing

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Video

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Gaming

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Battery Life Estimate

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Browsing

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Video

10h 43min

Gaming

7h 34min

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Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Quad camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal length: 27 mm	48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
20 MP (Black and White) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 27 mm	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.2 μm
Third camera
	2 MP (Macro, Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.4 Pixel size: 1.75 μm
Fourth camera
	2 MP Aperture size: F2.4 Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.7 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) Time-lapse video, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps), 720p (120 fps)
Front
8 MP Video capture: 1080p	13 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 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
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, Infrared

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 8	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 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
VoLTE
Yes	Yes

Alternative variants

Memory	6GB/128GB

with 128GB storage

Memory	4GB/128GB

Links

Full specifications
Honor 9 Specs	Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Specs
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