Huawei Mate 9 vs Honor 50 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Nov 03, 2016	Jun 16, 2021

Design

Dimensions
6.18 x 3.11 x 0.31 inches 156.9 x 78.9 x 7.9 mm	6.30 x 2.91 x 0.30 inches 160 x 73.8 x 7.7 mm
Weight
6.70 oz / 190.0 g	6.17 oz / 175.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Glass Frame: Metal
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray, Silver, Brown, White	Frost Crystal, Amber Red, Emerald Green, Midnight Black

Display

Size
5.9-inch, 77.39% screen-to-body	6.6-inch, 89.59% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	OLED, 120Hz
Resolution
1920x1080px, 373 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 392 PPI

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
5 (Poor)	3.2 (Poor)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 960	Snapdragon 778G SM7325 (6 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2400 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2400 MHz Kryo 670
GPU
Mali-G71 MP8	Adreno 642L
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 6GB/128GB	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)	Android (11)

Battery

Type
4000 mAh, Li - Polymer	4300 mAh
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 66.0W

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Quad camera
Main camera
12 MP (OIS, Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/2.9" Pixel size: 1.25 μm	108 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Sensor size: 1/1.52” Pixel size: 0.7 μm
Second camera
20 MP (Black and White, OIS, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 27 mm	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 17 mm
Third camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) Time-lapse video, Object tracking, EIS
Front
8 MP (Autofocus)	32 MP Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct 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 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, 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	aptX, aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
DLNA	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n5, n8, n41, n77, n78, SA, NSA
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 29	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 18, 19, 26
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40	34, 38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
6, 5, 8, 4, 2	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Nov 04, 2016 FCC ID value: QISMHA-L09	Date approved: Sep 09, 2021 FCC ID value: 2AYGCNTH-NX9
Measured SAR
Head: 1.42 W/kg Body: 0.60 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.39 W/kg	Head: 1.08 W/kg Body: 0.38 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.09 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.49 W/kg

Alternative variants

with Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes
FCC approval	Date approved: Nov 03, 2016 FCC ID value: QISMHA-L29
Measured SAR	Head: 1.42 W/kg Body: 0.60 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.39 W/kg

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

with 128 GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB

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