Huawei Mate 9 vs Huawei P40 Pro Specs Comparison

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Huawei Mate 9
Huawei Mate 9 Huawei P40 Pro
Released · Jan 06, 2017
Released · Apr 07, 2020
5.9-inch · 1920x1080px
6.6-inch · 2640x1200px
Dual camera
Quad camera
4GB · 64GB
8GB · 128GB
4000 mAh
4200 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Nov 03, 2016 Mar 26, 2020

Design

Dimensions
6.18 x 3.11 x 0.31 inches
156.9 x 78.9 x 7.9 mm
6.23 x 2.86 x 0.35 inches
158.2 x 72.6 x 8.95 mm
Weight
6.70 oz / 190.0 g 7.37 oz / 209.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal Back: Glass
Frame: Metal
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) 3D 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 Deep Sea blue, Ice white, Black, Blush gold, Silver frost

Display

Size
5.9-inch, 77.39% screen-to-body 6.6-inch, 91.54% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD OLED, 90Hz, HDR
Resolution
1920x1080px, 373 PPI 2640x1200px, 19.8:9 ratio, 441 PPI
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
5 (Poor) 1.7 (Good)

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 960 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
8GB/128GB (UFS 3.0)
8GB/256GB
8GB/512GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat) Android (10)

Battery

Type
4000 mAh, Li - Polymer 4200 mAh
Charging
Fast charging Huawei SuperCharge
Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
Wired: 40.0W
Wireless: 27.0W

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
50 MP (OIS, PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.9
Focal length: 23 mm
Sensor size: 1/1.28"
Pixel size: 1.22 μm
Second camera
20 MP (Black and White, OIS, Laser and PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal Length: 27 mm
40 MP (Ultra-wide, PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.8
Focal Length: 18 mm
Sensor size: 1/1.54"
Third camera
12 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF)
Optical zoom: 5.0x
Aperture size: F3.4
Focal Length: 125 mm
Fourth camera
ToF 3D depth sensing
Flash
Dual LED Dual LED
Video recording
4K UHD
EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (960 fps), 720p (7680 fps)
HDR, Time-lapse video, EIS
Front
8 MP (Autofocus) 32 MP (Dual-Camera, Autofocus, 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
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), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Dual-band positioning, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC, Infrared

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
DLNA

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n3, n7, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, n79
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 29 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32
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, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM, eSIM
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Nov 04, 2016
FCC ID value: QISMHA-L09
Measured SAR
Head: 1.42 W/kg
Body: 0.60 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.39 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 storage
Memory 256GB
with 128 GB storage
Memory 6GB/128GB
with 512GB storage
Memory 512GB
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