Huawei Mate 9 vs Samsung Galaxy A31 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Nov 03, 2016	Mar 24, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	€300

Design

Dimensions
6.18 x 3.11 x 0.31 inches 156.9 x 78.9 x 7.9 mm	6.27 x 2.88 x 0.34 inches 159.3 x 73.1 x 8.6 mm
Weight
6.70 oz / 190.0 g	6.53 oz / 185.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Plastic
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray, Silver, Brown, White	Prism Crush black, Prism Crush blue, Prism Crush red, Prism Crush white

Display

Size
5.9-inch, 77.39% screen-to-body	6.4-inch, 84.88% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED, 60Hz
Resolution
1920x1080px, 373 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 411 PPI

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

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 960	MediaTek Helio P65 MT6768 (12 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2400 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.0GHz Cortex-A75 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-G71 MP8	Mali-G52 MC2
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 6GB/128GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB (eMMC 5.1) 6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)	Android (10)

Battery

Type
4000 mAh, Li - Polymer	5000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

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	48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 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 Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps)
Front
8 MP (Autofocus)	20 MP Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band 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
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	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
DLNA	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

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, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
6, 5, 8, 4, 2	1, 2, 5, 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

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Nov 04, 2016 FCC ID value: QISMHA-L09	Date approved: Mar 08, 2020 FCC ID value: A3LSMA315GL
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: 0.53 W/kg Body: 0.56 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.42 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.65 W/kg Phablet: 0.89 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 128GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB

with 128 GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB

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