Huawei Mate 9 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy A30 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Nov 14, 2016	Feb 25, 2019
Prices (MSRP)
$775

Design

Dimensions
5.98 x 2.95 x 0.30 inches 152 x 75 x 7.5 mm	6.24 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches 158.5 x 74.7 x 7.7 mm
Weight
5.96 oz / 169.0 g	5.82 oz / 165.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Plastic
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray	Black, Blue, White

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 73.27% screen-to-body	6.4-inch, 85.24% screen-to-body
Type
AMOLED	Super AMOLED
Resolution
2560x1440px, 534 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	1 (Excellent)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 960	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 (14 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2400 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1800 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-G71 MP8	Mali-G71 MP2
Memory
6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 3GB/32GB
Storage expansion
	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)	Android (10, 9.0 Pie)

Battery

Type
4000 mAh, Li - Polymer	4000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging	Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Dual 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	16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/2.8" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Second camera
20 MP (Black and White, OIS, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 27 mm	5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP (Autofocus)	16 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 3.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
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, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
DLNA	Wireless screen share
Radio
	FM
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, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
6, 5, 8, 4, 2	5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSPA	LTE-A Cat 12/13 (600/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
	Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Feb 14, 2019 FCC ID value: A3LSMA305F
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.32 W/kg Body: 0.52 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.43 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.15 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 32 GB storage

Memory	3GB/32GB

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