Huawei Mate Xs vs Samsung Galaxy S9 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 24, 2020	Feb 25, 2018
Prices (MSRP)
	$720

Design

Dimensions
6.35 x 5.76 x 0.43 inches 161.3 x 146.2 x 11 mm	5.81 x 2.70 x 0.33 inches 147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5 mm
Folded
6.35 x3.08 x0.43 inches (161.3 x 78.3 x 11 mm)
Weight
10.58 oz (300.0 g)	5.75 oz (163.0 g)
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Iris scanner, 2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Features
	Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control, Other; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Interstellar blue	Midnight black, Coral blue, Titanium gray, Lilac purple, Burgundy red, Sunrise gold, Ice blue

Display

Size
8.0-inch, 86.86% screen-to-body	5.8-inch, 84.36% screen-to-body
Type
OLED	Super AMOLED, HDR
Resolution
2480x2200px, 414 PPI	2960x1440px, 18.5:9 ratio, 568 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Features
Folding around the outside, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Front cover display
6.6 inches 1148 x2480 px Part of the main display
Rear cover display
6.4 inches 892 x2480 px Part of the main display

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G (7 nm)	Snapdragon 845 SDM845 (10 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2860 MHz ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55	Octa-core 2800 MHz Kryo 385
GPU
Mali-G76 MP16	Adreno 630
Memory
8GB (LPDDR4)/512GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 4GB/128GB 4GB/256GB
Storage expansion
Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 400 GB
OS
Android (10)	Android (10, 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo)

Battery

Type
4500 mAh, Li - Polymer	3000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Huawei SuperCharge	Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging Qi and Powermat wireless charging
Charge speed
Wired: 55.0W

Camera

Rear
Quad camera, Doubles as a selfie camera	Single camera
Main camera
40 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7"	12 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.5/F2.4 Sensor size: 1/2.55" Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Second camera
8 MP (Telephoto, OIS, Laser and PDAF) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 80 mm Sensor size: 1/4"
Third camera
16 MP (Ultra-wide, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 16 mm
Fourth camera
ToF 3D depth sensing
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps), 720p (960 fps) HDR, Time-lapse video, Hyperlapse, Continuous autofocus, Object tracking, Picture-taking during video recording, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
	8 MP (Autofocus, HDR) Video capture: QHD (30 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	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 MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 3.1	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), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Dual-band positioning, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
NFC, Infrared	NFC, ANT+

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	32-Bit DAC, aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
	FM
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n3, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, n79, SA, NSA
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 39, 40, 41	38, 39, 40, 41, 46
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Pro Cat 21 (1400/200 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A Pro Cat 18 (1200/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Jan 11, 2018 FCC ID value: A3LSMG960U
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.35 W/kg Body: 0.96 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.95 W/kg

Alternative variants

International version

System chip	Samsung Exynos 9 9810 (10 nm)
Processor	Octa-core 2900 MHz Exynos M3 and ARM Cortex-A55
GPU	Mali-G72 MP18
FCC approval	Date approved: Dec 27, 2017 FCC ID value: A3LSMG960F
Measured SAR	Head: 0.26 W/kg Body: 1.00 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.56 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.04 W/kg

with Dual SIM

System chip	Samsung Exynos 9 9810 (10 nm)
Processor	Octa-core 2900 MHz Exynos M3 and ARM Cortex-A55
GPU	Mali-G72 MP18
Dual SIM	Yes

with 256 GB storage

Memory	256GB
Prices (MSRP)	$820

with 128 GB storage

Memory	128GB
Prices (MSRP)	$770

Links

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