Huawei P20 vs Honor 9 Specs Comparison

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8.5
Huawei P20
8.0
Honor 9
Huawei P20 Honor 9
Released · Apr 27, 2018
Released · Jun 27, 2017
5.8-inch · 2244x1080px
5.2-inch · 1920x1080px
Dual camera
Dual camera
4GB · 128GB
4GB · 64GB
3400 mAh
3200 mAh
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Availability

Officially announced
Mar 27, 2018 Jun 12, 2017

Design

Dimensions
5.87 x 2.79 x 0.30 inches
149.1 x 70.8 x 7.65 mm
5.80 x 2.79 x 0.29 inches
147.3 x 70.9 x 7.45 mm
Weight
5.82 oz / 165.0 g 5.47 oz / 155.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass
Frame: Metal
Back: Glass
Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Splash; IP53
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch) Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Pink, Blue Black, Gold, Blue

Display

Size
5.8-inch, 80.36% screen-to-body 5.2-inch, 70.03% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD IPS LCD
Resolution
2244x1080px, 18.7:9 ratio, 429 PPI 1920x1080px, 428 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
1 (Excellent) 3 (Average)

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 970 (10 nm) HiSilicon Kirin 960 (16 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2360 MHz
ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
Octa-core
2400 MHz
ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-G72 MP12 Mali-G71 MP8
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
not expandable microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo) Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)

Battery

Type
3400 mAh, Li - Polymer 3200 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Huawei SuperCharge Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Dual camera Dual camera
Main camera
12 MP (OIS, Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor)
Aperture size: F1.8
Focal length: 27 mm
Sensor size: 1/2.3"
Pixel size: 1.55 μm
12 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal length: 27 mm
Second camera
20 MP (Black and White, Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor)
Aperture size: F1.6
Focal Length: 27 mm
Sensor size: 1/2.7"
Pixel size: 1 μm
20 MP (Black and White)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal Length: 27 mm
Flash
Dual LED Dual LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (120 fps), 720p (960 fps)
Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, Video light, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps)
Time-lapse video, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
24 MP
Video capture: 1080p
8 MP
Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2 4.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
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 3.1 Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), 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
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32 1, 3, 5, 8
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 39, 40 38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1 5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Pro Cat 18 (1200/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s LTE-A Cat 12/13 (600/150 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes Yes

Alternative variants

Dual-SIM
Dual SIM Yes
Memory 6GB/128GB
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