Huawei P20 vs Xiaomi Mi 9 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 27, 2018	Feb 20, 2019

Design

Dimensions
5.87 x 2.79 x 0.30 inches 149.1 x 70.8 x 7.65 mm	6.20 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches 157.5 x 74.67 x 7.61 mm
Weight
5.82 oz / 165.0 g	6.10 oz / 173.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Metal	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) Frame: Metal
Resistance
Splash; IP53
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Pink, Blue	Black, Purple, Blue

Display

Size
5.8-inch, 80.36% screen-to-body	6.4-inch, 85.23% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	AMOLED, HDR, 600 nits
Resolution
2244x1080px, 18.7:9 ratio, 429 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Features
	HDR support, Oleophobic coating, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
1 (Excellent)	2 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 970 (10 nm)	Snapdragon 855 (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2360 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2840 MHz Kryo 485
GPU
Mali-G72 MP12	Adreno 640
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/128GB	6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 6GB/64GB 12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	not expandable
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo)	Android (9.0 Pie)

Battery

Type
3400 mAh, Li - Polymer	3300 mAh
Charging
Huawei SuperCharge	Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+ Qi wireless charging

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Triple 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	48 MP (Sapphire crystal lens cover, Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
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	12 MP (Telephoto, Sapphire crystal lens cover, PDAF) Optical zoom: 2.0x Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 50 mm Sensor size: 1/3.4" Pixel size: 1 μm
Third camera
	16 MP (Ultra-wide, Sapphire crystal lens cover, PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 17 mm Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1 μm
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 (60 fps), 1080p (960 fps), 720p (960 fps) Continuous autofocus, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
24 MP Video capture: 1080p	20 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
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 MIMO, 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, 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, Infrared, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
32-Bit DAC, aptX-HD	aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	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, 32	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 39, 40	38, 39, 40
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	5, 8, 4, 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, HSPA, HSUPA
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes	Yes
VoLTE
Yes	Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
	Haptic feedback, Music ringtones, Vibration
Other features
	Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

Dual-SIM

Dual SIM	Yes

with 64 GB storage

Memory	64GB

Explorer Edition

Memory	12GB/256GB

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