Huawei P9 vs Huawei P30 Pro Specs Comparison

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7.5
Huawei P9
9.0
Huawei P30 Pro
Huawei P9 Huawei P30 Pro
Released · Apr 16, 2016
Released · Apr 05, 2019
5.2-inch · 1920x1080px
6.5-inch · 2340x1080px
Dual camera
Quad camera
3GB · 32GB
6GB · 128GB
3000 mAh
4200 mAh
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Availability

Officially announced
Apr 06, 2016 Mar 26, 2019

Design

Dimensions
5.71 x 2.79 x 0.27 inches
145 x 70.9 x 6.95 mm
6.22 x 2.89 x 0.33 inches
158 x 73.4 x 8.41 mm
Weight
5.08 oz / 144.0 g 6.77 oz / 192.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Back: Glass
Frame: Metal
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) 2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray, Silver, Pink Amber sunrise, Breathing crystal, Aurora, Black

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 72.53% screen-to-body 6.5-inch, 88.61% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD AMOLED, HDR
Resolution
1920x1080px, 424 PPI 2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 398 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Features
Pressure-sensitive, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
4 (Poor) 4 (Poor)

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 955 HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2500 MHz
ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53
Octa-core
2600 MHz
ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-T880 MP4 Mali-G76 MP10
Memory
3GB (LPDDR4)/32GB 6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB
8GB/256GB
8GB/512GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow) Android (10, 9.0 Pie)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Ion 4200 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging Huawei SuperCharge
Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
Wired: 40.0W
Wireless: 15.0W
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Battery Life Estimate
Untested
Browsing
Untested
Video
Untested
Gaming
Untested
Battery Life Estimate
Untested
Browsing
Untested
Video
8h 39min
Gaming
Untested

Camera

Rear
Dual camera Quad camera
Main camera
12 MP (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
40 MP (OIS, PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.6
Focal length: 27 mm
Sensor size: 1/1.7"
Pixel size: 1 μm
Second camera
12 MP (Black and White, Laser and PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal Length: 27 mm
Sensor size: 1/2.9"
Pixel size: 1.25 μm
20 MP (Ultra-wide, PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal Length: 16 mm
Third camera
8 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF)
Optical zoom: 5.0x
Aperture size: F3.4
Focal Length: 125 mm
Fourth camera
ToF 3D depth sensing
Flash
Dual LED Dual LED
Video recording
1080p (60 fps)
Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Object tracking, Video calling, Video sharing
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p, 720p (960 fps)
OIS, Time-lapse video, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP
Video capture: 1080p
32 MP (HDR)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2 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
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C Type-C, USB 3.1
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, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC, Infrared, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40 34, 38, 39, 40
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Mar 03, 2016
FCC ID value: QISEVA-L09
Date approved: Mar 27, 2019
FCC ID value: QISVOG-LX9
Measured SAR
Head: 1.49 W/kg
Body: 0.96 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.10 W/kg
Head: 0.79 W/kg
Body: 0.64 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.36 W/kg
Wireless Router: 0.88 W/kg
Phablet: 2.96 W/kg

Alternative variants

Dual SIM
Dual SIM Yes
with 512 GB storage
Memory 8GB/512GB
with 256 GB of storage
Memory 8GB/256GB
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