Huawei P9 vs Samsung Galaxy A50 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Apr 06, 2016	Feb 25, 2019
Prices (MSRP)
	$350

Design

Dimensions
5.71 x 2.79 x 0.27 inches 145 x 70.9 x 6.95 mm	6.24 x 2.93 x 0.30 inches 158.5 x 74.7 x 7.7 mm
Weight
5.08 oz / 144.0 g	5.86 oz / 166.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum	Back: Plastic
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	Black, Coral, Blue, White

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 72.53% screen-to-body	6.4-inch, 85.24% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED
Resolution
1920x1080px, 424 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3	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)	1 (Excellent)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 955	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 9610 (10 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2500 MHz ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2300 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-T880 MP4	Mali-G72 MP3
Memory
3GB (LPDDR4)/32GB	4GB/128GB 4GB/64GB 6GB/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (10, 9.0 Pie)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Ion	4000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging	Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Triple 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	25 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/2.8" Pixel size: 0.9 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	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (60 fps) Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Object tracking, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps), 720p (240 fps) Hyperlapse, EIS
Front
8 MP Video capture: 1080p	25 MP Video capture: 1080p

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 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, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+, 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
Screen mirroring
DLNA	Wireless screen share
Radio
	FM
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, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA	LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
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: Feb 11, 2019 FCC ID value: A3LSMA505F
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: 0.34 W/kg Body: 0.45 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.44 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.20 W/kg Phablet: 1.07 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 64 GB storage

Memory	64GB

with 6 GB RAM

Memory	6GB/64GB

for Verizon

4G (FDD) Bands	2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 20, 28, 66

for Sprint

4G (FDD) Bands	2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 25, 26, 71
4G (TDD) Bands	41
3G Bands	5, 8, 4, 2, 1

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