Huawei P9 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Apr 06, 2016	Jan 17, 2024
Prices (MSRP)
	$1300 | €1449

Design

Dimensions
6.00 x 2.96 x 0.27 inches 152.3 x 75.3 x 6.98 mm	6.39 x 3.11 x 0.34 inches (~0.37 inches with camera bump) 162.3 x 79 x 8.6 mm (~9.5 mm with camera bump)
Weight
5.71 oz / 162.0 g	8.22 oz / 233.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Armor) Frame: Titanium
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint
Features
	Stylus
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray, White	Titanium Black, Titanium Gray, Titanium Violet, Titanium Yellow, Titanium Blue, Titanium Green, Titanium Orange

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 72.78% screen-to-body	6.8-inch, 89.12% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 2600 nits
Resolution
1920x1080px, 401 PPI	3088x1440px, 19.5:9 ratio, 501 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3	Corning Gorilla Glass Armor
Features
Pressure-sensitive, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	2310 (Excellent)
Bright Min
Untested	1.1 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 955	Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SM8650-AB (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2500 MHz ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1x3.39GHz Cortex-X4 5x3.1GH​z Cortex-A720 2x2.2​GHz Cortex-A520
GPU
Mali-T880 MP4	Adreno 750
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB	12GB (LPDDR5X)/256GB (UFS 4.0) 12GB/512GB 12GB/1024GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (14), up to 7 OS updates

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	2187
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	6669
3D Mark High
Untested	4960
3D Mark Low
Untested	2710

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Battery

Type
3400 mAh, Li - Polymer	5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 45.0W Wireless: 15.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

7h 39min

Browsing

20h 6min

Video

8h 18min

Gaming

13h 53min

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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	200 MP (OIS, Laser and PDAF) Sensor name: Samsung ISOCELL HP2 Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/1.3" Pixel size: 0.6 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	12 MP (Ultra-wide, PDAF) Sensor name: Sony IMX564 Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/2.55" Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Third camera
	10 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Sensor name: Sony IMX754 Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 67 mm Sensor size: 1/3.52" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Fourth camera
	50 MP (Telephoto, Periscope, OIS, PDAF) Sensor name: Sony IMX854 Optical zoom: 5.0x Aperture size: F3.4 Focal Length: 111 mm Sensor size: 1/2.52" Pixel size: 0.7 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (60 fps) Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Video calling, Video sharing	8K UHD (30 fps), 4K UHD (120 fps), 1080p (240 fps) HDR, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording
Front
8 MP (Autofocus) Video capture: 1080p	12 MP (PDAF, HDR) Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

156

Overall

162

Photo

151

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E,Wi-Fi 7,tri-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 ax
USB
Type-C	Type-C, USB 3.2
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
	M3/T4
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Infrared, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, Ultra Wideband (UWB)

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	aptX, aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
DLNA
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n75, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6, mmWave
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40	38, 39, 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 Pro Cat 20 (2000/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM + eSIM
HD Voice
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Apr 22, 2016 FCC ID value: QISVIE-L09	Date approved: Nov 29, 2023 FCC ID value: A3LSMS928U
Measured SAR
Head: 1.40 W/kg Body: 0.72 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.19 W/kg	Head: 1.26 W/kg Body: 0.62 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.26 W/kg

Alternative variants

Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes
FCC approval	Date approved: Apr 27, 2016 FCC ID value: QISVIE-L29
Measured SAR	Head: 1.37 W/kg Body: 0.68 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.17 W/kg

With 512GB internal storage

Memory	512GB
Prices (MSRP)	$1420

With 1TB internal storage

Memory	1024GB
Prices (MSRP)	$1660

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