Xiaomi Mi 9 vs Honor 9X Specs Comparison

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Xiaomi Mi 9
Xiaomi Mi 9 Honor 9X
Released · Mar 06, 2019
Released · October 2019
6.4-inch · 2340x1080px
6.6-inch · 2340x1080px
Triple camera
Triple camera
6GB · 128GB
4GB · 64GB
3300 mAh
4000 mAh
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Availability

Officially announced
Feb 20, 2019 Oct 24, 2019

Design

Dimensions
6.20 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches
157.5 x 74.67 x 7.61 mm
6.44 x 3.04 x 0.35 inches
163.5 x 77.3 x 8.8 mm
Weight
6.10 oz / 173.0 g 6.94 oz / 196.8 g
Materials
Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5)
Frame: Metal
Back: Glass
Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
Optical in-screen fingerprint Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Purple, Blue Midnight black, Sapphire blue

Display

Size
6.4-inch, 85.23% screen-to-body 6.6-inch, 84.40% screen-to-body
Type
AMOLED, HDR, 600 nits IPS LCD
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI 2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 391 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
2 (Good) Untested

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) HiSilicon Kirin 710F (12 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2840 MHz
Kryo 485
Octa-core
2200 MHz
ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 640 Mali-G51 MP4
Memory
6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB
6GB/64GB
12GB/256GB
4GB/64GB
6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
not expandable microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie) Android (9.0 Pie)

Battery

Type
3300 mAh 4000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+
Qi wireless charging

Camera

Rear
Triple camera Triple camera
Main camera
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
Aperture size: F1.8
Sensor size: 1/2"
Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
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
8 MP (Ultra-wide)
Aperture size: F2.4
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
2 MP (Depth information)
Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED LED
Video recording
4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (960 fps), 720p (960 fps)
Continuous autofocus, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
1080p (30 fps), 720p
EIS
Front
20 MP (HDR)
Video capture: 1080p
16 MP (Pop-up)
Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0 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 2.0 Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Infrared, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28 1, 3, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40 38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1 5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSPA, HSUPA LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

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

Alternative variants

with 64 GB storage
Memory 64GB
with 128 GB storage
Memory 6GB/128GB
Explorer Edition
Memory 12GB/256GB
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