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| Global Score | |
| 72.6 | 77.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Asus | HTC |
| Android 12 | Android 5.0 |
| 2022-07-28 | 2015-03-01 |
| 5.77 x 2.68 x 0.36 inches | 5.69 x 2.74 x 0.38 inches |
| 5.96 ounces | 5.54 ounces |
| -- | Black, Gold, Gray and Pink |
| -- | Aluminium |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 178.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.9 inches | 5 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) |
| Super AMOLED | S-LCD 3 |
| 446 pixels per inch | 441 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.7 | 9.3 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 SM8475 (4 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 chipset |
| processor | 64-bit ARM Cortex-A57 (Quad-Core 2000 MHz + Quad-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 3 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| Adreno 730 GPU | Adreno 430 (600 MHz) GPU |
| 6.21 | 9.99 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 8.12 |
| Camera | |
| 50.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 20.00 MP + 4.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| 14.40mm focal length | 27.80mm focal length |
| 0.64 inches (1/1.56") sensor | 0.42 inches (1/2.4") sensor |
| 7680 x 4320 (24 fps) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 12.43 | 10.12 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 10.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4300mAh Battery | 2840mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | 391 hours standby time 25.4 hours talk time |
| 6.16 | 4.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.2 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The HTC One M9 is just a bit better than the Asus Zenfone 9, with a 77.7 score against 72.6. The HTC One M9 design is a little bit lighter than the Asus Zenfone 9, but it's a little bit thicker and was released many years before. Both of these devices work with Android operating system, but HTC One M9 has an older 5.0 version and Asus Zenfone 9 has Android 12.
HTC One M9 features a much more vibrant display than Asus Zenfone 9, although it has a little bit smaller screen, a little worse display density and a little worse resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The HTC One M9 counts with an extremely better processor than Asus Zenfone 9, because although it has a lower amount of RAM memory, and they both have 8 processing cores, the HTC One M9 also counts with a GPU and a 64 bits processor.
The Asus Zenfone 9 shoots greater photographs and videos than HTC One M9, because it has a lot larger back camera sensor, a way better video resolution, a bigger aperture and a way higher resolution camera in the back. Asus Zenfone 9 has much more memory to install applications and games than HTC One M9, because although it has no SD extension slot, it also counts with more internal memory capacity.
The Asus Zenfone 9 features a much longer battery lifetime than HTC One M9, because it has 4300mAh of battery capacity instead of 2840mAh.
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