Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 77.7 | 80.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| HTC | Huawei |
| Android 5.0 | Android 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2015-03-01 | 2019-09-20 |
| 5.69 x 2.74 x 0.38 inches | 6.07 x 2.91 x 0.31 inches |
| 5.54 ounces | 6.14 ounces |
| Black, Gold, Gray and Pink | Black, Crush blue and Midsummer purple |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 178.00 | $ 430.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| S-LCD 3 | IPS LCD |
| 441 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.3 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A57 (Quad-Core 2000 MHz + Quad-Core 1500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 430 (600 MHz) GPU | Mali-G76 MP10 GPU |
| 9.99 | 9.45 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 8.12 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 20.00 MP + 4.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.80mm focal length | 28.00mm focal length |
| 0.42 inches (1/2.4") sensor | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 10.12 | 11.55 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2840mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 3750mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 391 hours standby time 25.4 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.8 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| 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 | -- |
Comparison review
Huawei nova 5T is a little bit better than the HTC One M9, having an 80.8 score against 77.7. The Huawei nova 5T body is noticeably newer and somewhat thinner than HTC One M9's, but it is a little bit heavier. Both devices in this comparison include Android OS, but Huawei nova 5T has the newer 10 version while HTC One M9 has Android 5.0 version, providing a lot of extra features.
The HTC One M9 features a more vivid display than Huawei nova 5T, because although it has a quite lower 1920 x 1080 resolution and a lot smaller display, it also counts with a bit better number of pixels in each screen inch. Huawei nova 5T counts with a much bigger storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than HTC One M9, because although it has no external memory card slot, it also counts with 128 GB internal memory.
The HTC One M9 counts with a bit better processing power than Huawei nova 5T, because although it has a lower amount of RAM memory, and they both have the same number of cores, the HTC One M9 also counts with an additional GPU and a 64-bit processor. The Huawei nova 5T captures much clearer photographs and videos than HTC One M9, and although they both have the same (4K) video quality and the same video frame rate, the Huawei nova 5T also has a much higher 48 mega pixels resolution back-facing camera, a larger aperture to capture better low light photography and videos and a larger camera sensor capturing higher quality pictures.
The Huawei nova 5T has superior battery duration than HTC One M9, because it has 3750mAh of battery capacity.
Although Huawei nova 5T is a better device, it costs a lot more than HTC One M9, and it doesn't have such a good price and quality relation as the HTC One M9. So if you want that extra features and specs, you can buy Huawei nova 5T, otherwise you can save a couple dollars and get the HTC One M9, resigning some specs and features.
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