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| Global Score | |
| 82.7 | 79.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| Android 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat | Android 11, 10 |
| 2017-01-31 | 2020-02-11 |
| 5.98 x 2.95 x 0.30 inches | 6.51 x 3.02 x 0.35 inches |
| 5.96 ounces | 7.34 ounces |
| Black | Atlantis blue, Matrix purple and Phoenix red |
| Metal | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 6.7 inches |
| 2560 x 1440 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 534 pixels per inch | 393 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G SM7150-AB chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2400 MHz) processor | Kryo 470, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Adreno 618 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.3 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 64.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") 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 | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.57 | 12.1 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 4500mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 6.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Infra-red port | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Design is just a bit better than Xiaomi Poco X2, with an 82.7 score against 79.3. Although the Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Design is older than Xiaomi Poco X2, it's construction is lighter and thinner. Both devices in this review come with Android operating system, but the Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Design has newer 8.0 Oreo version and Xiaomi Poco X2 has Android 11.
Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Design has a little more vivid screen than Xiaomi Poco X2, because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a better 1440 x 2560 resolution and a better quantity of pixels per inch of screen. The Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Design has a much bigger memory to store more apps and games than Xiaomi Poco X2, because it has 256 GB internal memory.
Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Design counts with a little bit better processing power than Xiaomi Poco X2. Both of them have the same number of cores and 6 GB of RAM. Xiaomi Poco X2 has a lot better camera than Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Design, and although they both have the same 30 frames per second video frame rates and the same 3840x2160 (4K) video quality, the Xiaomi Poco X2 also has a much larger camera sensor shooting much higher quality videos and pictures, a bigger aperture for better photography and videos in low-light environments and a much higher 64 MP resolution back facing camera.
The Xiaomi Poco X2 features just a little better battery duration than Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Design, because it has 4500mAh of battery capacity against 4000mAh.
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