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| Global Score | |
| 78.7 | 76.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Motorola |
| Android 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat | Android 10 |
| 2017-01-10 | 2020-08-28 |
| 5.98 x 2.95 x 0.30 inches | 6.50 x 2.98 x 0.36 inches |
| 5.96 ounces | 7.05 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Forest green and Sapphire blue |
| Metal | Plastic and Plastic |
| $ 775.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 2560 x 1440 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 534 pixels per inch | 270 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SM6115 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2400 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Adreno 610 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.57 | 11.22 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 5.5 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei Mate 9 Pro is just a bit better than Moto G9 Play, getting a 78.7 score against 76.7. Both of these devices come with Android OS (operating system), but Huawei Mate 9 Pro has the newer 8.0 Oreo version and Moto G9 Play has Android 10 version, providing the user lots of additional features. Even though the Huawei Mate 9 Pro is a lot older than Moto G9 Play, it's body is somewhat lighter and thinner.
Huawei Mate 9 Pro features a bit better CPU than Moto G9 Play, and although they both have 8 processing cores, the Huawei Mate 9 Pro also has 2 GB more RAM memory. Huawei Mate 9 Pro counts with a lot better looking screen than Moto G9 Play, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a way higher 1440 x 2560px resolution and a way better pixel quantity per inch in the screen.
Motorola Moto G9 Play has a quite bigger storage for applications and games than Huawei Mate 9 Pro, because although it has less internal memory capacity, it also counts with a slot for external memory cards that allows up to 512 GB. Motorola Moto G9 Play has greater battery lifetime than Huawei Mate 9 Pro, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity.
The Moto G9 Play features a superior camera than Huawei Mate 9 Pro, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 video quality, the Moto G9 Play also has a way larger aperture to capture better photography in low light situations, a camera with a way higher 48 mega pixels resolution, a much bigger sensor providing a way higher image quality and better 60 fps video frame rates.
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