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| Global Score | |
| 78.7 | 79.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Sony |
| Android 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat | -- |
| 2017-01-10 | 2018-04-05 |
| 5.98 x 2.95 x 0.30 inches | 6.02 x 2.83 x 0.44 inches |
| 5.96 ounces | 6.98 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Black, Green, Pink and Silver |
| Metal | Aluminum and Glass |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 775.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 2560 x 1440 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) | 2160 x 1080 pixels |
| AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 534 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| -- | 700 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 8.8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2400 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.54 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 19.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 25.00mm focal length |
| 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor | 0.43 inches (1/2.3") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (960 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 9.57 | 10.67 |
| 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, Dual SIM |
| 5.5 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3180mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 5.92 | 5.2 |
| 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, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Sony Xperia XZ2 is slightly better than the Huawei Mate 9 Pro, having a 79.1 score against 78.7. The Sony Xperia XZ2 is a newer phone than Huawei Mate 9 Pro, although it's a lot thicker and somewhat heavier. The Xperia XZ2 features a bit more vivid display than Huawei Mate 9 Pro, because although it has a little inferior number of pixels per inch of screen and a much lower resolution of 1080 x 2160, it also counts with a little bit larger screen.
The Sony Xperia XZ2 counts with a bigger storage for games and applications than Huawei Mate 9 Pro, because although it has 0 less internal storage, it also counts with an external memory slot that holds a maximum of 400 GB. Xperia XZ2 features a bit more powerful processing unit than Huawei Mate 9 Pro, although it has a lower amount of RAM, they both have 8 cores.
Huawei Mate 9 Pro features greater battery life than Xperia XZ2, because it has a 4000mAh battery capacity instead of 3180mAh. Sony Xperia XZ2 captures much clearer pictures and videos than Huawei Mate 9 Pro, and although they both have the same (4K) video definition, the Sony Xperia XZ2 also has a lot bigger back-facing camera sensor which offers a lot higher image and video quality, a larger diafragm aperture to take better images and video in poorly lited situations, a back camera with a much higher 19 MP resolution and faster video frame rate.
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