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| Global Score | |
| 73.4 | 88.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Apple |
| -- | iOS 14.x |
| 2017-01-06 | 2020-11-13 |
| 6.18 x 3.11 x 0.31 inches | 5.18 x 2.53 x 0.29 inches |
| 6.70 ounces | 4.76 ounces |
| Brown, Gold, Gray, Silver and White | Black, Blue, Green, Purple, Red and White |
| Metal | Aluminum and Glass |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 699.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.9 inches | 5.4 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 373 pixels per inch | 477 pixels per inch |
| -- | 1200 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 9.4 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Apple A14 Bionic chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2400 MHz) processor | 64-bit 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Yes GPU |
| 9.36 | 10.62 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.78 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.60 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 10.01 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 5.5 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 2227mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 5.92 | 4.16 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPhone 12 mini is much better than Huawei Mate 9, having an 88.5 score against 73.4. Apple iPhone 12 mini's construction is newer, extremely lighter and a bit thinner than Huawei Mate 9. The iPhone 12 mini counts with a better performing processor than Huawei Mate 9, because although it has less CPU cores , and they both have 4 GB of RAM memory, the iPhone 12 mini also counts with a 64-bit CPU.
Apple iPhone 12 mini counts with a sharper display than Huawei Mate 9, because although it has a little smaller screen, it also counts with a little higher resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels and more pixels per inch in the display. IPhone 12 mini features a way better camera than Huawei Mate 9, and although they both have a same resolution back facing camera, the same video resolution and the same video frame rates, the iPhone 12 mini also has a way larger aperture.
The Huawei Mate 9 has a superior storage capacity for games and applications than iPhone 12 mini, and although they both have the same 64 GB internal memory capacity, the Huawei Mate 9 also has a slot for external memory cards that admits a maximum of 256 GB. The Huawei Mate 9 has a much better battery duration than iPhone 12 mini, because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity.
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