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| Global Score | |
| 73.4 | 87.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Apple |
| 2017-01-06 | 2017-09-22 |
| 6.18 x 3.11 x 0.31 inches | 6.24 x 3.07 x 0.30 inches |
| 6.70 ounces | 7.13 ounces |
| Brown, Gold, Gray, Silver and White | Gold, Red, Silver and Space gray |
| Metal | Aluminum and Glass |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 949.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.9 inches | 5.5 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 373 pixels per inch | 401 pixels per inch |
| -- | 625 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Apple A11 Bionic APL1W72 (10 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2400 MHz) processor | 64-bit Monsoon and Mistral, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2390 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Apple 3-core GPU GPU |
| 9.36 | 10.17 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.78 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 28.00mm focal length |
| 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor | 0.33 inches (1/3") 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 | 10.12 |
| 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 | 2691mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 5.92 | 4.64 |
| 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
IPhone 8 Plus has a general score of 87.1, which is better than Huawei Mate 9's global score of 73.4. The iPhone 8 Plus body is a little thinner but just a little bit heavier than the Huawei Mate 9, and they were released only a couple of months apart. The Apple iPhone 8 Plus counts with just a little better hardware performance than Huawei Mate 9, because although it has an inferior number of cores and slower and lesser RAM, it also counts with a 64-bit processing unit.
The iPhone 8 Plus counts with a bit better looking display than Huawei Mate 9, because although it has a bit smaller screen, and they both have the same exact resolution of 1080 x 1920px, the iPhone 8 Plus also counts with a just a bit better amount of pixels per inch of display. Apple iPhone 8 Plus counts with much more memory capacity to store more apps and games than Huawei Mate 9, because although it has no slot for external memory cards, it also counts with 256 GB internal memory capacity.
Huawei Mate 9 features a very superior battery life than iPhone 8 Plus, because it has a 4000mAh battery capacity. IPhone 8 Plus features a very superior camera than Huawei Mate 9, because although it has a tinier back-facing camera sensor taking lower quality videos and photos, and they both have the same video frame rate, the same video quality and a back-facing camera with a 12 mega-pixels, the iPhone 8 Plus also counts with a bigger camera aperture.
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