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| Global Score | |
| 73.4 | 76.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Motorola |
| -- | Android 4.4.4 |
| 2017-01-06 | 2014-10-28 |
| 6.18 x 3.11 x 0.31 inches | 5.65 x 2.89 x 0.44 inches |
| 6.70 ounces | 6.21 ounces |
| Brown, Gold, Gray, Silver and White | Black and Blue |
| Metal | -- |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 179.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.9 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 1440 x 2560 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) |
| IPS LCD | AMOLED |
| 373 pixels per inch | 565 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.9 | 9.7 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2400 MHz) processor | Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2700 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 3 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Adreno 420 (500 MHz) GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.54 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.78 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 20.70 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (24 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 5.5 | 6.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3900mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 5.84 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Motorola Droid Turbo is just a bit better than the Huawei Mate 9, having a score of 76.4 against 73.4. Motorola Droid Turbo's design is a little lighter than the Huawei Mate 9, although it is much thicker and was released 2 years before. The Motorola Droid Turbo features a bit superior processing unit than Huawei Mate 9, because although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory and an inferior number of cores , it also counts with an extra GPU.
Motorola Droid Turbo features a much better looking display than Huawei Mate 9, because although it has a bit smaller display, it also counts with a higher resolution of 2560 x 1440px and a much better display density. Motorola Droid Turbo takes a lot better photographs and videos than Huawei Mate 9, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same 3840x2160 video quality, the Motorola Droid Turbo also has a much better resolution camera in the back and a larger camera aperture to capture better images in poorly lited situations.
The Huawei Mate 9 features a way bigger storage capacity for applications and games than Motorola Droid Turbo, because it has an external memory card slot that admits up to 256 GB and 32 GB more internal storage. The Huawei Mate 9 has just a little bit longer battery life than Motorola Droid Turbo, because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity.
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