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| Global Score | |
| 73.4 | 77.9 |
| 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 |
| -- | $ 135.00 |
| 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 | 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 | 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
The Motorola DROID Turbo is slightly better than Huawei Mate 9, having a overall score of 77.9 against 73.4. The Motorola DROID Turbo is a noticeably older and noticeably thicker cellphone than Huawei Mate 9, but Motorola was able to build it just a bit lighter anyway. Motorola DROID Turbo features an incredibly better screen than Huawei Mate 9, because although it has a little smaller display, it also counts with a lot greater pixels quantity per inch in the screen and a higher resolution of 2560 x 1440px.
Motorola DROID Turbo has a little faster processing unit than Huawei Mate 9, because although it has lesser RAM and an inferior number of cores , it also counts with a graphics processor. The Huawei Mate 9 counts with a much greater storage capacity for games and applications than Motorola DROID Turbo, and although they both have the same 64 GB internal memory capacity, the Huawei Mate 9 also has an external memory card slot that supports up to 256 GB.
The Huawei Mate 9 counts with a little better battery performance than Motorola DROID Turbo, because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity. Motorola DROID Turbo counts with a lot better camera than Huawei Mate 9, and although they both have the same video quality and the same video frame rate, the Motorola DROID Turbo also has a larger camera aperture for better low light images and a back facing camera with way more megapixels.
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