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| Global Score | |
| 73.4 | 87 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| -- | Android 11, 10 |
| 2017-01-06 | 2020-11-06 |
| 6.18 x 3.11 x 0.31 inches | 6.47 x 2.99 x 0.34 inches |
| 6.70 ounces | 6.81 ounces |
| Brown, Gold, Gray, Silver and White | Prism Dot black, Prism Dot grey and Prism Dot white |
| Metal | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.9 inches | 6.6 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 373 pixels per inch | 266 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G SM7225 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2400 MHz) processor | Kryo 570, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Adreno 619 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.78 | 15.38 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 11.11 |
| 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 |
| 5.5 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 6.8 |
| 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, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy A42 is much better than the Huawei Mate 9, having an 87 score against 73.4. The Samsung Galaxy A42 construction is noticeably newer, but just a little thicker and just a little heavier than the Huawei Mate 9. The Huawei Mate 9 counts with a bit more powerful CPU than Galaxy A42. Both of them have the same RAM memory amount and a Octa-Core processor.
Huawei Mate 9 counts with a bit better looking display than Galaxy A42, because although it has a little bit smaller display, it also counts with a higher resolution of 1080 x 1920px and a higher quantity of pixels per screen inch. Samsung Galaxy A42 takes much better pictures and videos than Huawei Mate 9, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same video resolution, the Samsung Galaxy A42 also has a bigger camera aperture and a lot more mega-pixels back facing camera.
Samsung Galaxy A42 counts with much more storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Huawei Mate 9, because it has 128 GB internal memory and a SD card slot that admits a maximum of 1000 GB. Galaxy A42 counts with superior battery lifetime than Huawei Mate 9, because it has a 25% larger battery capacity.
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