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| Global Score | |
| 73.4 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| 2017-01-06 | 2017-01-13 |
| 6.18 x 3.11 x 0.31 inches | 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches |
| 6.70 ounces | 5.61 ounces |
| Brown, Gold, Gray, Silver and White | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Metal | Glass and Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.9 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 373 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2400 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.78 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 5.5 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| 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 |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) is just a bit better than Huawei Mate 9, getting a overall score of 75.8 against 73.4. The Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) construction has the same thickness than the Huawei Mate 9, but it's lighter. Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) has a little more vivid display than Huawei Mate 9, because although it has a quite smaller display, and they both have the same 1080 x 1920 resolution, the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) also counts with a quite higher pixel density.
The Huawei Mate 9 has a bit faster processing unit than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), and although they both have the same number of cores, the Huawei Mate 9 also has 1 GB more RAM. Huawei Mate 9 features a lot bigger memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy A5 (2017), and although they both have a SD memory card expansion slot that allows a maximum of 256 GB, the Huawei Mate 9 also has 64 GB internal storage.
The Huawei Mate 9 counts with longer battery duration than Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a 33% bigger battery size. Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) shoots much clearer videos and photos than Huawei Mate 9, and although they both have the same (Full HD) video resolution and the same video frame rate, the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) also has a bigger camera aperture to take better images and video in low-light environments and a way more mega pixels camera in the back.
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