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| Global Score | |
| 73.4 | 85 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| -- | Android 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2017-01-06 | 2019-06-18 |
| 6.18 x 3.11 x 0.31 inches | 6.11 x 2.91 x 0.31 inches |
| 6.70 ounces | 5.93 ounces |
| Brown, Gold, Gray, Silver and White | Midnight blue and Seawater blue |
| Metal | Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.9 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 373 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 SM6150 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2400 MHz) processor | Kryo 460, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Adreno 612 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 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.78 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 32.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 10.78 |
| 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 | 3500mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 5.44 |
| 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 and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy M40 is better than Huawei Mate 9, with a score of 85 against 73.4. The Galaxy M40 design has the same thickness than the Huawei Mate 9, but it is somewhat lighter. The Samsung Galaxy M40 counts with a bit more vivid screen than Huawei Mate 9, because it has a quite larger display, a little bit greater screen density and a quite better resolution of 1080 x 2340px.
Huawei Mate 9 has a little better processing power than Galaxy M40, although it has 2 GB lesser RAM, they both have 8 cores. The Galaxy M40 features a very superior camera than Huawei Mate 9, and although they both have the same video quality and the same video frame rate, the Galaxy M40 also has a back-facing camera with much more megapixels, a lot larger aperture and a bigger camera sensor capturing higher quality videos and photographs.
Galaxy M40 counts with a lot bigger storage capacity to store more games and applications than Huawei Mate 9, because it has an external memory slot that admits up to 512 GB and 64 GB more internal memory capacity. Huawei Mate 9 features just a little bit longer battery duration than Galaxy M40, because it has a 14% bigger battery size.
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