Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 81.7 | 87.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 10, 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2019-04-05 | 2018-08-24 |
| 5.87 x 2.81 x 0.30 inches | 6.37 x 3.01 x 0.35 inches |
| 5.82 ounces | 7.09 ounces |
| Black, Breathing and Crystal aurora | Cloud silver, Lavender purple, Midnight black and Ocean blue |
| Glass and Metal | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 504.00 | $ 457.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.1 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2960 x 1440 pixels |
| AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 422 pixels per inch | 514 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 9.45 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.50 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (960 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 11.66 | 10.23 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3650mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 5.6 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Note9 is a bit better than Huawei P30, with an 87.1 score against 81.7. Even being the best device in this comparison review, the Galaxy Note9 body is somewhat thicker and heavier than Huawei P30. Samsung Galaxy Note9 counts with just a little better hardware performance than Huawei P30. They have 8 processing cores and a 6 GB RAM memory.
Galaxy Note9 counts with a little more vivid display than Huawei P30, because it has a quite larger display, a better 1440 x 2960px resolution and a quite greater display density. The Galaxy Note9 counts with a lot bigger storage for apps and games than Huawei P30, and although they both have the same internal memory capacity, the Galaxy Note9 also has a SD memory slot that allows a maximum of 512 GB.
The Samsung Galaxy Note9 has just a bit longer battery duration than Huawei P30, because it has a 4000mAh battery capacity instead of 3650mAh. The Huawei P30 takes much clearer pictures and videos than Galaxy Note9, because although it has lower 30 fps video frame rates and a tinier aperture which is not nice for shooting photographs and/or video in low light environments, and they both have the same 3840x2160 video quality, the Huawei P30 also counts with a way larger back camera sensor which gives a way better photo and video quality and a lot higher 40 mega-pixels resolution camera.
Despite of being the best phone between the ones we are comparing, Galaxy Note9 is also cheap compared to the other phone, which makes this phone an easy choice.
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