Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 85.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow | -- |
| 2016-04-20 | 2018-11-15 |
| 6.00 x 2.96 x 0.27 inches | 6.40 x 3.03 x 0.31 inches |
| 5.71 ounces | 6.46 ounces |
| Gold, Gray and White | Bubblegum pink, Caviar black and Lemonade blue |
| Aluminum | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 401 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 955 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2500 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-T880 MP4 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.27 |
| 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 | 24.00 MP + 24.00 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 |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 9.24 | 10.45 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3400mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3800mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.36 | 5.76 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A9 (2018) is much better than Huawei P9 Plus, getting a score of 85.2 against 75.5. Even though the Galaxy A9 (2018) is incredibly newer than the Huawei P9 Plus, it's somewhat thicker and heavier. The Huawei P9 Plus has a bit faster CPU than Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018), although it has lesser RAM memory, they both have a Octa-Core processing unit.
The Huawei P9 Plus has a slightly better looking screen than Galaxy A9 (2018), because although it has a bit smaller display and a little lower resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels, it also counts with a little bit better pixels number in each inch of screen. The Galaxy A9 (2018) features a much better memory capacity for games and applications than Huawei P9 Plus, because it has more internal memory capacity and a SD card slot that allows a maximum of 512 GB.
Galaxy A9 (2018) features a better camera than Huawei P9 Plus, because it has a bigger back camera sensor, a lot more mega-pixels camera, a lot bigger aperture to take better low-light images and videos and a way better video definition. Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) has a little better battery performance than Huawei P9 Plus, because it has 3800mAh of battery capacity.
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