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| Global Score | |
| 72.9 | 80.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | |
| 2016-04-16 | 2016-10-20 |
| 5.71 x 2.79 x 0.27 inches | 5.66 x 2.74 x 0.34 inches |
| 5.08 ounces | 5.04 ounces |
| Gold, Gray, Pink and Silver | Black, Gray and White |
| Aluminum | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 299.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.2 inches | 5 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | AMOLED |
| 424 pixels per inch | 441 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 955 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2500 MHz) processor | Kryo, 64-bit (Quad-Core 2150 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-T880 MP4 GPU | Adreno 530 GPU |
| 9.36 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 8.88 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 12.30 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor | 0.43 inches (1/2.3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.24 | 9.79 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 2770mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 4.96 | 4.72 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| 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 Google Pixel is better than Huawei P9, with an 80.2 score against 72.9. Even though Google Pixel and Huawei P9 were released with only 6 months difference, Google Pixel's design is way thicker but also just a little lighter than Huawei P9. Google Pixel features a display that's just as good as the Huawei P9 one, because although the Google Pixel has a little smaller display, and they both have exactly the same resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels, it also counts with a quite greater pixels density.
Huawei P9 features just a bit better processing power than Google Pixel, because although it has lesser RAM memory, it also counts with a greater number of cores (and faster). The Google Pixel features a quite bigger memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Huawei P9, because although it has no slot for an external memory card, it also counts with 128 GB internal storage.
Google Pixel captures clearer pictures and videos than Huawei P9, because it has a larger aperture, a lot bigger back camera sensor which offers a lot higher image and video quality, a lot higher 3840x2160 video resolution and a better 12.3 mega pixels resolution camera. The Huawei P9 has just a little better battery duration than Google Pixel, because it has 3000mAh of battery capacity.
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