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Huawei Honor 9 vs Samsung Galaxy A5 2017

2.79 in
5.8 in
Huawei Honor 9 Mobile Phone
Huawei Honor 9
2.81 in
5.75 in
Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy A5 2017
Editiorial reviews
8
4.3 out of 5
6 user ratings
5 stars
33 %
4 stars
66 %
3 stars
0 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
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9
4.1 out of 5
4 user ratings
5 stars
0 %
4 stars
100 %
3 stars
0 %
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0 %
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User rating
35
4.0 out of 5
35 user ratings
5 stars
28 %
4 stars
42 %
3 stars
25 %
2 stars
2 %
1 stars
0 %
54
4.3 out of 5
54 user ratings
5 stars
44 %
4 stars
40 %
3 stars
14 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %

Full Comparison

Hardware

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy A5 2017Samsung Galaxy A5 2017
Operating systemAndroid 7.0Android 7.0
CPU clock speed2.4 GHz1.9 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 960Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880
GPU modelARM Mali-G71 MP8ARM Mali-T830 MP2
RAM memory
  • 4 GB
  • 6 GB
3 GB

Display

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy A5 2017Samsung Galaxy A5 2017
Screen size5.15 in5.2 in
Number of colors16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLED
Resolution1080 x 1920 px1080 x 1920 px
TechnologyIPS TFT
  • AMOLED
  • Full HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Pixel density428.0 ppi424.0 ppi

Rear camera

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy A5 2017Samsung Galaxy A5 2017
Primary sensor resolution20.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx
Highest video resolution3840 x 2160 px1920 x 1080 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps30.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)3840 x 2160 px1920 x 1080 px

Front camera

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy A5 2017Samsung Galaxy A5 2017
Primary resolution8.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx

Storage

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy A5 2017Samsung Galaxy A5 2017
Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 64 GB
32 GB
Maximum card storage256GB256GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy A5 2017Samsung Galaxy A5 2017
MaterialAluminum
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Metal
Shock resistantnoyes

Dimensions

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy A5 2017Samsung Galaxy A5 2017
Height5.8 in5.75 in
Width2.79 in2.81 in
Depth0.3 in0.31 in
Weight5.47 oz5.61 oz

Sensors

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy A5 2017Samsung Galaxy A5 2017
Accelerometeryesyes
Proximityyesyes
Gyroscopeyesyes

Connectivity

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy A5 2017Samsung Galaxy A5 2017
Dual sim supportyesyes
Sim card sizeNano-SIM
  • Nano SIM
  • Nano-SIM
Bluetoothyesyes
Bluetooth version4.24.2
Bluetooth profileA2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • DIP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
Bluetooth codecSBCSBC
NFCyesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)nono
Video outputNoNo

Cellular

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy A5 2017Samsung Galaxy A5 2017
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Navigation systemGLONASS
  • GPS
  • GLONASS
  • BeiDou

Battery

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy A5 2017Samsung Galaxy A5 2017
Battery capacity3200.0 mAh3000.0 mAh

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