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Huawei Honor 9 vs Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

2.79 in
5.8 in
Huawei Honor 9 Mobile Phone
Huawei Honor 9
2.76 in
5.59 in
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Available colors
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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30
4.3 out of 5
11 user ratings
5 stars
36 %
4 stars
54 %
3 stars
9 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
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 %
38
4.4 out of 5
38 user ratings
5 stars
55 %
4 stars
34 %
3 stars
10 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %

Full Comparison

Hardware

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy S6 EdgeSamsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Operating systemAndroid 7.0Android 5.0
CPU clock speed2.4 GHz2.1 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 960Samsung Exynos Octa 7420
GPU modelARM Mali-G71 MP8ARM Mali-T760
RAM memory
  • 4 GB
  • 6 GB
3 GB

Display

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy S6 EdgeSamsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Screen size5.15 in5.1 in
Touchscreenyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLED
Resolution1080 x 1920 px2560 x 1440 px
TechnologyIPS TFT
  • Quad HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Pixel density428.0 ppi576.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnono
Scratch resistant displaynoyes
HDRnono

Rear camera

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy S6 EdgeSamsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Primary sensor resolution20.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx
Video recordingyesyes
Highest video resolution3840 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps60.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)3840 x 2160 px1280 x 720 px
Autofocusyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyes
LED Flashyesyes
Touch focusyesyes

Front camera

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy S6 EdgeSamsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Primary resolution8.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx

Storage

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy S6 EdgeSamsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readeryesno
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
No memory slot

Design

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy S6 EdgeSamsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Colour of product
  • Blue
  • Grey
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Green
  • Blue
MaterialAluminumAluminum
Water resistantnono
Shock resistantnono

Dimensions

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy S6 EdgeSamsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Height5.8 in5.59 in
Width2.79 in2.76 in
Depth0.3 in0.28 in
Weight5.47 oz4.66 oz

Sensors

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy S6 EdgeSamsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Accelerometeryesyes
Proximityyesyes
Fingerprintyesyes
Gyroscopeyesyes

Other features

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy S6 EdgeSamsung Galaxy S6 Edge
IRyesyes

Connectivity

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy S6 EdgeSamsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Dual sim supportyesno
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiednoyes
Bluetoothyesyes
Bluetooth version4.24.1
Bluetooth profileA2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codecSBC
  • aptX
  • SBC
NFCyesyes
Charging connectionUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)noyes
Video outputNoMHL

Cellular

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy S6 EdgeSamsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyes
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
  • A-GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
2G GSMyesyes
3G UMTSyesyes
4G LTEyesyes

Battery

Huawei Honor 9Huawei Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy S6 EdgeSamsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Replaceable batterynono
Battery capacity3200.0 mAh2600.0 mAh
Fast chargingyesyes
Wireless charging noyes

Pros & Cons

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