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Huawei Mate S vs Huawei P9

2.96 in
5.9 in
Huawei Mate S Mobile Phone
Huawei Mate S
2.79 in
5.71 in
Huawei P9 Mobile Phone
Huawei P9
Available colors
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12
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3 user ratings
5 stars
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4.2 out of 5
9 user ratings
5 stars
33 %
4 stars
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45
4.1 out of 5
45 user ratings
5 stars
35 %
4 stars
35 %
3 stars
28 %
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4.4 out of 5
39 user ratings
5 stars
46 %
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46 %
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Full Comparison

Hardware

Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Huawei P9Huawei P9
Operating systemAndroid 5.1Android 6.0
CPU clock speed2.2 GHz2.5 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 935Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 950
GPU modelARM Mali-T624ARM Mali-T880 MP4
RAM memory3 GB
  • 3 GB
  • 4 GB

Display

Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Huawei P9Huawei P9
Screen size5.5 in5.2 in
Touchscreenyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M
Panel typeOLEDLCD
Resolution1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
TechnologyAMOLEDIPS TFT
Pixel density401.0 ppi424.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnono
HDRnono

Rear camera

Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Huawei P9Huawei P9
Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Video recordingyesyes
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps60.0 fps
Autofocusyesyes
Face detectionyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyes
HDR Captureyesyes
LED Flashyesyes
Panoramayesyes
Smile detectionyesyes
Touch focusyesyes

Front camera

Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Huawei P9Huawei P9
Primary resolution8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx

Storage

Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Huawei P9Huawei P9
Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readeryesyes
Maximum card storage128GB128GB
Types of memory card supportedmicroSD
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Huawei P9Huawei P9
Colour of product
  • Rose Gold
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • White
  • Titanium
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Mystic silver
  • Silver
  • Titanium
  • White
MaterialAluminum
  • Aluminum
  • Plastic

Dimensions

Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Huawei P9Huawei P9
Height5.9 in5.71 in
Width2.96 in2.79 in
Depth0.28 in0.27 in
Weight5.5 oz5.08 oz

Sensors

Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Huawei P9Huawei P9
Accelerometeryesyes
Proximityyesyes
Digital compassyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyes
Fingerprintyesyes
Gyroscopeyesyes

Other features

Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Huawei P9Huawei P9
FM radioyesyes

Connectivity

Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Huawei P9Huawei P9
Dual sim supportyes
  • no
  • yes
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIM
Bluetoothyesyes
Bluetooth version4.04.1
Bluetooth profileA2DP
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
NFCyesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.0
Video outputNoNo

Cellular

Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Huawei P9Huawei P9
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
Data transmissionHSPA+
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TDD-LTE
Navigation systemS-GPS
  • A-GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
2G GSMyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
3G UMTSyesyes
UMTS frequences
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTEyesyes
LTE frequencies
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Mobile hotspotyesyes

Battery

Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Huawei P9Huawei P9
Battery typeLithium PolymerLithium ion
Battery capacity2700.0 mAh3000.0 mAh
Talk time13.0 h14.53 h
Fast chargingnono

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