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Huawei P8 Mobile Phone
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Huawei P9 Lite 2016 Mobile Phone
Huawei P9 Lite 2016
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Huawei P9 Lite 2017 Mobile Phone
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Sony Xperia Z1 Mobile Phone
Sony Xperia Z1
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Huawei dilutes the P9 a little too muchRead more
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Huawei dilutes the P9 a little too muchRead more
IF SUB smartphones are on your agenda, Huawei’s P9 Lite is worth a look, but we’ve been more taken with the 2017 remake of the P8 Lite – it has a slightlyRead more
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 5.0Android 7.0Android 7.0Android 4.2
CPU clock speed2.0 GHz1.5 GHz2.1 GHz2.3 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core8-coreQuad-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 930Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 650
N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974
GPU modelARM Mali-T628ARM Mali-T880 MP2ARM Mali-T830 MP2Qualcomm Adreno 330
RAM memory3 GB3 GB3 GB2 GB

Display

Screen size5.2 in5.2 in5.2 in5.0 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
N/A
Number of colors16.7M16.7M
N/A
16.7M
Panel typeLCDLCD
IPS
LCD
Resolution1080 x 1920 px1080 x 1920 px1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
TechnologyIPS TFTIPS TFTLCD
N/A
Pixel density424.0 ppi424.0 ppi
N/A
441.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnononoyes
Scratch resistant displayyesno
N/A
N/A
HDRnonono
N/A
Multi touch
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx20.7 Mpx
Focus adjustmentAutomaticAutomatic
N/A
N/A
Video recordingyesyes
N/A
N/A
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
N/A
1920 x 1080 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps
N/A
N/A
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps
N/A
N/A
N/A
Autofocusyesyesyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyesyes
Optical image stabilizationyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Touch focusyesyes
N/A
yes
Primary lens aperture
N/A
N/A
N/A
2.0 f
Burst Mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Optical zoom
N/A
N/A
N/A
8x
Digital zoom
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Face detection
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
HDR Capture
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Panorama
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Smile detection
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx2.2 Mpx
Lens aperture
N/A
F/2.0
N/A
N/A

Storage

Internal storage
  • 16 GB
  • 64 GB
16 GB
N/A
16 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyesyes
Maximum card storage128GB128GB128GB64GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
microSD

Dimensions

Height5.7 in5.78 in5.8 in5.67 in
Width2.84 in2.86 in0.0 in2.91 in
Depth0.25 in0.3 in0.0 in0.33 in
Weight5.08 oz5.19 oz5.19 oz5.96 oz

Connectivity

Dual sim support
  • no
  • yes
yesyesno
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIMMicro-SIM
DLNA certifiednono
N/A
yes
Bluetoothyesyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.14.24.14.0
Bluetooth profileA2DPA2DPA2DP
N/A
Bluetooth codecSBC
N/A
SBC
N/A
NFCyesyesyesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSB
N/A
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.0
N/A
N/A
Type of USB connectorMicro-USBMicro-USBMicro-USBMicro-USB
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesno
N/A
yes
Video outputNoNo
N/A
N/A

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
N/A
Data transmission
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TDD-LTE
  • EDGE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
N/A
HSPA+
Navigation system
  • A-GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
GLONASS
N/A
GPS
2G GSMyesyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
N/A
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
3G UMTSyesyesyes
N/A
4G LTEyesyesyesyes
Streaming standards
N/A
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
N/A
N/A
UMTS frequences
N/A
N/A
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
LTE frequencies
N/A
N/A
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Mobile hotspot
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Battery

Replaceable batterynonono
N/A
Battery capacity2680.0 mAh3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh
Standby time480.0 h630.0 h
N/A
850.0 h
Talk time13.83 h18.9 h
N/A
15.0 h
Fast chargingnono
N/A
N/A
Wireless charging nono
N/A
N/A
Battery type
N/A
N/A
N/A
Lithium ion

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