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Huawei P9 Mobile Phone
Huawei P9
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Huawei P9 Lite 2017 Mobile Phone
Huawei P9 Lite 2017
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Motorola Moto G5S Mobile Phone
Motorola Moto G5S
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Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy A5 2017
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4.2 out of 5
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 6.0Android 7.0Android 7.1Android 7.0
CPU clock speed2.5 GHz2.1 GHz1.4 GHz1.9 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core8-core8-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 950
N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 MSM8937Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880
GPU modelARM Mali-T880 MP4ARM Mali-T830 MP2Qualcomm Adreno 505ARM Mali-T830 MP2
RAM memory
  • 3 GB
  • 4 GB
3 GB3 GB3 GB

Display

Screen size5.2 in5.2 in5.2 in5.2 in
Touchscreenyesyes
N/A
N/A
Number of colors16.7M
N/A
16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCD
IPS
LCDOLED
Resolution1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px1080 x 1920 px1080 x 1920 px
TechnologyIPS TFTLCDIPS TFT
  • AMOLED
  • Full HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Pixel density424.0 ppi
N/A
424.0 ppi424.0 ppi
Screen materialCorning Gorilla Glass 4.0
N/A
N/A
N/A
Dual screen supportnono
N/A
N/A
HDRnono
N/A
N/A
Multi touchyes
N/A
N/A
N/A

Rear camera

Primary sensor size1/2.6"
N/A
N/A
N/A
Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx
Resolution (second camera)8.0 Mpx
N/A
N/A
N/A
Video recordingyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px
N/A
1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution60.0 fps
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)120.0 fps
N/A
N/A
30.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1280 x 720 px
N/A
N/A
1920 x 1080 px
Autofocusyesyes
N/A
N/A
Face detectionyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Geo-taggingyesyes
N/A
N/A
HDR Captureyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
LED Flashyesyes
N/A
N/A
Panoramayes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Smile detectionyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Touch focusyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Focus adjustment
N/A
N/A
N/A
Automatic

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx
Lens apertureF/2.4
N/A
N/A
F/1.9
Light source
N/A
N/A
N/A
Display flash

Storage

Internal storage
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
N/A
32 GB32 GB
Memory card readeryesyes
N/A
N/A
Maximum card storage128GB128GB128GB256GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • miniSD
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Dimensions

Height5.71 in5.8 in5.91 in5.75 in
Width2.79 in0.0 in2.89 in2.81 in
Depth0.27 in0.0 in0.32 in0.31 in
Weight5.08 oz5.19 oz5.54 oz5.61 oz

Connectivity

Dual sim support
  • no
  • yes
yes
  • no
  • yes
yes
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
  • Nano SIM
  • Nano-SIM
Bluetoothyesyes
N/A
yes
Bluetooth version4.14.14.24.2
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
A2DPA2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • DIP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
NFCyesyes
N/A
yes
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.0
N/A
2.02.0
Type of USB connectorUSB Type-CMicro-USB
N/A
USB Type-C
Video outputNo
N/A
NoNo
Bluetooth codec
N/A
SBC
N/A
SBC
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
N/A
N/A
no

Cellular

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

Battery

Battery typeLithium ion
N/A
N/A
N/A
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh
Talk time14.53 h
N/A
N/A
16.0 h
Fast chargingno
N/A
N/A
N/A
Replaceable battery
N/A
no
N/A
N/A
Fast charging standard
N/A
N/A
Motorola TurboPower
N/A

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