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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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Sony Xperia Z5 Mobile Phone
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4.2 out of 5
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5 stars
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4.3 out of 5
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4.0 out of 5
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 6.0Android 7.0Android 6.0Android 7.0
CPU clock speed2.5 GHz2.1 GHz2.15 GHz2.0 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-coreQuad-core8-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 950
N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994
GPU modelARM Mali-T880 MP4ARM Mali-T830 MP2Qualcomm Adreno 530Qualcomm Adreno 430
RAM memory
  • 3 GB
  • 4 GB
3 GB6 GB3 GB

Display

Screen size5.2 in5.2 in5.5 in5.2 in
Touchscreenyesyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M
N/A
16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCD
IPS
OLEDLCD
Resolution1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px1080 x 1920 px
TechnologyIPS TFTLCDAMOLED
  • IPS
  • IPS TFT
Pixel density424.0 ppi
N/A
401.0 ppi424.0 ppi
Screen materialCorning Gorilla Glass 4.0
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
  • Fingerprint-resistant coating
  • Scratch-resistant glass
Dual screen supportnononono
HDRnononono
Multi touchyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Scratch resistant display
N/A
N/A
yesyes

Rear camera

Primary sensor size1/2.6"
N/A
1/2.4"1/2.3"
Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx23.0 Mpx
Resolution (second camera)8.0 Mpx
N/A
N/A
N/A
Video recordingyes
N/A
yesyes
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px
N/A
4096 x 2160 px3840 x 2160 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
120.0 fps120.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1280 x 720 px
N/A
1280 x 720 px1280 x 720 px
Autofocusyesyesyesyes
Face detectionyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Geo-taggingyesyesyesyes
HDR Captureyes
N/A
yes
N/A
LED Flashyesyesyesyes
Panoramayes
N/A
yes
N/A
Smile detectionyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Touch focusyes
N/A
yesyes
Primary lens aperture
N/A
N/A
2.0 f
N/A
Digital zoom
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Optical image stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Focus adjustment
N/A
N/A
N/A
Automatic

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx5.1 Mpx
Lens apertureF/2.4
N/A
N/A
N/A

Storage

Internal storage
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
N/A
64 GB32 GB
Memory card readeryesyesnoyes
Maximum card storage128GB128GB
N/A
200GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
No memory slot
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Mystic silver
  • Silver
  • Titanium
  • White
  • Black
  • White
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Graphite black
  • Green
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • White
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Plastic
N/A
Aluminum
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Tempered glass
Water resistant
N/A
N/A
noyes
Shock resistant
N/A
N/A
nono

Dimensions

Height5.71 in5.8 in6.01 in5.75 in
Width2.79 in0.0 in2.94 in2.83 in
Depth0.27 in0.0 in0.29 in0.29 in
Weight5.08 oz5.19 oz5.57 oz5.43 oz

Connectivity

Dual sim support
  • no
  • yes
yesyes
  • no
  • yes
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
Bluetoothyesyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.14.14.24.1
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
A2DPA2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • DID
  • GATT
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • SPP
NFCyesyesyesyes
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
Micro-USB
Video outputNo
N/A
NoMHL
Bluetooth codec
N/A
SBC
N/A
  • aptX
  • LDAC
  • SBC
DLNA certified
N/A
N/A
yesyes
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
N/A
yesyes

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 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
HSPA+
  • EDGE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
Navigation system
  • A-GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
N/A
GLONASS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
2G GSMyesyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
3G UMTSyesyesyesyes
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
4G LTEyesyesyesyes
LTE frequencies
  • 800 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 2300 MHz
N/A
Mobile hotspotyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Streaming standards
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
N/A
Google Cast
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
  • MirrorLink

Battery

Battery typeLithium ion
N/A
Lithium ion
N/A
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh2900.0 mAh
Talk time14.53 h
N/A
N/A
17.0 h
Fast chargingno
N/A
yesyes
Replaceable battery
N/A
nonono
Fast charging standard
N/A
N/A
Dash ChargeQualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
Wireless charging
N/A
N/A
nono
Standby time
N/A
N/A
N/A
540.0 h

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