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Huawei P9 Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy Note 7
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4.2 out of 5
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4.2 out of 5
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User rating
39
4.4 out of 5
39 user ratings
5 stars
46 %
4 stars
46 %
3 stars
7 %
2 stars
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54
4.3 out of 5
54 user ratings
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4.1 out of 5
38 user ratings
5 stars
31 %
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 6.0Android 7.0Android 5.1Android 6.0
CPU clock speed2.5 GHz1.9 GHz2.1 GHz2.3 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core8-core8-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 950Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880Samsung Exynos Octa 7420Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890
GPU modelARM Mali-T880 MP4ARM Mali-T830 MP2ARM Mali-T760ARM Mali-T880 MP12
RAM memory
  • 3 GB
  • 4 GB
3 GB4 GB4 GB

Display

Screen size5.2 in5.2 in5.7 in5.7 in
Touchscreenyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLEDOLEDOLED
Resolution1920 x 1080 px1080 x 1920 px2560 x 1440 px1440 x 2560 px
TechnologyIPS TFT
  • AMOLED
  • Full HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
AMOLED
Pixel density424.0 ppi424.0 ppi518.0 ppi518.0 ppi
Screen materialCorning Gorilla Glass 4.0
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0Corning Gorilla Glass 5.0
Dual screen supportno
N/A
N/A
no
HDRno
N/A
N/A
yes
Multi touchyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Scratch resistant display
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Rear camera

Primary sensor size1/2.6"
N/A
N/A
1/2.5"
Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Resolution (second camera)8.0 Mpx
N/A
N/A
N/A
Video recordingyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution60.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)120.0 fps30.0 fps120.0 fps
N/A
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1280 x 720 px1920 x 1080 px
N/A
N/A
Autofocusyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Face detectionyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Geo-taggingyes
N/A
N/A
yes
HDR Captureyes
N/A
N/A
yes
LED Flashyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Panoramayes
N/A
N/A
yes
Smile detectionyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Touch focusyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Focus adjustment
N/A
Automatic
N/A
N/A
Primary lens aperture
N/A
N/A
1.9 f1.7 f
Burst Mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Gesture Shot
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Optical image stabilization
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Slow-Mo
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

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

Storage

Internal storage
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
32 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
64 GB
Memory card readeryes
N/A
noyes
Maximum card storage128GB256GB
N/A
256GB
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
N/A
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Silver
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Plastic
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Metal
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Shock resistant
N/A
yes
N/A
no
Water resistant
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Dust resistant
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Dimensions

Height5.71 in5.75 in6.03 in6.04 in
Width2.79 in2.81 in3.0 in2.91 in
Depth0.27 in0.31 in0.3 in0.31 in
Weight5.08 oz5.61 oz6.03 oz5.96 oz

Connectivity

Dual sim support
  • no
  • yes
yesyesno
Sim card sizeNano-SIM
  • Nano SIM
  • Nano-SIM
Nano-SIMNano-SIM
Bluetoothyesyes
N/A
yes
Bluetooth version4.14.24.14.2
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • DIP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
A2DP
NFCyesyes
N/A
yes
Charging connectionUSBUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
USB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.02.0
3.0/3.1
Type of USB connectorUSB Type-CUSB Type-C
N/A
N/A
Video outputNoNoMHLNo
Bluetooth codec
N/A
SBCSBCSBC
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
no
N/A
yes
DLNA certified
N/A
N/A
N/A
no

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yes
N/A
N/A
yes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 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
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmission
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • EDGE
  • HSDPA
  • HSUPA
  • HSPA+
  • FDD-LTE
  • TDD-LTE
N/A
HSPA+
Navigation system
  • A-GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
  • GPS
  • GLONASS
  • BeiDou
N/A
GLONASS
2G GSMyes
N/A
N/A
yes
GSM frequencies
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
3G UMTSyes
N/A
N/A
yes
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTEyes
N/A
N/A
yes
LTE frequencies
  • 800 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 2300 MHz
  • 2500 MHz
Mobile hotspotyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Streaming standards
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
Google CastMiracast
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
  • MirrorLink

Battery

Battery typeLithium ion
N/A
Lithium PolymerLithium Polymer
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh3500.0 mAh
Talk time14.53 h16.0 h21.0 h26.0 h
Fast chargingno
N/A
N/A
yes
Standby time
N/A
N/A
336.0 h312.0 h
Wireless charging standard
N/A
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
  • PMA
  • QI
Replaceable battery
N/A
N/A
N/A
no
Wireless charging
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

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