Huawei Mate 9 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Comparison and Differences

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Huawei Mate 9 Pro

Huawei Mate 9 Pro

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Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Samsung Galaxy Note 7

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Huawei Mate 9 Pro or Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei Mate 9 Pro Samsung Galaxy Note 7
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Release date 2016, November 2016, August
Dimensions (HxWxD) 152 x 75 x 7.5 mm | 5.98 x 5.98 x 2.95 in 153.5 x 73.9 x 7.9 mm | 6.04 x 6.04 x 2.91 in
Weight 169 g | 5.96 oz 169 g | 5.96 oz
Body Build Front glass, aluminum frame, back Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel
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Colors Haze Gold, Titanium Grey Blue Coral, Gold Platinum, Silver Titanium, Black Onyx
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
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Screen

Technology AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.5" in 5.7" in
Screen area 83.4 cm2 88.5 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 73.2% 78.0%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 1440 x 2560 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 534 PPI 518 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - HDR10
-Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 12 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/2.2, 27mm (wide), 1/2.9'', 1.25µm, OIS, PDAF & laser AF
-20 MP B/W, f/2.2, 27mm (wide), 2x lossless zoom, OIS, PDAF & laser AF
-12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF
Functions Leica optics, dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/1.9, 26mm (wide), 1/3.2'', 1.4µm, AF 5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm (wide)
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); EMUI 5 Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow); TouchWiz UI
Chipset - HiSilicon Kirin 960 (16 nm) - Exynos 8890 Octa (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-G71 MP8 Mali-T880 MP12
External memory No microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal memory 128 GB, 6 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 378
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1222
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1057
GeekBench 5 Single Core 311 392
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1251 1279
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1866 1519
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5707 3865
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 8923 3308

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 9(1800), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9/Cat10 or LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.25 W/kg (head)     1.28 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass , Infrared port - Iris scanner, fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
Other extras
- Fast battery charging

- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging
-Qi wireless charging (market dependent)
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- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
-Stylus
Versions
- Versions: N930 (USA); N930F (Europe); N930G (India) Also known as Samsung Galaxy Note7 Duos with dual-SIM card slots

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