Huawei Mate 9 Lite vs Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Comparison and Differences

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Huawei Mate 9 Lite

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Samsung Galaxy Note 5

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Huawei Mate 9 Lite or Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei Mate 9 Lite Samsung Galaxy Note 5
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Release date 2016, October 2015, August
Dimensions (HxWxD) 150.9 x 76.2 x 8.2 mm | 5.94 x 5.94 x 3 in 153.2 x 76.1 x 7.6 mm | 6.03 x 6.03 x 3 in
Weight 162 g | 5.71 oz 171 g | 6.03 oz
Body Build Aluminum body Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
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Colors Gray, Gold, Silver Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Silver Titan, White Pearl
Battery 3340 mAh,  Non-removable 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 650 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 23 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 22 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 64 h
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Screen

Technology LTPS IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.5" in 5.7" in
Screen area 82.6 cm2 88.5 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 71.8% 75.9%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1440 x 2560 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 403 PPI 518 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, 1/2.9'', 1.25µm, PDAF
-2 MP, depth sensor
-16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, OIS, AF
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, dual-video rec.
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide), 1/4.1'', 1.34µm
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); EMUI 5 Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset - HiSilicon Kirin 655 (16 nm) - Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-T830MP2 Mali-T760MP8
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) No
Internal memory 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 261
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 807
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 707
GeekBench 5 Single Core 168 244
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 766 926
GeekBench 4 Single Core 814 1303
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 3336 4028
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2678 2908
GeekBench 4 Battery 1752

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 38(2600)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps/ LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.53 W/kg (head)     1.28 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.45 W/kg (head)     0.58 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
Other extras
- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
--Stylus
-Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
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Versions
- Also known as Huawei Mate 9 Lite, Huawei GR5 2017

- Versions: N920T (T-Mobile); N920A (AT&T); N920I (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Canada); N920G (LATAM); N920G/DS (Brazil, India)

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