Huawei Mate 9 Lite vs Apple iPhone 8 Comparison and Differences

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Huawei Mate 9 Lite or Apple iPhone 8 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei Mate 9 Lite Apple iPhone 8
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Release date 2016, October 2017, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 150.9 x 76.2 x 8.2 mm | 5.94 x 5.94 x 3 in 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm | 5.45 x 5.45 x 2.65 in
Weight 162 g | 5.71 oz 148 g | 5.22 oz
Body Build Aluminum body Front/back glass, aluminum frame
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Colors Gray, Gold, Silver Silver, Space Gray, Gold, Red
Battery 3340 mAh,  Non-removable 1821 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 650 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 23 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 14 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 40 h
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Screen

Technology LTPS IPS LCD LED-backlit IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.5" in 4.7" in
Screen area 82.6 cm2 60.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 71.8% 65.4%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 750 x 1334 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 403 PPI 326 PPI
Screen protection Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - Wide color gamut
-3D Touch display & home button
-True-tone
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 12 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, 1/2.9'', 1.25µm, PDAF
-2 MP, depth sensor
-12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), OIS, PDAF
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps
DxOMark Main Score 92
DxOMark Photo 93
DxOMark Video 90
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 7 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP 7 MP, f/2.2
Functions Face detection, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); EMUI 5 iOS 11, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3
Chipset - HiSilicon Kirin 655 (16 nm) - Apple A11 Bionic (10 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - Hexa-core (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral)
GPU Mali-T830MP2 Apple GPU (three-core graphics)
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) No
Internal memory 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 64/256 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 485821
Antutu 10 CPU 145501
Antutu 10 GPU 94979
Antutu 10 Mem 93682
Antutu 10 UX 145501
Antutu 8 Total 267441
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 1020
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1595
GeekBench 6 Metal 4596
GeekBench 5 Single Core 168 909
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 766 1838
GeekBench 4 Single Core 814 4266
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 3336 10535
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2678

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 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 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, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.32 W/kg (head)     1.36 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 1.19 W/kg (head)     1.17 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others - DTS sound
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging: 50% in 30 min
-Qi wireless charging
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Versions
- Also known as Huawei Mate 9 Lite, Huawei GR5 2017

- Versions: A1863 (USA, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, China) A1905 (EMEA, UAE, LATAM, Canada, USA AT&T/T-Mobile, Singapore); A1906 (Japan)

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