Honor 9X Pro (China) vs Apple iPhone XS Max Comparison and Differences

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Honor 9X Pro (China)

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Honor 9X Pro (China) or Apple iPhone XS Max Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Honor 9X Pro (China) Apple iPhone XS Max
Rating (+) (+)
Release date 2019, July 2018, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 163.1 x 77.2 x 8.8 mm | 6.42 x 6.42 x 3.04 in 157.5 x 77.4 x 7.7 mm | 6.2 x 6.2 x 3.05 in
Weight 206 g | 7.27 oz 208 g | 7.34 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame Front/back glass, stainless steel frame
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Colors Magic Night Black, Phantom Purple Space Gray, Silver, Gold
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3174 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 25 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 65 h
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Screen

Technology LTPS IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.59" in 6.5" in
Screen area 106.6 cm2 102.9 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 19.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 84.7% 84.4%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2340 px 1242 x 2688 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 391 PPI 458 PPI
Screen protection Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - Dolby Vision
-HDR10
-Wide color gamut
-3D Touch
-True-tone
-120 Hz touch-sensing
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 48 MP, Triple 12 MP, Dual
Camera specs -48 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/2.0'', 0.8µm, PDAF
-8 MP, f/2.4, 13mm (ultrawide)
-2 MP, f/2.4, (depth sensor)
-12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.4'', 1.0µm, OIS, PDAF, 2x optical zoom
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, stereo sound rec.
DxOMark Main Score 106
DxOMark Photo 110
DxOMark Video 96
Front camera, selfie 16 MP, Single 7 MP, Single
Specifications Motorized pop-up 16 MP, f/2.2 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm (standard)
Functions HDR
Video 1080p@60fps 1080p@60fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 82
DxOMark Photo 81
DxOMark Video 82

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 9.0 (Pie); EMUI 9.1 iOS 12, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3
Chipset - HiSilicon Kirin 810 (7 nm) - Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (2x2.27 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6x1.88 GHz Cortex-A55) - Hexa-core (2x2.5 GHz Vortex + 4x1.6 GHz Tempest)
GPU Mali-G52 Apple GPU (4-core graphics)
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses shared SIM slot) No
Internal memory 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM 64/256/512 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 676031
Antutu 10 CPU 184996
Antutu 10 GPU 176588
Antutu 10 Mem 142942
Antutu 10 UX 184996
Antutu 8 Total 298561 431328
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 1275
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 2594
GeekBench 6 Metal 8105
GeekBench 5 Single Core 1111
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 2477
GeekBench 4 Single Core 4208
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 10588

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - for China
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE (unspecified)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM) - for China 
CDMA 800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46, 66(1700/2100) - A2101 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - A1921 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - A2104
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat12 600/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, 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 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Battery charging 10W

- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging: 50% in 30 min
-Qi wireless charging
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 2m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Versions
- Versions: HLK-AL10, HLK-TL10 (China)

- Versions: A2101 (Global market) A1921 (USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands) A2104 (China, Hong Kong); A2102 (Japan)

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