Honor 9 vs Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) Comparison and Differences

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Honor 9

Honor 9

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Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)

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Honor 9 or Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Honor 9 Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)
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Release date 2017, June 2017, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 147.3 x 70.9 x 7.5 mm | 5.8 x 5.8 x 2.79 in 156.8 x 77.6 x 7.9 mm | 6.17 x 6.17 x 3.06 in
Weight 155 g | 5.47 oz 186 g | 6.56 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame Front/back glass, aluminum frame
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Colors Glacier Grey, Sapphire Blue, Midnight Black, Gold, Blue Bird, Robin Egg Blue Black Sky, Gold Sand, Blue Mist and Peach Cloud
Battery 3200 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 23 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 59 h
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Screen

Technology LTPS IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.15" in 5.7" in
Screen area 73.1 cm2 89.6 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 70.0% 73.6%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 428 PPI 386 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Other specs - Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/2.2, 27mm (wide), PDAF, 2x lossless zoom
-20 MP B/W, f/2.2, 27mm (wide)
-16 MP, f/1.9, 27mm (wide), AF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 1080p@60fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.0 16 MP, f/1.9
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); EMUI 9 Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Chipset - HiSilicon Kirin 960 (16 nm) - Exynos 7880 Octa (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-G71 MP8 Mali-T830MP3
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 4/6 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 198241
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 419 174
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1323 843
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1216
GeekBench 5 Single Core 378 145
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1543 911
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1873 771
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6302 4011
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 10491 2980

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)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
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-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), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.00 W/kg (head)     0.71 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.21 W/kg (head)     1.33 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass , Infrared port - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Fast battery charging: 40% in 30 min

- ANT+
- Fast battery charging
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- Samsung Pay
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Versions: STF-L09 (Europe, Global); STF-AL00, STF-AL10, STF-TL10 (China) Also known as Huawei Honor 9 Premium with 128GB/6GB RAM

- Versions: A720F (Global Single-SIM); A720F/DS (Global Dual-SIM). Also known as Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) Duos with dual-SIM card slots

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