Honor Note 9 vs Honor Note 10

Comparing the Honor Note 9 vs Honor Note 10 across performance, display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Honor Note 9 runs at a higher processing speed of 2.4 GHz, while Honor Note 10 runs at 2.36 GHz, making Honor Note 9 the better performer.

Display: Honor Note 10 offers a screen size of 6.95 inches, while Honor Note 9 offers 6.6 inches, making Honor Note 10 the larger display of the two. Honor Note 9 features a Super AMOLED display compared to Honor Note 10's AMOLED, making Honor Note 9 the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Honor Note 10 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 16 MP, while Honor Note 9 offers 12 MP, making Honor Note 10 better for rear camera photography.

Front Camera: Both Honor Note 9 and Honor Note 10 feature a 13 MP primary front camera.

Battery: Honor Note 9 offers a higher battery capacity with 5000 mAh, while Honor Note 10 offers 4900 mAh, making Honor Note 9 better for longer battery life.

Storage: Both Honor Note 9 and Honor Note 10 offer the same internal storage of 64 GB.

Honor Note 9

₹29,990

(Discontinued)

Honor Note 10

₹27,990

(Not Released in India)

Summary

Release Date

23 Jan, 2019

18 Jan, 2020

14 Jul, 2026

User Ratings

N/A

5/5

(1 rating)

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General

Launch Date

N/A

Jul 07, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v7.0 (Nougat)

Android v8.1 (Oreo)

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

3 Year

Security Updates

N/A

6 Year

Custom UI

EMUI

Nothing OS

Performance

Chipset

HiSilicon Kirin 960

HiSilicon Kirin 970

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 SM6650

Processor

Octa core

2.4 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A73 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53

Octa core

2.36 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A73 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53

Octa core

2.3 GHz, Single core, Cortex A720 2.2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A720 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A520

Co-Processor

N/A

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

N/A

4 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Mali-G71 MP8

Mali-G72 MP12

Adreno 810

RAM

6 GB

8 GB

RAM Type

N/A

LPDDR4X

Display

Display Type

Super AMOLED

AMOLED

Super AMOLED

Screen Size

6.6 inches (16.76 cm)

6.95 inches (17.65 cm)

6.77 inches (17.2 cm)

Resolution

1440x2560 px (QHD (2k))

1080x2220 px (FHD+)

1080x2344 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

N/A

2000 nits

HBM Brightness

N/A

1200 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A

120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

N/A

18.5:9

20:9

Pixel Density

445 ppi

355 ppi

381 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

N/A

81.84 %

87.32 %

Screen Protection

Yes

N/A

Yes

Bezel-less Display

N/A

Yes

Yes with punch-hole display

Design

Height

N/A

177 mm

164.4 mm

Width

N/A

85 mm

78.2 mm

Thickness

N/A

7.6 mm

8.6 mm

Weight

N/A

230 grams

210 grams

Water Resistance

N/A

Yes Water resistant IP64 (up to 20 minutes in a depth of 0.25 meter)

Ruggedness

N/A

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Resolution

12 MP
Primary Camera

16 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.8

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.81/2.76" sensor size

12 MP

24 MP
f/1.8

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera1/4.0" sensor size

Autofocus

Yes Phase Detection autofocus

Yes Phase Detection autofocus Continuous autofocus

Yes

OIS

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes Dual-color LED Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels

4616 x 3464 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

N/A

Video Recording

N/A

4k @30 fps
Full HD @30/60 fps

Video Recording Features

N/A

Dual Video Recording
Slow Motion

Front Camera

Resolution

13 MP
Primary Camera

13 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera

16 MP
f/2.4 Primary Camera

Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Battery

Capacity

5000 mAh

4900 mAh

6000 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer

N/A

Quick Charging

Yes

Yes Fast Charging

Yes 33W Fast Charging 50% in 80 minutes

Storage

Internal Storage

64 GB

128 GB / 256 GB

Storage Type

N/A

UFS 2.2

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 128 GB

Yes Up to 256 GB

N/A

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano (Hybrid)

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G

5G 4G

VoLTE

N/A

Yes

SIM 1

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 1800(band 3)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N28
TDD N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5)

SIM 2

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N28
TDD N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5)

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 5GHz

Yes Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/be/ax) MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v4.2

Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

Yes with Glonass

NFC

Yes

Multimedia

Stereo Speakers

N/A

Yes

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

N/A

USB Type-C

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

N/A

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Optical

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

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