Huawei P9 Plus vs Apple iPhone 7 Plus

Comparing the Huawei P9 Plus vs Apple iPhone 7 Plus across performance, display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Huawei P9 Plus runs at a higher processing speed of 2.5 GHz, while Apple iPhone 7 Plus runs at 2.34 GHz, making Huawei P9 Plus the better performer.

Display: Both Huawei P9 Plus and Apple iPhone 7 Plus offer the same screen size of 5.5 inches, but Huawei P9 Plus features a AMOLED display compared to Apple iPhone 7 Plus's IPS LCD, making Huawei P9 Plus the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Both Huawei P9 Plus and Apple iPhone 7 Plus feature a 12 MP primary rear camera.

Front Camera: Huawei P9 Plus offers a higher front camera resolution with 8 MP, while Apple iPhone 7 Plus offers 7 MP, making Huawei P9 Plus better for front camera photography.

Battery: Huawei P9 Plus offers a higher battery capacity with 3400 mAh, while Apple iPhone 7 Plus offers 2900 mAh, making Huawei P9 Plus better for longer battery life.

Storage: Huawei P9 Plus offers higher internal storage with 64 GB, while Apple iPhone 7 Plus offers 32 GB, making Huawei P9 Plus the better option for storage.

Huawei P9 Plus

₹52,990

(Discontinued)

Apple iPhone 7 Plus

₹37,900

(Out of Stock)

Summary

Release Date

N/A

07 Oct, 2016

06 May, 2026

Performance


HiSilicon Kirin	Apple A10 Fusion	Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Octa Core (upto 2.5 GHz)	Quad Core (upto 2.34 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 3.8 GHz)
4 GB RAM	3 GB RAM	12 GB RAM

Display


5.5 inches (13.97 cm)	5.5 inches (13.97 cm)	6.31 inches (16.03 cm)
AMOLED	IPS LCD	AMOLED
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)	1080x1920 px (FULL HD)	1216x2640 px (FHD+)
N/A	N/A	120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


12 MP Primary Camera	12 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	50 MP Primary Camera
12 MP Camera	12 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 2x Optical Zoom)	50 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 3x Optical Zoom)
N/A	N/A	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Front Camera


8 MP	7 MP	50 MP

Battery


3400 mAh	2900 mAh	6500 mAh
Rapid Charging	N/A	90W Flash Charging
N/A	N/A	Wireless Charging

Storage

64 GB	32 GB	256 GB
N/A	NVMe	UFS 4.1

Expert Review

N/A

8.0/10

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8.4/10

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Pros

Device yet to be reviewed

Smooth performance and good battery life
New iOS 10 features
Water resistance
Capable dual cameras

Compact, premium design
Excellent battery life
Reliable performance
Strong portrait photography

Cons

Device yet to be reviewed

Same design as before
Lacks a 3.5mm headset socket
Jet black model is prone to scratches

Video recording inconsistencies
Colours can be slightly oversaturated

User Ratings

N/A

4.5/5

(31,711 ratings)

4.4/5

(109 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

N/A	N/A	3,000,897 AnTuTu Score
N/A	N/A	16h 04m Battery Life (PC Mark)

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General

Launch Date

N/A

Oct 07, 2016

(Official)

May 06, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v6.0 (Marshmallow)

iOS v10

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

5 Year

Security Updates

N/A

7 Year

Custom UI

N/A

Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

Good

Excellent

Chipset

HiSilicon Kirin 955

Apple A10 Fusion APL1024

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SM8845

Processor

Octa core

2.5 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A72 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53

Quad core

2.34 GHz, Dual core, Hurricane 1.1 GHz, Dual core, Zephyr

Octa core

3.8 GHz, Dual core, Oryon V3 Phoenix L 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon V3 Phoenix M

Co-Processor

N/A

M10 motion

N/A

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

N/A

16 nm

3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Mali-T880 MP4

PowerVR GT7600 Plus

Adreno 829

RAM

4 GB

3 GB

12 GB

RAM Type

N/A

LPDDR4

LPDDR5X Ultra

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

N/A

3,000,897

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

N/A

14.0 s

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A

4,004

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

N/A

5.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

N/A

17.4 %

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

Best In Class

Display Type

AMOLED

IPS LCD

AMOLED

Screen Size

5.5 inches (13.97 cm)

6.31 inches (16.03 cm)

Resolution

1080x1920 px (FULL HD)

1216x2640 px (FHD+)

Brightness

N/A

625 nits

N/A

Peak Brightness

N/A

5000 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A

120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

N/A

16:9

19.5:9

Pixel Density

401 ppi

460 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

72.6 %

67.51 %

90.11 %

Screen Protection

N/A

Yes

N/A

Bezel-less Display

N/A

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes HDR 10+

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A

94.38 %

Design

Height

152.2 mm

158.2 mm

150.83 mm

Width

75.3 mm

77.9 mm

71.76 mm

Thickness

6.9 mm

7.3 mm

7.99 mm

Weight

N/A

188 grams

191 grams

Build Material

N/A

Frame: Metal
Back: Metal

Back: Glass

Water Resistance

N/A

Yes Water resistant IP67

Yes Water resistant IP68 IP69 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

Ruggedness

N/A

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good

Very Good

Excellent

Resolution

12 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.2

12 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.8 Wide Angle28 mm focal length 1/3" sensor size Back-illuminated sensor BSI

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.57IMX921

12 MP

12 MP
Telephoto Camera56 mm focal length 1/3.6" sensor size

50 MP
f/2.65 Telephoto Camera

N/A

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Autofocus

Yes Laser autofocus

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus

Yes

OIS

Yes

Flash

Yes Dual-color LED Flash

Yes Quad-color LED Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels

4608 x 2592 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Macro Mode

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Burst mode
Macro Mode

N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Touch to focus

Auto Flash
Face detection
Simultaneous HD video and image recording
Touch to focus

N/A

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @120 fps
HD @240 fps

8k @30 fps
4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60/120 fps

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Good

Very Good

Best In Class

Resolution

8 MP
f/2.4 Primary Camera

7 MP
f/2.2 Primary Camera32 mm focal length BSI Sensor

50 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera

Autofocus

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes Retina Flash

Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

N/A

Full HD @30 fps

N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Capacity

3400 mAh

2900 mAh

6500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer

Li-ion

TalkTime

N/A

Up to 21 Hours(3G)

N/A

Quick Charging

Yes Rapid Charging

N/A

Yes 90W Flash Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A

Yes 40W Wireless Charging

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

N/A

16h 04m

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

N/A

0h 41m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

64 GB

32 GB / 128 GB / 256 GB

256 GB / 512 GB

Storage Type

N/A

NVMe

UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 128 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

Single SIM

Dual SIM

SIM Type

N/A

SIM1: Nano

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano/eSIM

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) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 850(band 27) / 700(band 29) / 2300(band 30)

N/A

4G Speed:

50 Mbit/s ↑ 450 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 9)

N/A

SIM 2

N/A

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66 / N71 / N75
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 1500(band 32) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 600(Band 71) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)

SAR Value

N/A

Head: 1.19 W/kg Body: 1.17 W/kg

N/A

Wi-Fi

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

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/n) 5GHz MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v4.2

Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

Yes

HDMI

N/A

IR Blaster

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Stereo Speakers

N/A

Yes

N/A

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

Lightning

USB Type-C

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Back

Front

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Barometer Compass Gyroscope

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Applications

N/A

FaceTime iTunes Store iBooks Podcasts Find My iPhone Find My Friends.

N/A

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