Samsung Galaxy A9 vs Huawei Mate 8

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Comparing the Samsung Galaxy A9 vs Huawei Mate 8 across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Huawei Mate 8 runs at a higher processing speed of 2.3 GHz, while Samsung Galaxy A9 runs at 1.8 GHz, making Huawei Mate 8 the better performer.


Display: Both Samsung Galaxy A9 and Huawei Mate 8 offer the same screen size of 6 inches, but Samsung Galaxy A9 features a Super AMOLED display compared to Huawei Mate 8's IPS LCD, making Samsung Galaxy A9 the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Huawei Mate 8 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 16 MP, while Samsung Galaxy A9 offers 13 MP, making Huawei Mate 8 better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Both Samsung Galaxy A9 and Huawei Mate 8 feature a 8 MP primary front camera.


Battery: Both Samsung Galaxy A9 and Huawei Mate 8 offer the same 4000 mAh battery capacity.


Storage: Huawei Mate 8 offers higher internal storage with 64 GB, while Samsung Galaxy A9 offers 32 GB, making Huawei Mate 8 the better option for storage.


User Rating: Huawei Mate 8 receives a higher user rating of 5, while Samsung Galaxy A9 has a rating of 2.

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Samsung Galaxy A9
₹31,990
(Discontinued)
Huawei Mate 8
₹38,990
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Spec Score

73%
76%

Release Date

12 Jan, 2016
17 Jun, 2016

Performance

Snapdragon 652
HiSilicon Kirin
Octa Core (upto 1.8 GHz)
Octa Core (upto 2.3 GHz)
3 GB RAM
4 GB RAM

Display

6.0 inches (15.24 cm)
6.0 inches (15.24 cm)
Super AMOLED
IPS LCD
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)

Rear Camera

13 MP
Primary Camera
16 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

8 MP
8 MP

Battery

4000 mAh
4000 mAh
Fast Charging
N/A

Storage

32 GB
64 GB

User Ratings

2/5
(4 ratings)
5/5
(1 rating)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Android v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Android v6.0 (Marshmallow)

Performance

Performance Rating

Avg
Good

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976
HiSilicon Kirin 950

Processor

Octa core

1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A72 1.4 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53
Octa core

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

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit
64 bit

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 510
Mali-T880 MP4

RAM

3 GB
4 GB

RAM Type

N/A
LPDDR4

Display

Display Rating

Excellent
Excellent

Display Type

Super AMOLED
IPS LCD

Screen Size

6.0 inches  (15.24 cm)
6.0 inches  (15.24 cm)

Resolution

1080x1920 px (FULL HD)
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)

Pixel Density

367 ppi
367 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

75.69 %
77.95 %

Screen Protection

N/A
Yes

Design

Height

161.7 mm
157.4 mm

Width

80.9 mm
80.7 mm

Thickness

7.4 mm
8.4 mm

Weight

200 grams
185 grams

Build Material

Frame: Metal
Back: Metal
Frame: Aluminium
Back: Aluminium

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good
Very Good

Resolution

13 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.9
16 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.0CMOS image sensor

Autofocus

Yes
Yes Phase Detection autofocus

OIS

Yes
Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash
Yes Dual-color LED Flash

Image Resolution

4128 x 3096 Pixels
4616 x 3464 Pixels

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control
Exposure compensation ISO control

Shooting Modes

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

Camera Features

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

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps
3840x2160 @ 30 fps

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Good
Good

Resolution

8 MP
Primary Camera
8 MP
Primary CameraCMOS

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps
1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Battery

Battery Rating

Excellent
Excellent

Capacity

4000 mAh
4000 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-Polymer

Quick Charging

Yes Fast Charging
N/A

Storage

Internal Storage

32 GB
64 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 128 GB
Yes Up to 128 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM
Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano
SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano (Hybrid)

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G
5G Not Supported 4G

SIM 1

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) / 850(band 5)
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) / 1900(band 2) / 850(band 5) / 800(band 20)
4G Speed:
50 Mbit/s ↑ 150 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 4)
4G Speed:
50 Mbit/s ↑ 300 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 6)
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SAR Value

Head: 1.19 W/kg Body: 1.33 W/kg
N/A

Wi-Fi

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

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot
Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v4.1
Yes v4.1

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass
Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

Yes
Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
3.5 mm

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes
Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

N/A
Back

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass
Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope