Apple iPhone 6s Plus vs. Huawei Mate Xs

Phone Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Side by side comparison and review of Apple iPhone 6s Plus and Huawei Mate Xs. Compare sizes, cameras, batteries, memory capacities and other key specifications and features to simplify the choice of your perfect phone. Our goal is to make it easier for you to decide on the phone that will best meet your expectations by revealing the main differences between the products.

Phone Specifications Comparison

Apple iPhone 6s Plus vs. Huawei Mate Xs Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Apple iPhone 6s Plus Huawei Mate Xs
Product Type Smartphone - refurbished Smartphone
Manufacturer Model Number A1687 -
Form Factor Touch Folder
Height 158.2 mm 161.3 mm Huawei Mate Xs has greater height than Apple iPhone 6s Plus.
Width 77.9 mm 78.5 mm Huawei Mate Xs has greater width than Apple iPhone 6s Plus.
Depth 7.3 mm 11 mm Apple iPhone 6s Plus is narrower than Apple iPhone 6s Plus.
Weight 192 g 300 g Apple iPhone 6s Plus is lighter than Apple iPhone 6s Plus.
Dimensions Details - Unfolded - 146.2 mm x 11 mm x 161.3 mm
Body Colour Space grey | Gold | Silver | Rose gold Interstellar blue
Body Material Stainless steel, glass, anodised aluminium -
Waterproof (Water-resistant) - -
SAR Value 0.98 W/kg (body), 0.93 W/kg (head) 0.99 W/kg (body), 3.19 W/kg (limb), 0.49 W/kg (head)
Connector Type Headset jack - mini-phone 3.5mm
Lightning
USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
SIM Card Type (Size) Nano SIM Nano SIM
SIM Card Qty Single-SIM Dual-SIM
DISPLAY Apple iPhone 6s Plus Huawei Mate Xs
Display Type LCD display OLED display
Display Technology Retina HD display with IPS technology Flexible OLED
Screen Size (Display Size) 5.5" 8" Huawei Mate Xs has larger screen size than Apple iPhone 6s Plus.
Screen Resolution (Display Resolution) 1920 x 1080 pixels 2480 x 2200 pixels Huawei Mate Xs has better screen resolution than Apple iPhone 6s Plus.
Display Format Full HD -
Pixel Density 401 ppi -
Max Brightness 500 cd/m² -
Colour Depth - 16.7 million colours
Contrast Ratio 1300:1 -
Display Features Dual-domain pixels, Display Zoom, Reachability (screen shifting) FullView Display, Main screen: 6.6" - 2480 x 1148 pixels, Secondary screen: 6.38" - 2480 x 892 pixels
Display Protection (Screen Protector) Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating -
PROCESSOR Apple iPhone 6s Plus Huawei Mate Xs
Processor Type (CPU) Apple A9 Hisilicon Kirin 990
Clock Speed - 2.86 GHz
Processor Core Qty - 8-core
64-bit Architecture Yes Yes Both phones have 64-bit architecture.
Graphics System (GPU) - Mali-G76
MEMORY Apple iPhone 6s Plus Huawei Mate Xs
RAM - 8 GB
Internal Memory Size (Storage Capacity) 16 GB 512 GB Huawei Mate Xs has more internal memory than Apple iPhone 6s Plus.
Supported Flash Memory Cards (Expandable Memory) - NM card - up to 256 GB
CAMERA Apple iPhone 6s Plus Huawei Mate Xs
MAIN CAMERA
Number of Main Cameras 1 4
Sensor Resolution 12 Megapixel 40 Megapixel Huawei Mate Xs has better camera resolution than Apple iPhone 6s Plus.
Sensor Type BSI -
Lens Type - Wide-angle lens
Lens Aperture F/2.2 F/1.8 Huawei Mate Xs has better lens aperture than Apple iPhone 6s Plus.
Lens Construction 5-element -
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) - Apple iPhone 6s Plus has optical stabilisation.
Focus Adjustment Automatic Automatic
Digital Zoom 3x -
Special Effects Auto HDR -
HDR Mode Auto HDR mode -
Camera Modes Burst mode, Panorama, Time-lapse mode, Timer mode -
Face Recognition (Face ID) Face detection - Apple iPhone 6s Plus has face detection.
Light Source LED light LED flash
Video Resolutions 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 30 fps, 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 60 fps, 1280 x 720 (720p) at 30 fps, Slo-mo video 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 120 fps, Slo-mo video 1280 x 720 (720p) at 240 fps, 3840 x 2160 (4K) at 30 fps -
Camera Features (Functions) Sapphire crystal lens cover, Cinematic video stabilisation, Focus Pixels, Cinematic video stabilisation, Live Photo, Playback zoom, Hybrid IR filter, Exposure control, noise reduction, geotagging Phase Detect Auto-Focus (PDAF), Huawei AI Image Stabilization (AIS), Leica Quad Camera System, Contrast detection focus, Mirror Shooting
SECOND CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Camera) - 16 Megapixel
Lens Type (2nd Camera) - Ultra wide-angle lens
Lens Aperture (2nd Camera) - F/2.2
THIRD CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (3rd Camera) - 8 Megapixel
Lens Type (3rd Camera) - Telephoto lens
Lens Aperture (3rd Camera) - F/2.4
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) - Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Huawei Mate Xs has optical stabilisation of the third camera.
FOURTH CAMERA
Camera Functions (4th Camera) - HUAWEI Time-of-Flight (TOF) Camera
FRONT CAMERA
Number of Front Cameras 1 0
Sensor Resolution (Front) 5 Megapixel -
Sensor Type (Front) BSI -
Lens Aperture (Front) F/2.2 -
HDR Mode (Front) Auto HDR mode -
Camera Modes (Front) Burst mode, Timer mode -
Face Recognition (Face ID) Face detection - Apple iPhone 6s Plus has face detection.
Light Source (Front) Retina Flash -
Video Resolutions (Front) 1280 x 720 (720p) -
Camera Features (Front) FaceTime HD camera, Exposure control -
BATTERY AND CHARGING Apple iPhone 6s Plus Huawei Mate Xs
Battery Capacity (Battery Size) - 4500 mAh
Fast Charging Technology - HUAWEI SuperCharge technology Huawei Mate Xs has fast charging technology.
Standby Time 384 hours -
Talk Time 1440 minutes -
Run Time Details Talk (3G): up to 1440 min
Standby: up to 384 hrs
Active online usage (3G): up to 12 hrs
Active online usage (LTE): up to 12 hrs
Active online usage (Wi-Fi): up to 12 hrs
Playback (video): up to 14 hrs
Playback (audio): up to 80 hrs
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Battery Technology Lithium Ion -
CELLULAR Apple iPhone 6s Plus Huawei Mate Xs
Technology CDMA2000 1X / GSM / WCDMA (UMTS) / TD-SCDMA WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Mobile Broadband Generation 4G 5G Huawei Mate Xs has more advanced generation mobile network.
Operating System iOS 9 Android 10
User Interface - EMUI 10.0.1
Intelligent Assistant Siri -
Payment Technology Apple Pay -
Navigation A-GPS, GLONASS GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS
COMMUNICATIONS Apple iPhone 6s Plus Huawei Mate Xs
Data Transmission GPRS, EDGE, EV-DO, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, LTE, DC-HSDPA, LTE Advanced, VoLTE, TDD-LTE GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE, 5G NR FR1
2G Band 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM, 1900 CDMA2000 1X, 1700 CDMA2000 1X (AWS), 2100 CDMA2000 1X (AWS) 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM
3G UMTS Band - Band 1, Band 2, Band 4, Band 5, Band 6, Band 8, Band 19
3G UMTS Frequency - 2100, 1900, 1700, 850, 800, 900, 800
4G LTE Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 7, Band 8, Band 12, Band 13, Band 17, Band 18, Band 19, Band 20, Band 25, Band 26, Band 27, Band 28, Band 29, Band 38, Band 39, Band 40, Band 41 Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 6, Band 7, Band 8, Band 9, Band 12, Band 17, Band 18, Band 19, Band 20, Band 26, Band 28, Band 32, Band 34, Band 38, Band 39, Band 40, Band 41
4G LTE Frequency FDD 2100, FDD 1900 PCS, FDD 1800+, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 700a, FDD 700c, FDD 700b, FDD 800 lower, FDD 800 upper, FDD 800 DD, FDD 1900+, FDD 850+, FDD 800 SMR, FDD 700 APT, FDD 700d, TDD 2600, TDD 1900, TDD 2300, TDD 2500 FDD 2100, FDD 1900 PCS, FDD 1800+, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS, FDD 850, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 1800, FDD 700a, FDD 700b, FDD 800 lower, FDD 800 upper, FDD 800 DD, FDD 850+, FDD 700 APT, FDD 1500 L, TDD 2000, TDD 2600, TDD 1900, TDD 2300, TDD 2500
5G NR Band - N1, n3, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, n79
5G NR Frequency - FDD 2100, FDD 1800, FDD 700APT, TDD TD 2600, TDD TD 2500, TDD TD 3700, TDD TD 3500, TDD TD 4500
Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth 5.0 LE
NFC Yes Yes Both phones have an NFC reader for mobile payments.
Messaging Services SMS, MMS SMS, MMS
MEDIA Apple iPhone 6s Plus Huawei Mate Xs
Supported Digital Audio Standards WAV, AAC, AIFF, PCM, Audible, MP3, Apple Lossless, AAC-LC, HE-AAC, Audible AAX, Audible AAX+, protected AAC WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, LDAC, MP4, SBC, 3GP
Supported Digital Video Standards AVI, MOV, M-JPEG, MPEG-4, H.264, M4V 3GP, MP4
FEATURES Apple iPhone 6s Plus Huawei Mate Xs
Phone Functions Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert
Sensors Accelerometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, 3-axis gyro sensor, digital compass, barometer Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, barometer, gyro sensor, hall sensor, gravity sensor, infrared (IR) sensor, colour temperature sensor
Security Devices Fingerprint reader Fingerprint reader (side)
Additional Phone Features Multitasking, FaceTime, AirPlay wireless streaming, AirPrint wireless printing, iCloud Photo Sharing, AirDrop function, MIMO technology, Wi-Fi Calling, iBeacon microlocation, CarPlay function, Family Sharing feature, QuickType keyboard, Dynamic Lock Screen, iCloud Keychain, Spotlight Search, Notification Center, M9 motion coprocessor, Apple TV support (2nd or later) Multitasking, Tiny-Core NPU (Neural Network Processing Unit), Dual Big Core
OTHERS Apple iPhone 6s Plus Huawei Mate Xs
Included Accessories USB cable, power adapter, Apple EarPods Headset, power adapter, SIM card removal tool, USB-C cable, protective case, protective film
Compliant Standards HAC (Hearing Aid Compatible) -
Max Operating Temperature 35 °C -
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C -
Humidity Range Operating 5 - 95% (non-condensing) -
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