Huawei Mate 9 vs. Honor Magic Vs

Phone Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Side by side comparison and review of Huawei Mate 9 and Honor Magic Vs. 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

Huawei Mate 9 vs. Honor Magic Vs Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Huawei Mate 9 Honor Magic Vs
Product Type Smartphone Smartphone
Form Factor Touch Folder - touch screen, dual screen
Height 156.9 mm 160.3 mm Honor Magic Vs has greater height than Huawei Mate 9.
Width 78.9 mm 72.6 mm Huawei Mate 9 has greater width than Honor Magic Vs.
Depth 7.9 mm 12.9 mm Huawei Mate 9 is narrower than Huawei Mate 9.
Weight 190 g 267 g Huawei Mate 9 is lighter than Huawei Mate 9.
Dimensions Details - Folded - 72.6 mm x 12.9 mm x 160.3 mm
Unfolded - 141.5 mm x 6.1 mm x 160.3 mm
Body Colour Moonlight silver | Space grey Black
Body Material Aluminium Titanium alloy
Waterproof (Water-resistant) - - Honor Magic Vs is waterproof.
SAR Value 1.42 W/kg 1.12 W/kg (body), 0.78 W/kg (head), 2.63 W/kg (limb)
Integrated Components FM radio -
Connector Type USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
Headset jack - mini-phone 3.5mm
USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
SIM Card Type (Size) Nano SIM Nano SIM
SIM Card Qty Dual-SIM Dual-SIM
DISPLAY Huawei Mate 9 Honor Magic Vs
Display Type LCD display OLED display
Display Technology IPS OLED
Foldable Display - Yes
Display Design - Inward folding
Screen Size (Display Size) 5.9" 7.9" Honor Magic Vs has larger screen size than Huawei Mate 9.
Screen Resolution (Display Resolution) 1920 x 1080 pixels 2272 x 1984 pixels Honor Magic Vs has better screen resolution than Huawei Mate 9.
Display Format Full HD -
Pixel Density 373 ppi -
Aspect Ratio - 10.3:9
Max Brightness - 800 cd/m²
Colour Depth 16.7 million colours 1.07 billion colours Honor Magic Vs has better colour depth than Huawei Mate 9.
Contrast Ratio 1500:1 -
HDR - Yes Honor Magic Vs has HDR.
HDR Technology - HDR10+
Display Refresh Rate - 120 Hz
Display Features - DCI-P3 Wide colour gamut, Honor Full View Display, 1920Hz high frequency PWM Dimming, dynamic dimming
Display Protection (Screen Protector) 2.5D Arc Glass -
SECOND DISPLAY
Second Display Type - OLED display - colour
Second Display Screen Size - 6.45"
Second Display Resolution - 2560 x 1080 pixels
Second Display Colour Depth - 1.07 billion colours
UNFOLDED DISPLAY
Unfolded Display Screen Size - 7.9 in
Unfolded Display Resolution - 2272 x 1984 pixels
PROCESSOR Huawei Mate 9 Honor Magic Vs
Processor Type (CPU) Hisilicon Kirin 960 + i6 co-processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
Clock Speed 2.4 GHz 3 GHz Honor Magic Vs has higher clock speed than Huawei Mate 9.
Processor Core Qty 8-core 8-core Both phones have the same number of phone cores.
64-bit Architecture Yes - Huawei Mate 9 has 64-bit architecture.
Graphics System (GPU) Mali G71 MP8 Qualcomm ADRENO 730
MEMORY Huawei Mate 9 Honor Magic Vs
RAM 4 GB 12 GB Honor Magic Vs has more RAM than Huawei Mate 9.
Internal Memory Size (Storage Capacity) 64 GB 512 GB Honor Magic Vs has more internal memory than Huawei Mate 9.
User Memory 41 GB -
Supported Flash Memory Cards (Expandable Memory) microSDHC, microSDXC - up to 256 GB -
CAMERA Huawei Mate 9 Honor Magic Vs
MAIN CAMERA
Number of Main Cameras 2 3
Sensor Resolution 20 Megapixel 54 Megapixel Honor Magic Vs has better camera resolution than Huawei Mate 9.
Sensor Type BSI-CMOS -
Sensor Name - Sony IMX800 sensor
Lens Aperture F/2.2 F/1.9 Honor Magic Vs has better lens aperture than Huawei Mate 9.
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Both phones have optical image stabilization.
Focus Adjustment Automatic -
Laser Auto Focus Yes -
Digital Zoom 2x -
Special Effects - HDR
Camera Modes Time-lapse mode Panorama, Time-lapse mode, Slow motion mode, Pro mode, Timer mode, Watermark mode, portrait mode, Story, Documents, Capture smiles, Aperture mode, Filter mode, Super Macro, Night Shot, Movie Mode
Light Source Dual LED flash LED flash
Still Image Resolutions - 8768 x 6144
Video Resolutions 3840 x 2160 (4K) 3840 x 2160 (4K)
Camera Features (Functions) Phase Detect Auto-Focus (PDAF) Electronic Image Stabiliser (EIS), Enhanced AI Photography
SECOND CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Camera) 12 Megapixel 50 Megapixel Honor Magic Vs has better second camera resolution than Huawei Mate 9.
Lens Type (2nd Camera) - Ultra wide-angle lens
Lens Aperture (2nd Camera) - F/2.0
Field of View (2nd Camera) - 122 degree(s)
Camera Functions (2nd Camera) - Macro camera
Camera Features (2nd Camera) - 2.5cm macro photography
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) Honor Magic Vs has optical stabilisation of the third camera.
Optical Zoom - 3x
Digital Zoom - 30x
FRONT CAMERA
Number of Front Cameras 1 2
Sensor Resolution (Front) 8 Megapixel 16 Megapixel Honor Magic Vs has better front camera resolution than Huawei Mate 9.
Lens Aperture (Front) F/1.9 F/2.45 Huawei Mate 9 has better front lens aperture than Huawei Mate 9.
Focus Adjustment Automatic -
Camera Modes (Front) - Night mode, Timer mode, Watermark mode, portrait mode, Capture smiles, Mirror reflection, Filter mode, High-res
Still Image Resolutions (Front) - 4608 x 3456
Video Resolutions (Front) 1920 x 1080 (1080p) 2520 x 1080
Camera Features (Front) - Gesture control
SECOND FRONT CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Front) - 16 Megapixel
Lens Aperture (2nd Front) - F/2.45
BATTERY AND CHARGING Huawei Mate 9 Honor Magic Vs
Battery Capacity (Battery Size) 4000 mAh 5000 mAh Honor Magic Vs has larger battery capacity than Huawei Mate 9.
Fast Charging Technology - Honor SuperCharge Honor Magic Vs has fast charging technology.
Recharge Time (Charging Time) 20 min 46 min Huawei Mate 9 has shorter charging time than Huawei Mate 9.
Standby Time 504 hours -
Talk Time 1800 minutes -
Run Time Details Talk: up to 1800 min
Standby: up to 504 hrs
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Battery Technology Lithium polymer Lithium polymer
CELLULAR Huawei Mate 9 Honor Magic Vs
Technology WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Mobile Broadband Generation 4G 5G Honor Magic Vs has more advanced generation mobile network.
Operating System Android 7.0 Nougat Android 13
User Interface HUAWEI Emotion UI 5.0 MagicOS 7.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
COMMUNICATIONS Huawei Mate 9 Honor Magic Vs
Data Transmission GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, DC-HSDPA, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE GPRS, EDGE, HSPA+, DC-HSDPA, VoLTE, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE, 5G NR
2G Band 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM -
4G LTE Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 7, Band 8, Band 9, Band 12, Band 17, Band 18, Band 19, Band 20, Band 26, Band 28, Band 29, 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 1800, FDD 700a, FDD 700b, FDD 800 lower, FDD 800 upper, FDD 800 DD, FDD 850+, FDD 700 APT, FDD 700d, TDD 2600, TDD 1900, TDD 2300, TDD 2500 -
Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth 5.2 BLE
NFC Yes Yes Both phones have an NFC reader for mobile payments.
Messaging Services SMS, MMS -
MEDIA Huawei Mate 9 Honor Magic Vs
Supported Digital Audio Standards WAV, WMA, AAC, PCM, AMR, MP3, FLAC, AAC +, OGG, eAAC+, MIDI, WMA 9, MP4, AMR-WB, AMR-NB WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, apt-X, LDAC, MP4, SBC, apt-X HD, 3GP
Supported Digital Video Standards RMVB, RM, XviD, MPEG-4, ASF, MPEG-2, 3GP, H.264, H.263, WMV9, VP8, H.265 3GP, MP4
Sound Enhancements - DTS: X Ultra
FEATURES Huawei Mate 9 Honor Magic Vs
Phone Functions Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert -
Sensors Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, barometer, gyro sensor, G-sensor, hall sensor, passive infrared motion sensor (PIR) Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, hall sensor, gravity sensor, infrared (IR) sensor, gyroscope
Security Devices Fingerprint reader Face recognition, fingerprint reader (side)
Additional Phone Features DLNA Certified, sharing media via DLNA, noise reduction microphone, 4-Mics MIMO technology, OTG Reverse Charge, HONOR Connect, gearless hinge
OTHERS Huawei Mate 9 Honor Magic Vs
Included Accessories Headset, carrying case, power adapter, SIM card removal tool, USB-C to Micro-USB Adapter, USB-C cable Protective cover, SIM card removal tool, pre-installed screen protection film, USB-C cable, 66W HONOR SuperCharge charger
Compliant Standards - USB 3.1
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