Huawei P9 lite vs. Honor Magic5 Pro

Phone Comparison, Reviews and Tests

In depth comparison and review of Huawei P9 lite and Honor Magic5 Pro. Compare sizes, cameras, batteries, memory, and other important specifications and features to easily choose the right phone for you. Our goal is to help you uncover differences between the products and find the phone that will best fit your needs.

Phone Specifications Comparison

Huawei P9 lite vs. Honor Magic5 Pro Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Huawei P9 lite Honor Magic5 Pro
Product Type Smartphone Smartphone
Form Factor Touch Touch
Height 146.8 mm 162.9 mm Honor Magic5 Pro has greater height than Huawei P9 lite.
Width 72.6 mm 76.7 mm Honor Magic5 Pro has greater width than Huawei P9 lite.
Depth 7.5 mm 8.77 mm Huawei P9 lite is narrower than Huawei P9 lite.
Weight 147 g 219 g Huawei P9 lite is lighter than Huawei P9 lite.
Body Colour Gold | Black Midnight black | Meadow green
Body Material Metal -
Protection - Water-resistant, splash-resistant, dust-resistant
Waterproof (Water-resistant) - Yes Honor Magic5 Pro is waterproof.
IP rating - IP68
Repairability Index - 8 (out of 10)
SAR Value 1.36 W/kg, 0.77 W/kg (body), 1.45 W/kg (head) 1.12 W/kg (body), 0.81 W/kg (head), 2.84 W/kg (limb)
Connector Type Micro-USB - 5 pin Micro-USB Type B
Headset jack - mini-phone 3.5mm
USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
SIM Card Type (Size) Nano SIM Nano SIM, Electronic SIM card (e-SIM)
SIM Card Qty Single-SIM Dual-SIM
DISPLAY Huawei P9 lite Honor Magic5 Pro
Display Type LCD display OLED display
Display Technology IPS -
Screen Size (Display Size) 5.2" 6.81" Honor Magic5 Pro has larger screen size than Huawei P9 lite.
Screen Resolution (Display Resolution) 1920 x 1080 pixels 2848 x 1312 pixels Honor Magic5 Pro has better screen resolution than Huawei P9 lite.
Display Format Full HD -
Pixel Density - 461 ppi
Aspect Ratio - 20:9
Max Brightness - 1800 cd/m²
Colour Depth 16.7 million colours 1.07 billion colours Honor Magic5 Pro has better colour depth than Huawei P9 lite.
Display Refresh Rate - 120 Hz
Display Features In-Cell Display Technology Night Display, True Colour, Quad-curved display, 1-120Hz adaptive refresh rate with LTPO 2.0 technology, 2160Hz high frequency PWM Dimming, dynamic dimming
PROCESSOR Huawei P9 lite Honor Magic5 Pro
Processor Type (CPU) Hisilicon Kirin 650 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Clock Speed 2 GHz 3.19 GHz Honor Magic5 Pro has higher clock speed than Huawei P9 lite.
Processor Core Qty 8-core 8-core Both phones have the same number of phone cores.
64-bit Architecture Yes - Huawei P9 lite has 64-bit architecture.
Graphics System (GPU) - Qualcomm ADRENO 740
MEMORY Huawei P9 lite Honor Magic5 Pro
RAM 3 GB 12 GB Honor Magic5 Pro has more RAM than Huawei P9 lite.
Internal Memory Size (Storage Capacity) 16 GB 512 GB Honor Magic5 Pro has more internal memory than Huawei P9 lite.
Supported Flash Memory Cards (Expandable Memory) microSDHC, microSDXC - up to 128 GB -
CAMERA Huawei P9 lite Honor Magic5 Pro
MAIN CAMERA
Number of Main Cameras 1 3
Sensor Resolution 13 Megapixel 50 Megapixel Honor Magic5 Pro has better camera resolution than Huawei P9 lite.
Sensor Size - 1/1.12"
Sensor Type BSI-CMOS -
Sensor Name Sony Exmor RS IMX214 sensor -
Lens Type - Wide-angle lens
Lens Aperture F/2.0 F/1.6 Honor Magic5 Pro has better lens aperture than Huawei P9 lite.
Lens Construction - 8-element
Pixel Size - 2.8 μm
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) - Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Honor Magic5 Pro has optical stabilisation.
Focus Adjustment Automatic Automatic
Digital Zoom - 100x
Special Effects - Live Filters
Camera Modes - Time-lapse mode, Slow motion mode, Pro mode, Watermark mode, portrait mode, Story, Aperture mode, Super Macro, Night Shot, wide-angle mode, Scanner, Movie Mode, Multi-video recording, High-res, AI camera
Face Recognition (Face ID) - Smile Capture Honor Magic5 Pro has face detection.
Light Source Dual LED flash LED flash
Still Image Resolutions - 8192 x 6144
Video Resolutions - 3840 x 2160 (4K)
Camera Features (Functions) - AI-motion detection, 4-in-1 to 2.8μm Super Pixel, OIS+EIS dual stabilisation
SECOND CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Camera) - 50 Megapixel
Lens Type (2nd Camera) - Ultra wide-angle lens
Lens Aperture (2nd Camera) - F/2.0
Field of View (2nd Camera) - 122 degree(s)
Camera Features (2nd Camera) - 2.5cm macro photography
THIRD CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (3rd Camera) - 50 Megapixel
Lens Type (3rd Camera) - Periscope lens
Lens Aperture (3rd Camera) - F/3.0
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) - Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Honor Magic5 Pro has optical stabilisation of the third camera.
Minimum Focal Length (3rd Camera) - 30 cm
Optical Zoom - 3.5x
Digital Zoom - 100x
Camera Functions (3rd Camera) - Telephoto
FRONT CAMERA
Number of Front Cameras 1 2
Sensor Resolution (Front) 8 Megapixel 12 Megapixel Honor Magic5 Pro has better front camera resolution than Huawei P9 lite.
Lens Type (Front) Wide-angle lens -
Lens Aperture (Front) F/2.0 F/2.4 Huawei P9 lite has better front lens aperture than Huawei P9 lite.
Field of View (Front) - 100 degree(s)
Focus Adjustment Focus free -
Special Effects (Front) - Live Filters
Camera Modes (Front) - Timer mode, Watermark mode, Portrait, Night, Mirror reflection, AI Wide-angle selfie, Gesture Capture
Face Recognition (Face ID) - Smile Capture, 3D facial detection Honor Magic5 Pro has face detection.
Light Source (Front) LED flash -
Still Image Resolutions (Front) - 4096 x 3072
Video Resolutions (Front) - 3840 x 2160 (4K)
Camera Features (Front) - AI anti-distortion
SECOND FRONT CAMERA
Camera Functions (2nd Front) - 3D depth camera
BATTERY AND CHARGING Huawei P9 lite Honor Magic5 Pro
Battery Capacity (Battery Size) 3000 mAh 5100 mAh Honor Magic5 Pro has larger battery capacity than Huawei P9 lite.
Wireless Charging - Yes Honor Magic5 Pro can be charged wirelessly.
Standby Time 630 hours -
Talk Time 1890 minutes -
Run Time Details Talk (GSM): up to 1890 min
Talk (WCDMA): up to 1134 min
Standby (GSM): up to 600 hrs
Standby (WCDMA): up to 630 hrs
Standby (LTE): up to 610 hrs
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Battery Technology - Lithium polymer
CELLULAR Huawei P9 lite Honor Magic5 Pro
Technology WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Mobile Broadband Generation 4G 5G Honor Magic5 Pro has more advanced generation mobile network.
Operating System Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) Android 13
User Interface HUAWEI Emotion UI 4.1 MagicOS 7.1
Navigation GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
COMMUNICATIONS Huawei P9 lite Honor Magic5 Pro
Data Transmission GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, FDD-LTE GPRS, EDGE, HSPA+, DC-HSDPA, VoLTE, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE, 5G NR
2G Band 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM -
3G UMTS Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 8 -
3G UMTS Frequency 2100, 1900, 900 -
4G LTE Band Band 1, Band 3, Band 7, Band 8, Band 20 -
4G LTE Frequency FDD 2100, FDD 1800+, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 800 DD -
Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11b/g/n IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.1 LE Bluetooth 5.2 BLE
NFC Yes Yes Both phones have an NFC reader for mobile payments.
Messaging Services SMS, MMS -
MEDIA Huawei P9 lite Honor Magic5 Pro
Supported Digital Audio Standards WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, M4A, AWB, MP4 WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, apt-X, LDAC, MP4, SBC, apt-X HD, 3GP
Supported Digital Video Standards MKV, MPEG-4, 3GP, WebM 3GP, MP4
Sound Enhancements - DTS: X Ultra
Audio Processor HiSilicon Hi6402 -
FEATURES Huawei P9 lite Honor Magic5 Pro
Phone Functions Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert -
Sensors Accelerometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, gravity sensor, infrared (IR) sensor, colour temperature sensor, flicker sensor, gyroscope
Security Devices Fingerprint reader Fingerprint reader (under display), face recognition
Security Technology - 3D Face unlock
Additional Phone Features SmartPower 4.0 technology Infrared remote control, MIMO technology, Gesture Controls, OTG Reverse Charge, standalone Bluetooth/Wi-Fi aerial architecture
OTHERS Huawei P9 lite Honor Magic5 Pro
Included Accessories Headset, USB cable, power adapter SIM card removal tool, USB-C cable, HUAWEI SuperCharge charger, TP protective film, TP protective cover
Compliant Standards - IP68, TUV Rheinland Circadian Friendly Certification
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