Huawei Y9 (2018) vs Huawei Mate 10 Pro

The Huawei Y9 (2018) was launched in March this year. The Y9 is crammed with a broad range of awe-inspiring specs and features that make it an irresistible smartphone. The Chinese handset maker unveiled an equally compelling smartphone dubbed the Mate 10 Pro back in October last year.

While the aforesaid Huawei-branded smartphones managed to sweep smartphone enthusiasts off their feet, they come with very different specs and features. Let’s check out a short comparison between the two smartphones on the basis of their design, hardware, and price.

Appearance & Design

Housed in a sturdy aluminum alloy body, the Y9 (2018) sports an eye-catching 2.5D curved glass screen. Furthermore, the phone features a big 5.93 inches IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display with a screen resolution of 1080 x 2160 pixels.

You can find a fingerprint sensor along with a 13-megapixel + 2-megapixel dual camera setup with phase detection autofocus, and LED flash placed on the back. Aside from that, there’s a 16-megapixel + 2-megapixel camera located in the front for selfies and face-to-face video chatting.

Weighing in at just 170 g (6.00 oz), the Y9 (2018) smartphone has dimensions of 157.2 x 75.3 x 7.9 mm (6.19 x 2.96 x 0.31 in). The device is currently up for grabs in 3 color options including black, blue, and gold.

The Huawei Mate 10 Pro smartphone features a robust aluminum alloy, metal body design, coupled with a mammoth 6.0 inches AMOLED Display FHD+ (1080 x 2160 pixels) display. Moreover, the phone is IP67 dust-proof and water resistant.

On the photography front, the Mate 10 Pro smartphone houses a 12-megapixel + 20-megapixel dual camera setup with dual-LED and AF. For the selfie addicts, Huawei has added an 8-megapixel camera in the front.

The phone’s dimensions are 74.5 mm x 154.2 mm x 7.9 mm (LxWxH), and it weighs in at 178 grams (with battery). You can choose from 3 color options including gray, blue and brown.

Hardware & Performance

The 2018 iteration of the Huawei Y9 smartphone packs a Huawei HiSilicon KIRIN 659 processor along with an ARM Mali-T830 MP2 graphics processing unit. The phone has 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM and 32GB ROM to offer. Note that the onboard memory can further be expanded up to 256GB using microSD card.

The hybrid dual-SIM smartphone runs Emotion 8.0 UI based Android 8.0 Oreo operating system and is backed by a non-removable 4,000 mAh Lithium-Polymer battery that delivers up to 360 hours of standby time and about 40 hours of talk time.

The Huawei Y9 (2018) has 3 card slots including microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC. Aside from that, the phone houses a slew of useful sensors such as a proximity sensor, accelerometer, compass, ambient light, fingerprint, and a gyroscope.

The Mate 10 Pro smartphone is powered by a Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 processor and it uses an ARM Mali-G72 MP12, 12-Cores GPU, under the hood. The phone offers 4GB/6GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB/128GB of internal memory which can be expanded up to 256GB with the help of a microSD card.

The hybrid dual-SIM smartphone runs Emotion UI 8.0 based Android 8.0 Oreo and draws its juices from a robust 4,000 mAh Lithium-Polymer battery. This built-in cell can deliver up to 300 hours of standby time and about 14 hours of talk time.

The Mate 10 Pro is equipped with 3 card slots including microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC. The phone also features multiple sensors such as a proximity sensor, accelerometer, compass, ambient light, gyroscope, fingerprint, and hall.

Price

The Huawei Y9 (2018) smartphone can be yours if you’re willing to shell out about $319. The Huawei Mate 10 Pro smartphone, on the other hand, will set you back about $1150. You can check out a more detailed comparison between the two smartphones below.