'IPhone 7 Plus' vs. 'Huawei Mate 9' Specs, Performance Review; Phablet Battle Between Powerful Phones;

By Jeff Thompson - 07 Nov '16 16:52PM

Huawei has released a supreme phablet recently with superior specifications and excellent performance. The Huawei Mate 9, is a phablet that is targeting people who wanted a very high-end device at a high price. A comparison with iPhone 7 Plus would reveal more things about both the phones including their pros and cons, verdict etc.

Huawei Mate 9 has a 5.9-inch full HD display with resolution 1080x1920 pixels. Like many other phones recently came to market, this phone also features the dual camera on back and it comes with Android Nougat on-board. The rear camera takes images at 20 MP and the selfie camera is 8 megapixel. IPhone 7 Plus is 5.5-inch screen and comes with 12 MP rear camera and 7 MP front camera, per reports. Quite similar to Huawei Mate 9, Apple device also serves dual camera functionality on the rear and LED-backlit screen.


Huawei Mate 9 is powered by a HiSilicon Kirin 960 processor which gives 1.8GHz octa-core processing power. It is reported that the phone is available in two variants, 4 GB RAM and 6 GB version RAM, with an internal memory of 64 GB. It also has an SD card slot which can contain 256 GB memory card. Whereas, iPhone 7 Plus comes with Apple A10 Fusion quad-core with 3 GB RAM and the basic model serves 32 GB internal memory.

Huawei Mate 9 is a dual SIM phone with 4000 mAh battery to ensure power supply to the large phone. Both the phones support fingerprint sensor. The battery of iPhone 7 Plus is 2900 mAh and the phone is available in 5 colors; it is a single SIM phone, like any other Apple phones.

So who will ultimately win in this powerful phones' battle for supremacy? The consumers, for sure! 

Interestingly, both the phones are tagged almost same price. The basic model of Huawei Mate 9 with 4 GB RAM priced at $770 and iPhone 7 Plus with 32 GB internal memory priced at $769. Both in price and the performance of Huawei Mate 9 and iPhone 7 Plus head each other.Huawei Mate 9 has better specifications considering the iPhone 7 Plus.

However, people who look for brand, can choose Apple device. Also the screen of Huawei make a deciding factor for people who like large screens. Now, it can be said that Galaxy Note 7 withdrawal won't make any change in the choice of options for the users as Huawei Mate 9 enters the market  to fight with Google Pixel XL and iPhone 7 Plus.

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