Dec 21, 2016 06:11 AM EST By Xien Palacios, UniversityHerald Reporter

Huawei Mate 9 and Xiaomi Mi 5S are both premium phablets of two Chinese tech manufacturers. The two device may equip the same specs but they differ in many aspects. Is it true that Huawei Mate 9 outscores its rival Xiaomi 5S just before its global launching in CES 2017? Read more details here!

Huawei Mate 9 vs Xiaomi Mi 5S: Specs and Features

Huawei Mate 9 and Xiaomi Mi 5S are almost identical when it comes to features and specs however, Mate 9 seems to have a little bit of advantage compared to Mi 5S. This can be seen from their respective mobile operating system where Xiaomi Mi 5S runs the older version Marshmallow while Huawei Mate 9 runs the latest Android Nougat which brings a lot of feature enhancements according to iDigital Times.

Furthermore, when it comes to screen display, Huawei Mate 9 appears to be bigger in size with 6-inch full HD compared to Xiaomi Mi 5S with 5.7-inch full HD display. In addition, Huawei Mate 9 has a faster performance than Xiaomi 5S because it is powered by Hisilicon Kirin 960 mobile processor that is rumored to be more powerful than Qualcomm Snapdragon 821.

For the internal storage, both Huawei Mate 9 and Xiaomi Mi 5S have the same memory capacity of 4GB to 6GB of RAM as well as the on-board internal storage except from the fact that Mate 9 offers 256GB option for storage. For the camera specs, Xiaomi Mi 5S rear camera sports a 13 megapixels dual lens quite higher than Huawei Mate 9 with 12-megapixels but the latter features an 8 megapixels front camera lens higher than Xiaomi Mi 5S with 4 megapixels.

Conclusion

Huawei Mate 9 is regarded as the next big thing for smartphones and will make everyone forget about the discontinued Samsung Galaxy Note 7 but will make you remember about Apple iPhone 7 Plus footprint. However, unlike Apple iPhone 7 and Google Pixel phones, Huawei Mate 9 sits comfortable in the hands of the users and will not easily slip through because of its metal body with smoothed sides according to Digital Trends. 

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