Phone Comparison - Huawei Nova 2 vs Samsung Galaxy S9 vs Samsung Galaxy A31

general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei Samsung Samsung
Announced May 2017 February 2018 2020, March 24
Status Coming Soon - June 2017 Coming Soon, March 2018 Coming Soon - April 2020
Price Rs. 23,900 ($370.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 52,999 ($750.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Aurora Blue, Grass Green, Streamer Gold, Obsidian Black, Rose Go Various Prism Crush Black, Prism Crush Blue, Prism Crush Red, Prism Crush White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 142.2 x 68.9 x 6.9 mm
(5.6 x 2.71 x 0.27 in)
147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5 mm
(5.81 x 2.7 x 0.33 in)
159.3 x 73.1 x 8.6 mm
(6.27 x 2.88 x 0.34 in)
Weight 143 g (5.04 oz) 163 g (5.75 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz)
SIM Type Dual-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE (unspecified)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
- Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
Notification LED Yes Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 10.0
User Interface EMUI 5.1 Samsung Experience One UI 2.0
Processor Octa-core (4x2.36 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53), HiSilicon Kirin 659 Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA & China, Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Octa-core (2x2.0 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55), Mediatek MT6768 Helio P65 (12nm)
GPU Mali-T830 MP2 Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China
Mali-G52 MC2
RAM 4 GB 4 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 64 GB 64 GB 128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSDXC

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 2.5D Curved Gorilla Glass Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.8 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (411 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.21% 84.00% 85.01%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM Radio No -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 12 MP + 8 MP 12 MP 48 MP + 8 MP + 5 MP + 5 MP
Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone) LED Flash LED flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.8 aperture lens, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.5 - f/2.4 variable aperture lens, 26mm, 1/2.5", 1.4 µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama 48 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF
8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm
5 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
5 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 20 MP [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.6, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR [Similar] 20 MP, f/2.2, 0.8µm
HDR
1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA, LTE-A
Bluetooth Yes 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB 2.0 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM (UFS 2.1)
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSDXC
USB OTG Supported Not Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor not present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor not present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 15W
Capacity 2950 mAh 3000 mAh 5000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -