Huawei Honor 9 vs. HTC U 11: Monstrous 6GB RAM, 128GB ROM, IP67

In the first part of this Huawei Honor 9 vs. HTC U 11 battle, let us take a look at the performance of these phones. Under the hood, the newest flagship of Huawei has a Kirin 960 SoC with 4 or 6GB of RAM. Meanwhile, the new HTC phone houses an Octa-core (4×2.45 GHz Kryo & 4×1.9 GHz Kryo) SND 835 processor, alongside 4 or 6GB RAM also. Regarding performance, with those specs, these two phones are about the same as each other. Honor 9 specs offer 64GB of expandable storage, and HTC U 11 offers two options of 64 or 128GB ROM (+up to 256GB).

3000mAh is the capacity of Honor 9’s battery, while HTC U 11 specs provide a 3000mAh battery also. We can see that both phones can last about the same amount of time. Outside, Honor 9 sports a 5.2-inch display with Full HD resolution. HTC U 11 display is a little bit larger, with a size of 5.5-inch and a resolution of 2K, so the HTC phone wins in the screen department. Both phones run on the latest Android 7.1.1 Nougat OS out of the box.

Now, in this part of the Huawei Honor 9 vs. HTC U 11 battle, we see how well each phone’s camera performs. According to reports, Honor 9 sports a dual camera set-up at the rear, with one 20MP monochrome and one 12MP standard sensor. On the other hand, HTC U 11 only has a 12MP lens at its back. We don;t know anything yet about Honor 9’s selfie camera yet. Hence we can skip that aspect for now. Concerning general photography, the Huawei new phone seems to be better than the new HTC flagship!

Huawei Honor 9 vs. HTC U 11: Price comparison

We expect Huawei Honor 9 price to be about $400 (~Rs. 25,800), while the HTC U 11 price starts from Rs. 48,000. Which one do you think wins this Huawei Honor 9 vs. HTC U 11 battle?