In terms of current large smartphones, Xiaomi MI MIX and Huawei Mate 9 enjoy the highest attention, and this two smartphones both use large screen design, equipped with high-end hardware. So which one is better between Xiaomi MI MIX and Huawei Mate 9? Which one is more worthwhile to buy?
First, compare their specs to know main difference and similarities.
According to specs, Xiaomi MI MIX and Huawei Mate 9 are both equipped with large screen, but the former has larger screen with higher resolution. In addition, it has more advantages in storage with RAM 4GB/6GB. But Huawei Mate 9 comes with dual rear camera with more rich colors, and three version for various choices.
In versions, Xiaomi MI MIX has standard and advanced version, Xiaomi MI MIX standard version has RAM 4GB ROM 128GB internal storage at 3,499 yuan, and advanced version has RAM 6GB ROM 256GB internal storage at 3,999 yuan.
But Huawei Mate 9 has three versions, standard, advanced and top version, they have different storage and price, Huawei Mate 9 standard version has RAM 4GB ROM 32GB internal storage at 3,399 yuan, RAM 4GB ROM 64GB internal storage at 3,899 yuan, and RAM 6GB ROM 128GB at 4499 yuan.
Then we will compare them in terms of design, performance, camera,battery, etc.
According to design, Xiaomi MI MIX and Huawei Mate 9 has different design, Xiaomi MI MIX is mainly for concept smartphone with new innovation, and Huawei Mate 9 design belongs to the improvement of Huawei Mate 8 without much change in the design.
Xiaomi MI MIX uses all curved design with 91.3% screen to body ratio without any port to make us impressive, in addition, Xiaomi MI MIX uses all metal mid-frame and back cover, equipped with cantilever piezoelectric ceramic sound guide, integrated sensors, ultrasonic sound, rounded and full ceramic body design, customized screen design, integrated ultrasonic sound, and all ceramic design with concept design.
Equipped with cantilever piezoelectric ceramic sound guide, integrated sensors, ultrasonic sound, rounded and full ceramic body design, custom screen design adopts the concept of innovation design, a bright, also get the consistent high praise.
Huawei Mate 9 continues the design of Huawei Mate 8 with special magnesium aluminum alloy metal design with over 6 kinds of color options, equipped with 5.9 inch FHD screen with 2.5D curved glass, there are three traditional virtual button with Huawei Logo.
On the back, it takes three steps with fingerprint scanner and dual rear camera, but the ceramic white design looks very good, the smartphones show the ceramic quality with back curved design.
Therefore, in terms of design, Xiaomi MI MIX as a concept smartphone is different from other common smartphones in design with much innovation. And Huawei Mate 9 has not brought much breakthrough, and Xiaomi MI MIX has 6.4 inch 2K screen, but Huawei Mate 9 only has 5.9 inch 1080p screen, so Xiaomi mi mix is better than Huawei Mate 9 in design.
Performance
Xiaomi mi mix antutu
In performance, according to their specs comparison, they are different in processor mainly, between Snapdragon 821 processor and Kirin 960 processor, according to their Antutu test, Xiaomi MI MIX is powered by Snapdragon 821 processor, RAM 4GB/6GB, it has got 151,200 points, and Huawei Mate 9 has got 130,989 points, they have 20,000 points around gap, but some analysts said they are in the similar level, if we use Master Lu, Huawei Mate 9 score is not lower than Xiaomi MI MIX. So they are in the same level.
Camera
Xiaomi MI MIX Camera Photos
Huawei Mate 9 is outstanding in camera, it comes with 2nd second leica dual rear camera, 8MP front and 2MP+20MP back camera, the specs of dual camera is higher than Xiaomi MI MIX with richer entertainment in photographing. So Huawei Mate 9 is better than Xiaomi MI MIX in camera.
Huawei Mate 9 Camera photos
Batter
Xiaomi MI MIX has large capacity of battery, but the screen and resolution are higher, according to two smartphones review, Huawei Mate 9 is better than Xiaomi mi mix, in addition, they both can support quick charge with similar battery life.
OS
In terms of OS, MIUI OS is the advantage of Xiaomi which once is the best ROM in China, but Huawei Mate 9 comes with EMUI 5.0 OS, adding deep studying function, claiming 10 months with stuck, in OS optimization, Huawei OS has caught up with Xiaomi OS, so they actually have no much difference
Conclusion
As two famous international flagships, which is really better, Xiaomi MI MIX and Huawei Mate 9? We think Xiaomi MI MIX is more powerful in large screen, design, top hardware, but Huawei Mate 9 is better in dual rear camera. So if you like larger screen and better design, just choose this Xiaomi MI MIX, but if you attach more importance to better camera, then try this Huawei Mate 9 now.