Huawei P9 vs. Fairphone 5

Phone Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Detailed comparison and review of Huawei P9 and Fairphone 5. With our comprehensive overview, you can simply compare sizes, functions, but also other key features of both phones and easily decide which one is the right choice for you. Our goal is to help you identify the main differences between products and find the phone that best fits your needs and expectations.

Phone Specifications Comparison

Huawei P9 vs. Fairphone 5 Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Huawei P9 Fairphone 5
Product Type Smartphone Smartphone
Form Factor Touch Touch
Height 145 mm 161.6 mm Fairphone 5 has greater height than Huawei P9.
Width 70.9 mm 75.83 mm Fairphone 5 has greater width than Huawei P9.
Depth 6.95 mm 9.6 mm Huawei P9 is narrower than Huawei P9.
Weight 144 g 212 g Huawei P9 is lighter than Huawei P9.
Body Colour Titanium grey Sky blue | Transparent | Matte black
Body Material Aerospace-grade aluminium 100% post-consumer recycled plastic
Protection - Splash-resistant, dust-resistant, shock-resistant
Waterproof (Water-resistant) - - Fairphone 5 is waterproof.
IP rating - IP55
SAR Value 0.55 W/kg (body), 1.43 W/kg (head) -
Connector Type USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
Headset jack - mini-phone 3.5mm
USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
SIM Card Type (Size) Nano SIM Nano SIM, Electronic SIM card (e-SIM)
SIM Card Qty Single-SIM Dual-SIM
DISPLAY Huawei P9 Fairphone 5
Display Type LCD display OLED display
Display Technology IPS OLED
Screen Size (Display Size) 5.2" 6.46" Fairphone 5 has larger screen size than Huawei P9.
Screen Resolution (Display Resolution) 1920 x 1080 pixels 2700 x 1224 pixels Fairphone 5 has better screen resolution than Huawei P9.
Display Format Full HD Full HD+
Pixel Density 423 ppi -
Aspect Ratio - 20:9
Max Brightness - 880 cd/m²
Colour Depth 16.7 million colours 1.07 billion colours Fairphone 5 has better colour depth than Huawei P9.
Contrast Ratio - 1000000:1
Display Refresh Rate - 90 Hz
Touch Sampling Rate - 300 Hz
Display Features 2.5D curved glass Wide colour display (P3), Adaptive Tone, Pixelworks technology
Display Protection (Screen Protector) 2.5D Arc Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5 (scratch resistant glass)
PROCESSOR Huawei P9 Fairphone 5
Processor Type (CPU) Hisilicon Kirin 955 Qualcomm
Processor Number - QCM6490
Clock Speed 2.5 GHz 2.7 GHz Fairphone 5 has higher clock speed than Huawei P9.
Processor Core Qty 8-core 8-core Both phones have the same number of phone cores.
64-bit Architecture Yes - Huawei P9 has 64-bit architecture.
Graphics System (GPU) - Qualcomm ADRENO 643
MEMORY Huawei P9 Fairphone 5
RAM 3 GB 8 GB Fairphone 5 has more RAM than Huawei P9.
Internal Memory Size (Storage Capacity) 32 GB 256 GB Fairphone 5 has more internal memory than Huawei P9.
Supported Flash Memory Cards (Expandable Memory) - microSDHC, microSD, microSDXC - up to 2 TB
CAMERA Huawei P9 Fairphone 5
MAIN CAMERA
Number of Main Cameras 2 2
Sensor Resolution 12 Megapixel 50 Megapixel Fairphone 5 has better camera resolution than Huawei P9.
Sensor Size - 1/1.49"
Sensor Type BSI-CMOS -
Sensor Name - Sony IMX800 sensor
Lens Aperture F/2.2 F/1.88 Fairphone 5 has better lens aperture than Huawei P9.
Lens Construction - 6-element
Pixel Size - 1 μm
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) - Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Fairphone 5 has optical stabilisation.
Focus Adjustment Automatic Automatic
Minimum Focal Length (Focal Distance) - 10 cm
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera - 26mm
Digital Zoom - 8x
Camera Modes - Panorama, Slow motion mode, Pro mode, Portrait, Super Night mode, Stop-Motion Video Mode, High-Pixel Mode
Light Source Dual LED flash LED flash
Video Resolutions - 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 30 fps, 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 60 fps, Slo-mo video 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 120 fps, Slo-mo video 1280 x 720 (720p) at 240 fps, 3840 x 2160 (4K) at 30 fps
Camera Features (Functions) - 4-in-1 pixel binning, OIS+EIS dual stabilisation
SECOND CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Camera) 12 Megapixel 50 Megapixel Fairphone 5 has better second camera resolution than Huawei P9.
Sensor Size (2nd Camera) - 1/2.51"
Sensor Name (2nd Camera) - Sony IMX858 Sensor
Lens Type (2nd Camera) - Ultra wide-angle lens
Lens Aperture (2nd Camera) - F/2.2
Lens Element Qty (2nd Camera) - 6-element
Pixel Size (2nd Camera) - 0.7 μm
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera - 13mm
Camera Functions (2nd Camera) - Autofocus
Camera Modes (2nd Camera) - Macro mode
Camera Features (2nd Camera) - Electronic Image Stabiliser (EIS), 2.5cm macro photography, 4-in-1 pixel binning
FRONT CAMERA
Number of Front Cameras 1 1
Sensor Resolution (Front) 8 Megapixel 50 Megapixel Fairphone 5 has better front camera resolution than Huawei P9.
Sensor Size (Front) - 1/2.76"
Sensor Name (Front) - Samsung JN1
Lens Aperture (Front) F/2.4 F/2.45 Huawei P9 has better front lens aperture than Huawei P9.
Pixel Size (Front) - 0.64 μm
Focus Adjustment - Focus free
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera - 22mm
Light Source (Front) - Display flash
Video Resolutions (Front) 1920 x 1080 (1080p) -
Camera Features (Front) - Electronic Image Stabiliser (EIS), 4-in-1 Pixel technology, up to 1.5x digital zoom
BATTERY AND CHARGING Huawei P9 Fairphone 5
Battery Capacity (Battery Size) 3000 mAh 4200 mAh Fairphone 5 has larger battery capacity than Huawei P9.
Standby Time 566 hours 459 hours Huawei P9 has longer standby time than Fairphone 5.
Talk Time 1980 minutes 2280 minutes Fairphone 5 has longer battery life when making calls than Huawei P9.
Run Time Details Talk (GSM): up to 1980 min
Talk (WCDMA): up to 1080 min
Standby (LTE): up to 566 hrs
Standby (WCDMA): up to 566 hrs
Standby (GSM): up to 526 hrs
Talk: up to 2280 min
Standby: up to 459 hrs
Continuous browsing: up to 18 hrs
Battery Technology - Lithium Ion
CELLULAR Huawei P9 Fairphone 5
Technology WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Mobile Broadband Generation 4G 5G Fairphone 5 has more advanced generation mobile network.
Operating System Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) Android 13
User Interface HUAWEI Emotion UI 4.1 -
Navigation GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
COMMUNICATIONS Huawei P9 Fairphone 5
Data Transmission GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, LTE, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE LTE, 5G NR, HSDPA+
2G Band 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM
3G UMTS Band - Band 1, Band 2, Band 5, Band 8
3G UMTS Frequency - 2100, 1900, 850, 900
4G LTE Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 6, Band 7, Band 8, Band 12, Band 17, Band 18, Band 19, Band 20, Band 26, Band 28, Band 38, Band 39, Band 40 Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 7, Band 8, Band 12, Band 20, Band 28, Band 32, Band 38, Band 40, Band 41, Band 42, Band 48, Band 66, Band 71
4G LTE Frequency FDD 2100, FDD 1900 PCS, FDD 1800+, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS, FDD 850, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 700a, FDD 700b, FDD 800 lower, FDD 800 upper, FDD 800 DD, FDD 850+, FDD 700 APT, TDD 2600, TDD 1900, TDD 2300 FDD 2100, FDD 1900 PCS, FDD 1800+, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 700a, FDD 800 DD, FDD 700 APT, FDD 1500 L, TDD 2600, TDD 2300, TDD 2500, TDD 3500, TDD 3600, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS-3, FDD 600
5G NR Band - N1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78, n48
5G NR Frequency - FDD 2100, FDD 1900PCS, FDD 1800, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 800, FDD 700APT, TDD TD 2600, TDD TD 2500, FDD AWS-3, FDD 600, TDD TD 3700, TDD TD 3500, TDD 3500
Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth 5.2 LE
NFC Yes Yes Both phones have an NFC reader for mobile payments.
Messaging Services SMS, MMS -
MEDIA Huawei P9 Fairphone 5
Supported Digital Audio Standards WMA, AAC, PCM, AMR, MP3, FLAC, AAC +, OGG, eAAC+, MIDI AAC, apt-X, LDAC, SBC, apt-X HD
Supported Digital Video Standards RMVB, RM, XviD, MPEG-4, WMV, ASF, MPEG-2, 3GP, H.264, H.263, WMV9, VP8, H.265 -
FEATURES Huawei P9 Fairphone 5
Phone Functions Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert -
Sensors Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, gyro sensor, G-sensor, hall sensor Accelerometer, proximity sensor, magnetometer, Time of Flight (ToF), light sensor, gyroscope, compass
Security Devices Fingerprint reader Face recognition, fingerprint reader (side)
Security Technology - Face Unlock
Additional Phone Features IMAGEsmart 5.0 OTG Reverse Charge, modular and repairable design, recycled and fair materials, DisplayPort over USB Type-C, 8 years of software upgrades
Android Enterprise Recommended - Yes
OTHERS Huawei P9 Fairphone 5
Included Accessories Headset, power adapter, SIM card removal tool, USB-C cable -
Compliant Standards - IP55, MIL-STD-810H, ICE 60058-2-31
Product Recycled Content - 70 % - fair focus or recycled materials
Max Height of Shock Resistance - 1.8 m
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