Product
Honor V30 Pro
Honor V30 Pro
Samsung Galaxy S9
Samsung Galaxy S9
Battery
Charging 40W wired, 70% in 30 min 27W wireless Reverse wireless 15W wired, QC2 Wireless (Qi) (market dependent)
Type Li-Po 4100 mAh, non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh, non-removable (11.55 Wh)
Body
Build Glass front, glass back, aluminum frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
Dimensions 162.7 x 75.8 x 8.8 mm (6.41 x 2.98 x 0.35 in) 147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5 mm (5.81 x 2.70 x 0.33 in)
SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 206 g (7.27 oz) 163 g (5.75 oz)
  - IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min)
Comms
Bluetooth 5.1, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
Infrared port Yes -
NFC Yes Yes
Positioning GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Radio No FM radio (USA & Canada only)
USB USB Type-C 2.0, OTG USB Type-C 3.1
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Display
Protection Yes Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~400 ppi density) 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~570 ppi density)
Size 6.57 inches, 104.7 cm2 (~84.9% screen-to-body ratio) 5.8 inches, 84.8 cm2 (~83.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Type IPS LCD Super AMOLED, HDR10
  - 3D Touch (home button only)
Features
Sensors Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
  - ANT+ Bixby natural language commands and dictation Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
Launch
Announced 2019, November. Released 2019, December 2018, February 25. Released 2018, March 09
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Main Camera
Features Laser AF, LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Single - 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
Triple 40 MP, f/1.6, 27mm (wide), 1/1.7", PDAF, OIS 8 MP, f/2.4, 80mm (telephoto), 1/4.0", PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom 12 MP, f/2.2, 16mm (ultrawide), 1.4µm, AF -
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@960fps, (gyro-EIS) 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS (30fps)
Memory
Card slot No microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 256GB 4GB RAM
  UFS 3.0 UFS 2.1
Misc
Colors Ocean Blue, Galaxy Black, Icelandic frost Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Titanium Gray, Lilac Purple, Burgundy Red, Sunrise Gold, Ice Blue
Models OXF-AN10 SM-G960F, SM-G960, SM-G960F, SM-G960U, SM-G960W, SM-G9600, SM-G960U1, SM-G960N, SCV38, SM-G960X, SC-02K
SAR - 0.63 W/kg (head)     0.96 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.36 W/kg (head)     1.18 W/kg (body)    
Network
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G bands HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Global, USA
4G bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 26, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66 - Global
5G bands 1, 3, 41, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA -
Speed HSPA, LTE, 5G (2+ Gbps DL) HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (6CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps
Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
  - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66, 71 - USA
Our Tests
Audio quality - Noise -93.4dB / Crosstalk -93.9dB
Battery (old) - Endurance rating 78h
Camera Photo / Video Photo / Video
Display 1230:1 contrast ratio, 534 nits max brightness (measured) Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.630 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker - Voice 68dB / Noise 74dB / Ring 81dB
Performance AnTuTu: 381241 (v7), 500571 (v8) GeekBench: 12824 (v4.4), 3204 (v5.1) GFXBench: 35fps (ES 3.1 onscreen) AnTuTu: 250156 (v7) GeekBench: 8830 (v4.4) GFXBench: 14fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)
Platform
Chipset Kirin 990 5G (7 nm+) Exynos 9810 (10 nm) - EMEAQualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - USA/LATAM, China
CPU Octa-core (2x2.86 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2x2.36 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A55) Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEAOcta-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA/LATAM, China
GPU Mali-G76 MP16 Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEAAdreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China
OS Android 10, Magic UI 3, no Google Play Services Android 8.0 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 10, One UI 2.5
Selfie camera
Dual 32 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm 8 MP, f/2.2, 17mm (ultrawide) 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6", 1.22µm, AF 2 MP (dedicated iris scanner camera)
Features HDR HDR
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack No Yes
Loudspeaker Yes Yes, with stereo speakers
  - 32-bit/384kHz audio Tuned by AKG