Huawei Honor 9i vs ZTE Axon 7

Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

• Display technology

  OLED versus LCD

  Honor 9i:

  LCD

  Axon 7:

  OLED

• Weight

  Honor 9i: 23 g lighter

  Honor 9i:

  152 g

  Axon 7:

  175 g

• Width

  Honor 9i: 3.2 mm narrower

  Honor 9i:

  71.8 mm

  Axon 7:

  75 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Axon 7: 0.34 in smaller diagonal

  Honor 9i:

  5.84 in

  Axon 7:

  5.5 in

• Chipset

  Honor 9i:

  HiSilicon Kirin 659 (16 nm)

  Axon 7:

  Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (14 nm)

• Rear camera layout

  Honor 9i:

  Dual

  Axon 7:

  Single

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

1. 1. Honor 9i

   Height:

   149.2 mm

   Width:

   71.8 mm

   Depth:

   7.7 mm

2. 2. Axon 7

   Height:

   151.7 mm +2.5 mm versus Honor 9i

   Width:

   75 mm +3.2 mm versus Honor 9i

   Depth:

   7.9 mm

Screen size

Approximate rectangular screens calculated from recorded diagonal and aspect ratio at one relative scale. Rounded corners and cutouts are not subtracted. These are not phone outlines or calibrated actual sizes.

1. 1. Honor 9i

   Screen diagonal:

   5.84 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   19:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   85.1 cm²

2. 2. Axon 7

   Screen diagonal:

   5.5 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   83.4 cm²

Honor 9i has approximately 2.1% more rectangular screen area than Axon 7.

Memory variants

Each row compares the same storage capacity. Cells show recorded RAM alternatives, not combined maxima. Not recorded does not mean unavailable in every market.

No unambiguous storage/RAM pairings are recorded. See the original specifications below.

Practical features

Explicit Yes and No values are shown directly. Qualified or regional records retain their details. Unknown means the record is missing.

Battery capacity

Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.

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