Huawei Honor Play 9A vs Samsung Galaxy Note 5

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 Play 9A:

  LCD

  Galaxy Note 5:

  OLED

• Weight

  Galaxy Note 5: 14 g lighter

  Honor Play 9A:

  185 g

  Galaxy Note 5:

  171 g

• Width

  Honor Play 9A: 2 mm narrower

  Honor Play 9A:

  74.1 mm

  Galaxy Note 5:

  76.1 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Galaxy Note 5: 0.6 in smaller diagonal

  Honor Play 9A:

  6.3 in

  Galaxy Note 5:

  5.7 in

• Chipset

  Honor Play 9A:

  Mediatek MT6765 Helio P35 (12nm)

  Galaxy Note 5:

  Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm)

• Rear camera layout

  Honor Play 9A:

  Dual

  Galaxy Note 5:

  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 Play 9A

   Height:

   159.1 mm +5.9 mm versus Galaxy Note 5

   Width:

   74.1 mm

   Depth:

   9 mm +1.4 mm versus Galaxy Note 5

2. 2. Galaxy Note 5

   Height:

   153.2 mm

   Width:

   76.1 mm +2 mm versus Honor Play 9A

   Depth:

   7.6 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 Play 9A

   Screen diagonal:

   6.3 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   20:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   95.8 cm²

2. 2. Galaxy Note 5

   Screen diagonal:

   5.7 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   89.6 cm²

Honor Play 9A has approximately 7% more rectangular screen area than Galaxy Note 5.

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.

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

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