The Huawei Mate 9 and Xiaomi Mi Note 2 are two amazing smartphones from Chinese manufacturers and both the handsets offer incredible specs and features at very affordable prices. Choosing between the two could be difficult without a comparison between the two.

In terms of design, the Xiaomi Mi Note 2 has glass and aluminum as its main body and accents materials. It weighs 166g much less than Huawei Mate 9's 190g weight, which is also made exclusively of metal and that makes it more resistant. The Mate 9 sports a 5.9-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with a screen resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and has EMUI 5.0. The Mi Note 2 has a 5.7-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with similar resolution and MIUI 8.0.

The Huawei Mate 9 runs on Android 7.0 Nougat and is powered by a Hisilicon Kirin 960 chipset and Mali-G71 MP8 GPU. The Xiaomi Mi Note 2 runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow but has a quality Snapdragon 821 processor and Adreno 530 GPU. It has a 64GB variant with a 4GB RAM and 128GB variant with a 6GB RAM and no microSD card slot. The Huawei Mate 9 comes with 64GB internal storage, expandable up to 256GB via microSD slot, and 4GB RAM.

In terms of camera, the Huawei Mate 9 has dual 20 MP + 12 MP rear cameras with f/2.2, OIS, 2x zoom, Leica optics, phase detection & laser autofocus and dual-LED (dual tone) flash. The rear cameras are capable of recording 2160p videos at 30fps. It has an 8MP selfie camera with f/1.9 and 1080p recording capability. The Xiaomi Mi Note 2 also has an 8MP selfie camera with f/2.0 and autofocus.

The Mi Note 2's primary camera is 22.5MP with f/2.0, EIS (gyro), phase detection autofocus and dual-LED (dual tone) flash. It's capable of recording 2160p and 1080p videos at 30fps. For the Xiaomi Mi Note 2, the fingerprint scanner is front-mounted whereas the Huawei Mate 9 has a rear-mounted scanner. Both Mate 9 and Mi Note 2 have fast-charging capability though the latter has Quick Charge 3.0.

The Huawei Mate 9 and Xiaomi Mi Note 2 come with awesome battery power. The Huawei handset sports a non-removable Li-Po 4,000 mAh battery while the Mi Note 2 has a non-removable Li-Ion 4,070 mAh battery, reviews GSMArena. Color options are more for the Mate 9 smartphone. Both the smartphones are also priced similarly with the Mi Note 2 starting at $650 and Mate 9 at $687.