Huawei P9 Plus vs ZTE nubia Z18

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900; CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100; TD-SCDMA

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100; CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G network

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

5.76 Mbps
LTE speed

LTE, Cat6, 300 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload

LTE-A (6CA), Cat18, 1200 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
Build

-

Aluminium alloy, glass
SIM

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

152.3 mm

148.6 mm
Width

75.3 mm

72.6 mm
Thickness

7 mm

8.6 mm
Weight

162 g

172 g
Colors

Ceramic White, Haze Gold, Quartz Grey

Black, Blue, Red

Display
Display type

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.5 inches

5.99 inches
Resolution

1080 x 1920 pixels

1080 x 2160 pixels
Pixel density

401 ppi

403 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 4

Scratch resistant, 2.5D curved glass screen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, LTPS(Low temperature PolySilicon)
Multitouch

Yes

Yes

Hardware
CPU

-

Octa-core
CPU

Quad-core 2.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A72

Quad-core 2.65 GHz Kryo 385 Gold
CPU(second)

quad-core 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A53

quad-core 1.8 GHz Kryo 385 Silver
Chipset

HiSilicon Kirin 955

Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
GPU

Mali-T880 MP4

Adreno 630
Memory RAM

4 GB

6, 8 GB
Internal storage

64 GB

64, 128 GB
Memory card

microSD

-
Memory card max

128 GB

-

Main camera
Camera type

-

Dual
Main camera

12*2 MP, f/2.2 , 27 mm

24 MP, f/1.6 , 1.12 µm
16 MP, f/1.6
Primary camera resolution

-

4608 x 3456 pixels
Primary camera video

1080p@30fps

2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Primary camera optics

Leica optics

-
Primary camera Autofocus

phase detection autofocus

-
Primary camera flash

dual-LED (dual tone) flash

dual-LED flash
Primary camera phase detection autofocus

-

dual pixel phase detection autofocus
Camera features

Geo-tagging, HDR, face/smile detection, panorama, touch focus

Autofocus, continuous shooting, digital zoom, digital image stabilization, optical image stabilization, geotagging, panorama, HDR, touch focus, face detection, white balance settings, ISO settings, exposure compensation, self-timer, scene-mode

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11n 5Ghz, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

Yes
WLAN DLNA

Yes

-
USB

Type-C reversible connector

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
USB On-The-Go

-

Yes
Bluetooth

v4.2

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Infrared

Yes

-
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
Beidou

-

Yes
BDS

Yes

-

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

-
Messaging MMS

MMS

-
Messaging Email

Email

-
Messaging IM

IM

-
Messaging Push Mail

Push Mail

-
Java

No

-
Sensors

Fingerprint, accelerometer, compass, gyro, proximity

Accelerometer, compass, fingerprint, gyro, light, proximity