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Huawei Honor 8 Mobile Phone
Huawei Honor 8
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Huawei P9 Mobile Phone
Huawei P9
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Huawei P9 Lite 2017 Mobile Phone
Huawei P9 Lite 2017
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Motorola Moto Z Mobile Phone
Motorola Moto Z
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 6.0Android 6.0Android 7.0Android 7.1
CPU clock speed2.3 GHz2.5 GHz2.1 GHz2.15 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core8-coreQuad-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 950Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 950
N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996
GPU modelARM Mali-T880 MP4ARM Mali-T880 MP4ARM Mali-T830 MP2Qualcomm Adreno 530
RAM memory
  • 3 GB
  • 4 GB
  • 3 GB
  • 4 GB
3 GB4 GB

Display

Screen size5.2 in5.2 in5.2 in5.5 in
Number of colors16.7M16.7M
N/A
16.7M
Panel typeLCDLCD
IPS
OLED
Resolution1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px2560 x 1440 px
Technology
  • IPS TFT
  • LTPS TFT
IPS TFTLCDAMOLED
Pixel density424.0 ppi424.0 ppi
N/A
535.0 ppi
Touchscreen
N/A
yesyesyes
Screen material
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
Dual screen support
N/A
nonono
HDR
N/A
nonono
Multi touch
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Scratch resistant display
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Rear camera

Primary sensor size1/2,9"1/2.6"
N/A
1/1.8"
Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.2 f
N/A
N/A
1.8 f
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
N/A
N/A
N/A
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
N/A
3840 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution60.0 fps60.0 fps
N/A
30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)120.0 fps120.0 fps
N/A
60.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
N/A
1920 x 1080 px
Resolution (second camera)
N/A
8.0 Mpx
N/A
N/A
Video recording
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Autofocus
N/A
yesyesyes
Face detection
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Geo-tagging
N/A
yesyesyes
HDR Capture
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
LED Flash
N/A
yesyesyes
Panorama
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Smile detection
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Touch focus
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Burst Mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Digital zoom
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Gesture Shot
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Optical image stabilization
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Light sourceLED flash
N/A
N/A
N/A
Lens aperture
N/A
F/2.4
N/A
N/A

Storage

Internal storage
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
N/A
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Maximum card storage128GB128GB128GB256GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
microSD
Memory card reader
N/A
yesyesyes

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Midnight black
  • Pearl white
  • Pink
  • Silver
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Mystic silver
  • Silver
  • Titanium
  • White
  • Black
  • White
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • White
  • Grey
  • Black
MaterialMetal
  • Aluminum
  • Plastic
N/A
Aluminum
Water resistant
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Shock resistant
N/A
N/A
N/A
no

Dimensions

Height5.73 in5.71 in5.8 in6.04 in
Width2.8 in2.79 in0.0 in2.96 in
Depth0.29 in0.27 in0.0 in0.2 in
Weight5.4 oz5.08 oz5.19 oz4.8 oz

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyes
  • no
  • yes
yesno
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
Bluetoothyesyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.14.14.14.1
Bluetooth profileA2DP
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
A2DP
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
NFCyesyesyesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
N/A
USB version2.02.0
N/A
N/A
Type of USB connectorUSB Type-CUSB Type-CMicro-USBUSB Type-C
Video outputNoNo
N/A
No
Bluetooth codec
N/A
N/A
SBC
N/A
DLNA certified
N/A
N/A
N/A
no
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Cellular

Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmission
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TD-LTE
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TDD-LTE
N/A
HSPA+
Navigation system
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
  • A-GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
N/A
GLONASS
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
LTE frequencies
  • 800 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 2300 MHz
  • 2500 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Streaming standardsMiracast
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
N/A
N/A
Wireless network (Wi-Fi)
N/A
yesyesyes
2G GSM
N/A
yesyesyes
3G UMTS
N/A
yesyesyes
4G LTE
N/A
yesyesyes
Mobile hotspot
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
CDMA frequences
N/A
N/A
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 1900 MHz

Battery

Battery typeLithium PolymerLithium ion
N/A
Lithium ion
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh2600.0 mAh
Standby time420.0 h
N/A
N/A
N/A
Talk time20.0 h14.53 h
N/A
N/A
Fast charging
N/A
no
N/A
yes
Replaceable battery
N/A
N/A
nono
Wireless charging
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Wireless charging standard
N/A
N/A
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI

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