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| Global Score | |
| 71.9 | 79.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | |
| Android 10, 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2020-04-17 | 2017-06-01 |
| 6.42 x 3.04 x 0.35 inches | 6.14 x 3.03 x 0.31 inches |
| 7.27 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Midnight black and Phantom purple | Black, Pink, Red and Silver |
| Aluminum and Glass | Aluminum and Glass |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.6 inches | 5.5 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 3840 x 2160 pixels (4K) |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 390 pixels per inch | 801 pixels per inch |
| -- | 700 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 10.3 |
| Performance | |
| Kirin 810 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A76, Arm Cortex-A55 and DynamIQ, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | Kryo 280, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2450 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G52 MP6 GPU | Adreno 540 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 17.34 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 19.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| -- | 25.00mm focal length |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | 0.43 inches (1/2.3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 11.11 | 10.34 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Battery | 3230mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 5.2 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
The Xperia XZ Premium is much better than Honor 9X Pro, getting a 79.8 score against 71.9. Despite of the fact that Xperia XZ Premium is noticeably older than Honor 9X Pro, it's design is thinner and a bit lighter. Sony Xperia XZ Premium counts with a bit superior processing unit than Honor 9X Pro, although it has a smaller amount of RAM, they both have the same number of cores.
The Xperia XZ Premium counts with a much better display than Honor 9X Pro, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a lot greater number of pixels per inch in the screen and a much higher resolution of 2160 x 3840. Honor 9X Pro has a way bigger storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Xperia XZ Premium, because it has 256 GB internal storage and an external SD slot that admits up to 512 GB.
Honor 9X Pro captures a little bit better photos and videos than Sony Xperia XZ Premium, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 video definition, the Honor 9X Pro also has faster video frame rates, a larger camera sensor shooting better quality photographs, a bigger aperture to take better images in poorly lited environments and a much higher 48 mega-pixels resolution back facing camera.
Honor 9X Pro has greater battery duration than Xperia XZ Premium, because it has a 24% larger battery size.
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