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| Global Score | |
| 71.9 | 79.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | |
| Android 10, 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2020-04-17 | 2018-04-05 |
| 6.42 x 3.04 x 0.35 inches | 6.02 x 2.83 x 0.44 inches |
| 7.27 ounces | 6.98 ounces |
| Midnight black and Phantom purple | Black, Green, Pink and Silver |
| Aluminum and Glass | Aluminum and Glass |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.6 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2160 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 390 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| -- | 700 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8.8 |
| Performance | |
| Kirin 810 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A76, Arm Cortex-A55 and DynamIQ, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G52 MP6 GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.54 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 17.34 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 19.00 MP + 5.00 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 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (960 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 11.11 | 10.67 |
| 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, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Battery | 3180mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 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 Sony Xperia XZ2 is much better than the Honor 9X Pro, having a 79.1 score against 71.9. Even though the Sony Xperia XZ2 is much older and way thicker than the Honor 9X Pro, it's construction is still just a little bit lighter. The Xperia XZ2 features a little more vivid screen than Honor 9X Pro, because although it has a little bit smaller display and a quite lower resolution of 1080 x 2160 pixels, it also counts with a bit more pixels per inch in the display.
The Xperia XZ2 has just a little better processing power than Honor 9X Pro, although it has a lower amount of RAM memory, they both have 8 CPU cores. Honor 9X Pro counts with just a bit better camera than Sony Xperia XZ2, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 video definition and the same video frame rates, the Honor 9X Pro also has a back facing camera with lot more megapixels, a bigger diafragm aperture and a bigger back-facing camera sensor capturing better quality videos and pictures.
The Honor 9X Pro counts with a superior storage capacity for games and applications than Sony Xperia XZ2, because it has more internal memory and a slot for SD memory cards that allows a maximum of 512 GB. Honor 9X Pro features greater battery duration than Xperia XZ2, because it has a 26 percent bigger battery capacity.
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