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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 76.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Motorola |
| Android 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2018-10-26 | 2018-06-29 |
| 6.87 x 3.36 x 0.32 inches | 6.16 x 3.01 x 0.27 inches |
| 8.18 ounces | 5.50 ounces |
| Midnight blue and Phantom silver | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum and Glass | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 500.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.2 inches | 6 inches |
| 2244 x 1080 pixels | 2160 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 346 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 SDM636 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Adreno 509 GPU |
| 9.45 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1,95 TB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 14.66 |
| Camera | |
| 24.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 3.52 | 9.68 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Motorola Moto Z3 Play is a little bit better than the Huawei Mate 20 X, with a overall score of 76.3 against 75.6. The Motorola Moto Z3 Play is a thinner and extremely lighter cellphone than the Huawei Mate 20 X, even when both were released with only 4 months difference. Moto Z3 Play has a little bit better looking display than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has a little smaller display and a quite lower resolution of 1080 x 2160px, it also counts with a just a bit better pixels density.
The Huawei Mate 20 X features a bit better processing power than Moto Z3 Play, and although they both have a Octa-Core processing unit, the Huawei Mate 20 X also has a larger amount of RAM memory. Moto Z3 Play shoots way better videos and photos than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has a much smaller sensor giving a lot lower image quality, and they both have the same 30 frames per second video frame rates and the same 3840x2160 video resolution, the Moto Z3 Play also counts with a bigger aperture for better photos in poorly lited environments.
The Moto Z3 Play counts with a much greater storage for applications, games, photos and videos than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has just 64 GB internal memory, it also counts with an external memory card slot that admits a maximum of 1,95 TB. The Huawei Mate 20 X features a much better battery duration than Motorola Moto Z3 Play, because it has a 67% bigger battery capacity.
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