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| Global Score | |
| 74.2 | 76.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Motorola |
| Android 7.0 Nougat | -- |
| 2017-07-11 | 2018-06-29 |
| 6.06 x 2.95 x 0.27 inches | 6.16 x 3.01 x 0.27 inches |
| 5.96 ounces | 5.50 ounces |
| Black, Blue and Gold | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 500.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 6 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2160 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 401 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 SDM636 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP2 GPU | Adreno 509 GPU |
| 9.27 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1,95 TB) external memory slot |
| 10.02 | 14.66 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 9.02 | 9.68 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3340mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.28 | 4.96 |
| 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, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Motorola Moto Z3 Play is a bit better than the Huawei nova 2 Plus, having a general score of 76.3 against 74.2. Motorola Moto Z3 Play is a a little bit lighter cellphone than Huawei nova 2 Plus, but they are equally thin. Huawei nova 2 Plus has just a bit better display than Motorola Moto Z3 Play, although it has a little bit worse quantity of pixels per inch in the screen, a bit smaller screen and a little bit lower 1080 x 1920 resolution.
The Moto Z3 Play counts with a way bigger storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Huawei nova 2 Plus, and although they both have equal 64 GB internal storage capacity, the Moto Z3 Play also has a SD memory card expansion slot that admits a maximum of 1,95 TB. The Huawei nova 2 Plus has just a little better processing power than Moto Z3 Play. Both of them have a Octa-Core processing unit and the same RAM memory amount.
Huawei nova 2 Plus features a little better battery performance than Motorola Moto Z3 Play, because it has 3340mAh of battery capacity. Moto Z3 Play has a slightly better camera than Huawei nova 2 Plus, and although they both have the same resolution camera, the Moto Z3 Play also has a larger diafragm aperture to take better low-light photography and videos and a much higher 3840x2160 video definition.
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