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| Global Score | |
| 80.8 | 77.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Motorola |
| Android 10, 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2019-09-20 | 2019-10-24 |
| 6.07 x 2.91 x 0.31 inches | 6.23 x 2.99 x 0.36 inches |
| 6.14 ounces | 6.63 ounces |
| Black, Crush blue and Midsummer purple | Cosmic blue and Crystal pink |
| Aluminum and Glass | Plastic |
| $ 430.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.3 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2280 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 409 pixels per inch | 400 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SM6125 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Adreno 610 GPU |
| 9.45 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 25.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | 14.00mm focal length |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 11.55 | 11.55 |
| 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, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3750mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.68 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Huawei nova 5T has a global score of 80.8, which is slightly better than Motorola Moto G8 Plus's score of 77.6. Although Huawei nova 5T and the Motorola Moto G8 Plus were released with only 1 months difference, Huawei nova 5T is somewhat thinner and just a bit lighter. Huawei nova 5T features a little sharper screen than Moto G8 Plus, and although they both have a display with the same size, the Huawei nova 5T also has a just a bit higher pixel quantity per display inch and a bit higher 1080 x 2340 resolution.
The Huawei nova 5T features a little bit better processing power than Moto G8 Plus, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Huawei nova 5T also has more RAM. Moto G8 Plus's camera is just as good as Huawei nova 5T's camera, and although the Moto G8 Plus has a bigger camera aperture to capture better low-light captures and video, they both have a 0.5 inches back-facing camera sensor, the same 3840x2160 video resolution, a same resolution camera in the back and the same video frame rates.
Moto G8 Plus features a better storage to store more games and applications than Huawei nova 5T, because although it has just 64 GB internal memory capacity, it also counts with a slot for external memory cards that admits a maximum of 512 GB. Moto G8 Plus has just a little bit longer battery duration than Huawei nova 5T, because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity instead of 3750mAh.
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