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| Global Score | |
| 80.8 | 78.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Sony |
| Android 10, 9.0 Pie | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2019-09-20 | 2018-08-24 |
| 6.07 x 2.91 x 0.31 inches | 6.18 x 2.95 x 0.38 inches |
| 6.14 ounces | 7.23 ounces |
| Black, Crush blue and Midsummer purple | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum and Glass | Aluminum |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 430.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.3 inches | 6 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2160 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 409 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8.5 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 SDM630 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Adreno 508 GPU |
| 9.45 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 23.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | 0.43 inches (1/2.3") 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 | -- |
| 11.55 | 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, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3750mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3580mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.68 | 5.52 |
| 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, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Huawei nova 5T has a score of 80.8, which is slightly better than Sony Xperia XA2 Plus's overall score of 78.6. These phones come with Android OS (Operating System), but Huawei nova 5T has the previous 10 version and Sony Xperia XA2 Plus has Android 8.0 Oreo. The Huawei nova 5T body is newer, thinner and somewhat lighter than the Sony Xperia XA2 Plus.
Xperia XA2 Plus has a little sharper display than Huawei nova 5T, although it has a bit smaller display, a quite lower resolution of 1080 x 2160px and a little bit worse quantity of pixels per screen inch. Huawei nova 5T counts with a bit better processing unit than Xperia XA2 Plus. Both of them have a Octa-Core processing unit and 6 GB of RAM memory.
The Huawei nova 5T counts with a superior camera than Sony Xperia XA2 Plus, and although they both have the same 3840x2160 (4K) video definition and the same video frame rate, the Huawei nova 5T also has a larger camera aperture to capture better low-light images and video, a larger camera sensor which offers a higher image and video quality and a camera in the back with way more megapixels.
The Xperia XA2 Plus counts with more memory capacity to store more apps and games than Huawei nova 5T, because although it has only 64 GB internal storage capacity, it also counts with an external memory card slot that admits a maximum of 400 GB. Huawei nova 5T has just a bit better battery duration than Xperia XA2 Plus, because it has 3750mAh of battery capacity against 3580mAh.
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