Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 76.4 | 76.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Motorola | Huawei |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 8.1 Oreo |
| 2014-10-28 | 2018-07-18 |
| 5.65 x 2.89 x 0.44 inches | 6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches |
| 6.21 ounces | 5.86 ounces |
| Black and Blue | 16 777 216 |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 179.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.2 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1440 x 2560 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 565 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.7 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2700 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 420 (500 MHz) GPU | Mali-G72 MP12 GPU |
| 9.54 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 20.70 MP + 2.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| 3840 x 2160 (24 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 9.9 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 6.6 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3900mAh Battery | 3750mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.84 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Motorola Droid Turbo is slightly better than Huawei nova 3, getting a 76.4 score against 76.3. Despite being the best we compare here, the Motorola Droid Turbo is a way older, much thicker and just a bit heavier device than the Huawei nova 3. Both devices we are comparing include Android operating system, but Motorola Droid Turbo has the previous 4.4.4 version and Huawei nova 3 has Android 8.1 Oreo version.
Motorola Droid Turbo features a much better looking display than Huawei nova 3, because although it has a little bit smaller screen, it also counts with a higher count of pixels per inch in the screen and a higher resolution of 2560 x 1440. The Huawei nova 3 counts with a way bigger storage capacity for games and applications than Motorola Droid Turbo, because it has an external memory slot that admits up to 256 GB and 128 GB internal memory capacity.
Motorola Droid Turbo counts with a little bit better hardware performance than Huawei nova 3, because although it has 4 less CPU cores and a lower amount of RAM memory, it also counts with an additional graphics processor. Motorola Droid Turbo has just a bit longer battery lifetime than Huawei nova 3, because it has a 4 percent greater battery size.
The Huawei nova 3's camera is very similar to the camera in Motorola Droid Turbo, because although the Huawei nova 3 has a worse 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution and a much less megapixels back facing camera, it also counts with a larger camera aperture.
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