Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 76.7 | 78.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Motorola | Huawei |
| Android 10 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2020-08-28 | 2018-04-27 |
| 6.50 x 2.98 x 0.36 inches | 5.87 x 2.79 x 0.30 inches |
| 7.05 ounces | 5.82 ounces |
| Forest green and Sapphire blue | Black, Blue, Gold and Pink |
| Plastic and Plastic | Glass and Metal |
| -- | $ 274.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 5.8 inches |
| 1600 x 720 pixels | 2244 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 270 pixels per inch | 429 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.2 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SM6115 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset |
| Kryo 260, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 610 GPU | Mali-G72 MP12 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 11.74 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.70 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | 0.43 inches (1/2.3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 11.22 | 10.01 |
| 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 | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Battery | 3400mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 5.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei P20 is slightly better than the Moto G9 Play, getting a 78.1 score against 76.7. Huawei P20 is an older cellphone than Moto G9 Play, but Huawei managed to make it thinner and somewhat lighter anyway. Both phones in our current comparison work with Android operating system, but the Huawei P20 has 9.0 Pie version and Moto G9 Play has Android 10.
The Huawei P20 features a bit faster processor than Moto G9 Play. They have the same number of cores and the same RAM memory amount. Huawei P20 features a more vivid display than Motorola Moto G9 Play, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a much higher 1080 x 2244px resolution and a way greater pixels density.
The Moto G9 Play captures much clearer photos and videos than Huawei P20, and although they both have the same (Full HD) video resolution, the Moto G9 Play also has a way larger sensor capturing lot better quality pictures, a larger camera aperture for better photos in low-light situations, a back facing camera with a lot better resolution and higher 60 frames per second video frame rates.
Moto G9 Play features a quite bigger memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Huawei P20, because although it has 0 less internal storage, it also counts with a slot for external memory cards that supports up to 512 GB. Moto G9 Play counts with a much longer battery lifetime than Huawei P20, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity.
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