Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 76 | 76.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| OnePlus | Huawei |
| Android 11 | Android 8.1 Oreo |
| 2021-04-02 | 2018-07-18 |
| 6.30 x 2.92 x 0.34 inches | 6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches |
| 6.77 ounces | 5.86 ounces |
| Arctic Sky, Astral Black and Winter Mist | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass) | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 700.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 405 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset |
| Kryo 680, 64-bit, 5 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 660 GPU | Mali-G72 MP12 GPU |
| 9.63 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 23.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.71 inches (1/1.4") sensor | -- |
| 7680 x 4320 (30 fps) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 12.65 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 10.7 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4500mAh Battery | 3750mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 6.32 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.2 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| 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
Huawei nova 3 has a score of 76.3, which is a bit better than the OnePlus 9's 76 overall score. Both phones in our current comparison work with Android operating system, but Huawei nova 3 has 8.1 Oreo version and OnePlus 9 has Android 11, so it gives you a couple nice extra features and some performance improvements. The Huawei nova 3 is an way older cellphone than the OnePlus 9, but Huawei was able to build it somewhat thinner and lighter anyway.
The OnePlus 9 has just a bit better screen than Huawei nova 3, because although it has a bit worse pixels number per inch of screen, it also counts with a quite better resolution of 1080 x 2400px and a quite bigger display. The OnePlus 9 counts with a little faster CPU than Huawei nova 3, and although they both have a Octa-Core CPU, the OnePlus 9 also has a higher amount of RAM.
The Huawei nova 3 counts with a much better storage to store more games and applications than OnePlus 9, and although they both have exactly the same internal storage capacity, the Huawei nova 3 also has a SD memory card expansion slot that holds a maximum of 256 GB. The OnePlus 9 shoots much better photos and videos than Huawei nova 3, and although they both have the same diafragm aperture, the OnePlus 9 also has a lot higher video resolution and a much more mega pixels back camera.
The OnePlus 9 features better battery performance than Huawei nova 3, because it has 4500mAh of battery capacity.
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